Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-03
ROW
FOR GOLD TROPHY.
...,Io. Gilmore, BiIyea and
uoovsr Will Compete tor
lack KeIIy's Cup Today
) II'eouRsE COVERS w MILES

-. ,,c. for the Philadelphia Gold
!. -. .r.,.. Cup, .mblematic Of the
~. .sS,. single scullins championship
n, 49,. Mace over the mile. .and.a.
~ 49,, 49, course on the schuylkill River
~. - .,t.rnoon at 5 o'clock, provided the
~. :. NOT too rough. J. Elliott New
Y. ~. .hs,rman = Of the Cup Committee
~ y. a. r.ce would not be rowed unless
9lio Ma;t;ons w. are favorable.
~ cor cO n.en all trained to the minute,
our The race. Two are from
w .sss'nbio ssIb one from Duluth and the
ftystn n, '[T% 'r["stello and W. D.: Garrett
rsu. will represent Philadelphia.
TSII.iio T.,Hii is an olympic champion, having
,,t nth Jack Kelly, the senior dou.
s,.0 Me- went vent In addition, Costello has
W ~ association senior singles in the
we1,sns, NJ s Regatta and numerous other
S.."I; ~ sinsles and doubles. He will
.ss...nt ~ the Vesper Boat Club.
| fhis spring he has been training VIZ
MI Kelly, and regarding toaay az .
s,snt Kelly said: Paul should WIN:
~ il rowing very fast in fact, almost
- = fast as I have rowed over the same
s.urse In addition, he is In better
scndition than ever before
e01N Gilmore rows for the Bachelors
as,ss Club, and this year has been
so.sSed by Frank Muller. the former
S:snsr star oarsman, and later coach
~ tSs clubs crews, alao coach Of the
= 49, entries from Philadelphia In the
6,vmnic games in 1920, two OF which
Won Vol 4rst place, and the other second..
Hoover National Champ
Waiter Hoover, of the Duluth Boat
Cub. Is the present single scullinS
sSsmnion of the United States, having
CON bis title at Buffalo last year. In
sdSition to this he Is the national quar-
tsr mile champ. He arrived in the
sty Thursday afternoon, and had only
~ vssterday to 70 over the course.
Hoover will sail on Tuesday to Eng
land to compete in the Diamond Sculls.
M elimination races start June 30.
Hilton Belyea, of st. Johns Rowing
fnub. N, b., Canada, won the Cana
lin sculling championship at st.
Gstbarines, Ont, last year by nosing
cut Gilmore, and he will try to do the
ame today. -, :,
Dslyea is thirty six years old, and
stsrted to row about twenty years ago.
He dropped out Of the game for four.
teen years, taking up the sport again
i islS. .,..,.
He is rowing in a special boat built
b. bis brother, which weights rs pounds
funy rigged. The oars he uses are one
ineH wider, and two inches longer out
board than those generally used BY
scullers. He has been rowing three
times day since his arrival, starting
a 8 80 A. NJ, 10 100 A. NJ. and about
400 P. NJ, averaging from eighteen to
twenty miles.
The Gold Challenge Cup was a gift
to John B. (Jack) Kelly, Of the Vesper
Beat Club, by the Schuylkill Navy, on
his return from Brussels. where he won
Two races in the Olympic regatta. He
captured the worlds single sculling
championship, apd with Paul Costello
IN the bow, the worlds double scull
championship.
The committee In charge Of the cup
ars ]. Elliott Newlin, chairman Rus
IN H. Johnson, Jr., secretary; George
q. Melloy, Henry Penn Burke. Arthur
q. Cleyenger and Samuel H. Truitt.
Competition for the cup Is open to
any nation which has recognized as
ISOLATION for governance and control Of
rowing, and challenge for the cup
must be received six months in ad-
ance.of the proposed date Of the con-
tsst The governing association has the
right to accept or refuse any entries.
All the contestants must be amateurs.
The race today marks the first time
the cup has been placed in competition.
Kelly has retired from competitive
sculling and therefore is not defending
the tronhy