Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-04
Belyea in First
SculLing Heat
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ScuLLlng He0C
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squirt that brought him home n victor,
with Mcclure content to qualify with
out havin gto race the Canadian the
last quarter mile.
From the form shown Belyea should
be the favortc for the final this after
noon.
The first big upset of the regatta oc-
Cured in the second heat of the Asso-
citation senior singles. which Gilmore
captured in minutes 81 ! 5 seconds
Durnan Poor Fifth
The surprise was the Overwhelming
defeat of johnny Durnan, of the Arpo.
! nauts Club of Toronto. The son oI
the former Eddie Durnan. professional
sculling champion Of North America
several years ago, who finished third
last Saturday in the Canadian cham
pionships. finished poor fifth.
Durnan. at the first half mile, was
giving Gilmore a great battle and with
the remainder of the field closel,
bpnched not far behind At the three
| quarters mark the local lad had q
couple Of feet lead on the Dominion
youngster withQhoth rowing in excellen,
form and apparently going to tinst
| One-twO.
At the island 1t was noticed from
the press stand that Gilmore was draw
ing away from Dnrnan and that Russell
Goldman. of the Union Boat Club. Ros
ton, and Jack Bcssing. local lad
were making great strides in their eff.
forts to catch up with Durnan. Stroke
after stroke saw Durnan drop behind
he apparently lacking the strength tc
keep up his early drive. which madt
him look like n certainty for the final
AT the end of the island nearest to ths
Judges stand first Goldman. then Bless
ing, and later Carey Faulkner, of tn,
Riverside Club. Of Cambridge. pnsset
| the Canadian>youngstcr who evidently
had rOwed himself out in the early part
of the race.
Afgernon Fitzpatrick. of Malta. fin.
ished sixth. and Leo Srharf, of Arun.
del, of Baltimore, seventh.
In the final this afternoon Belyea
Mcclure, Gilmore and Codm an viii
meet the winner to row in the natiOna
singles championships tomorrow. From
the form shown this morning the fight
will be between Belyea and Gilmore
who have met on several previous oc.
casiOns. Last Saturday. at st. Cath.
nrines. Ont. Belyea defeated Gilmor,
by length in the Canadian champion.
ships.
4 fairs crowd lined the banks
along the course for the heats this
morning.
Lightweight Doubles
The senior 100 pound double shells
race. the first event Of the afternoon
| will bring together n fast and brillian
field. Undine. Pennsylvania Barge nnt
Vpsper all have speedy crews. Gcorg,
Allison and Jack Blessing. of Undine
appear to be the strongest combination
The Duluth Boat Club, of whicl
Hoover is n member, has crew en-
tered in the intermediate four -oaret
shell race. and will be opposed to th
Nonpareil Club of New York, Wes
Philadelphia Barge and Nesper.
The senior single quarter mile dash
in which it Is hoped that Hoover vii
start, brings together fast field. Ton
Rooney, the veteran, now rowing 70
I'ndine: Louis Xoha. Gilmore and W
r. Uapgood, Of Bachelors, CONSTITUTE
n brilliant field. The last named VOL
his spurs on the Fourth Of July ant
is regarded as one OF the best or IN
! newer oarsmcn coming up. Hoove
holds the record for the distance. .
TO row or not to row Is the Iuestio
confronting Walter Hoover. winner q
the Diamond Sculls and holder OF tn
Philadelphia Gold Challenge Cup. Th
| champion on his arrival here state
g;vo ,j, 70 10 would not compete, but woul
he was nor in n proper condition t
go through a strenuous ru--.
II is also said that Hoover made
statement saying that he did not in
tend to do any rowing except. whe
! he gave his exhibition. Scouts brin
! the word that the Duluth blndesma
has been practicing In the mornin
| hours ana showing all the superb rorr
that has brought him fame and glor
on two continents.
Several of the officials say tha
! Hoover viii compete this afternoon il
the quarter mile dash. Others rcircrat
the remarks made by the Westcrner
when hn arrived here. \ few haznr
the guess that nobody knows what
going 10 happen. The last seer
! TO have hit the old nail right on tn
hcczcr. Hoover Is non comm!ttal. prob
ably because he has been interviewp
! so frequently Of late that he canno
! fran" answers to questions specdil
enough.
Hoover s'sName on Program
A senior single quarter dash !
among the events on the program thi
afternoon The name of Hoover occu
pies conspicuous part on it. Th
officials may have been prcsumptuons o
| they may have been in on the knOy
when they sent the printer the J ist
! No one seems to know definitely, nm
1 o'clock this afternoon IL regarded n
an important period of time for tn
reason that the race is scheduled /
start at that time.
Not only !, liOover's possible racin
something of mystery, but report
sifted through the press stand yester
day afternoon during lull in the row
Ing that Jack Kelly and the presen
titleholdrr would row an exhibition dnS
race sometime Saturday afternoon. Th
Falls of Schuylkill pride was in At
lantic City and could not be reached
NOOvcr, as in the ease of his rowinI
in several races. had nothing TO say
| lIe may regard the rumor as too sill.
To even answer question about It
That is what Is bothering Roathous
Row.