Show World (March 1909)

March 27, 1909. THE SHOW WORLD RICHARDSON ROLLER SKATES finnrl TriFir!’* used in 80 per cent of the largest and most successful Rinks in 1 lie UUUU AlllU America and by all prominent Skaters of the world. We have everything pertaining to the Rink business. Write for catalogue. RICHARDSON BALL BEARING SKATE C0., a 3£X&tfE* SKATING NEWS enley roller skates Webb City, Mo.—The Webb City skal mg rink was destroyed by Are. Loss $5,00 Navasota, Tex.—Artl ~| Lvnchburq, Va.—Oldus and Marsh made a big hit here with their exhibitions. Their feat of going down a 12-inch plank 50 feet long, created great excitement. Mr. Oldus executes this feat blindfolded. Harrisburg, Pa.—Last week features. The new managenieui omi ... g t Patrick souvenirs — - — Wednesday ,y evening, and ,0 of t started onlight electrical mask carnival, .. effects, was held. Portsmouth, 0.—Over at Bast Danville, Highland county, skating rinks have a novel way of attracting crowds. Prizes are offered for killing rats, which are turned loose on the rink floor six at a Hutchinson, Kan.—Harry Manda, age 13 years, won The prize for fancy and trick skating here recently. Hazel Stitt won the girls’ orange race held recently. Tyler and Berton were booked at the rink 15, 16, 17. Business has been good. Anaconda, Mont.—C. H. Wiggins is suing S. W. Billings for $423, said to be the balance due on a note given him when the two men were partners in the - - —”1 be de¬ fancy and trick skating. Both appeared in excellent form, their many stunts proving highly entertaining and it was with re¬ luctance that they witnessed the last act of the exhibition. Kansas City, Mo.—There will be a three weeks’ roller racing event held at the Col¬ iseum rink beginning March 29, and end¬ ing April 17, to decide the 1-2-3 mile dis¬ tances, under W. S. A. sanction. The event promises to he the best ever held and it will be the first ever held in this part of the country. The entries include: Rodney Peters, Leo Jones, Terrel Peters, Clarence Hamilton, Midge Sherman, Jack Woodward, Roland Cioni, Frank Bacon, Frank Flanner and Joe Munch. Kansas City, Mo.—Four teams finished in the six-day roller skating race here at the Hippodrome. Bradbury and Stewart won by two laps. The total distance was 457 miles 2 laps. They were leading one lap with the going started yesterday and gained another lap in the twenty-second mile when one of the skaters fell. Bren¬ nan and Cosley, the Hipprodome team, finished second; Pace and Murdock, third, and Smith and Hunter fourth. The other teams quit. Milwaukee, Wis.—A meeting of the Western Skating Association will be held 'riday night at the Plankinton house club- rooms. Officers for this body will he se- ected, and the Wisconsin Skating Associa¬ tion will pass out of existence. The Wis¬ consin organization will hold its last race Thursday night when the two-mile city event is pulleid off. The new body will take hold of the one-hour endurance race which will he Saturday night at Riverview Boxwood Rollers. :, Steel Combina- ] HENLEY RACING SKATES skate in the market is desired. ’ POLO GOODS and OUTFITS J Send for Skate Catalog Free. , Official Polo Guide.10c < I RICHMOND < INDIANA M.G, HENLEY, Rl 1 Dustless Anti-Slip FOR ROLLER RINK FLOORS for ri Book “A New Era in Roller Skating” THE F. J. RYAN COMPANY 504 HODGES BUILDING i of contests on the floor of the ik„ Music Hall, on the nights of !5, 26, and 27. Bacon and Black- et in the same rink some weeks which time Blackburn held the Bacon broke it, and in a subse- natch race Blackburn defeated .nd later set a better mark for the HEINRY BROWN Vaudeville Ms * 'eTS 89 Dearborn St. 9 CHICAGO Slight Theater Fi ORGANS ^SRKSiasrsSRSi®: QAVIOUI & CO. PREMIER ROLLER SKATING ATTRACTIONS VAUDEVILLE---PARKS bertha doud mack jack fotch -.. ... Sov WONDER? TAYLOR TWIN SISTERS OLDUS <5 MARSH FIELDING fi^CARLOS p 'S-ctss.- ADVERTISE IN THE SHOW WORLD