The billboard (Feb 1910)

22 X:li e Billboard FEBRUARY aik-tSIO DAVIDS ON WIL L RACE B% Event to be Pulled off at the New Rink in Cincinnati, m Which Hade^ Oavidson WUl Defend His Claims to the Speed / Champioiiship. Against Several Fast Men At lut, tbe dreua of the American roller skmterv is to be realized. For a year tbe speed (Waters of tbe coaatry have been bombardlDir Harley Davltlsoo.' wioner of the [DtorDattaDal ' title and medal at tbe Olympla. L.ODdOD, in Feb- marj. IS09. witb cballeose^. But to all tbese xcqoevts for matcb races DaTldson baa been onable to crpi; DOtU now, owlog to eosagemeDta oiad* for Idm Ia BnglaoJ auid the contlneni am Mat akat^ In tbe MO. DaTldMn bas u rtt l ttA wtMal Inictlir caBmmil- catloos from rarlain rtnk nunasm tai recaid to meeting otbcr Amcrlcmn skatm for t&e Cham- pfonablp title, anil It Oaallr fell to tbe lot of Hanater Fmi Nail, of tbe New Moaic Ball Rink. nnrloDatL to secure DaTtdmn for tbe contests vhlrb will fnrttaer establisb bis right to tbe iltMlDCtioD of being (be be«t roller skater in tbe world, or will create a new king of tbe Uttle wheels In tlta «xea of the toUowen of the sport. In coming to SB attaag e a sat witb Manager Nail for a aeries of eootests la ClnclDnatl. DavldNin bas made It dear that It will be Impossible for bim to meet each of bis chsl- leogers either In a matcb race or In a general beat race. His plan Is simple, and certalnl; ongbt to meet with the snpport and endorsement of- tbe.rarionn skaters who are anxloos to wrest blB lanrela from htm. Darldson proposes that all 'the eksters bsrlng dealgna on bis title meet In a series of eltmlna- tiaB raeea at tbe New Moslc Ball Rink tbe week OC Slaadar. Felwiiarr 28. wl that a Una] be , amaBad nr Balnidar algM. at which the best ikatcr «( tba aMteMt miamM Im ike contest lasts «Dria« Ito WMk ifidi ta" ft iim ined. When tlM.s|w*<na*t mmm aBMBK Ibal.Aanengers has been deddad npoa. atr m twawita aball Imme- diately be made between the winner and Darld- aoB for s series of three bents for the Cotlowing week, beginning on Mooday, Uaich 7, or Tnes. day, Uarch 8, two victories to decide tte chaai- plooshlp and tbe pasi«esalon of the parse and tbe trophy, wblcb will be offered ss a special lewsrd. Manager Nail, of tbe new rink bas ipproTod of these plans and now Is getting Into commnni. estlon witb tbe leading speed akaters of tbe coontty. to hare tbem come to Cincinnati the week of Febmary 2S to enter the preliminaries far tbe big international contest. lo order that there may t>e an extra inducement for these akatra to come bere, aside from tbe opportmiltT M ■asHnnPsrHaoo for tbe InHiualianal «haaa- alnaMv Wlo and special tmphr. Wamim^ tUT ■SB dicMsd ta haag op a purse for the afiiiMia •C the nightly esenta. thus flzlng a reward tar •my race won. whether Is tbe piellminarles or tbe finals. In armrlDg DarldsoD for tbese contests. Man- ager Kail baa accomplished what every other dufc manager In America bas been eodeaTorlng to brini; ahoat. Incidentally, be has worked a moat fldrnotflffeoDs arrangi'ment for the other akatera In America In aranglng for tbem to meet Darldaon. for In no other way tban that pre- pared by Mr. Nail conld this bare been accom- pUshrd. Entry blanks have been prepared for tbe meet. nie#e can t>e aecnred by commnnlcatInK with Haaarer Nail, who has already sent oat (jnlte a nnmber of the. blaoks. and who Is confident that the fleld oC etattan wlQ- be the most fom- Hsbl* e<n>r mtbered t a gethe t In an American XanaiKr MaU -aatvallr is anions to - -- In while In combat, fell from a mountain peak, bot Cook, who was baring troQbles or bis ovca, looping the loop over lc«l>erga and motintalns, accidentally hit the pole, and. mlstalklng It for ooe of the bears, a grand wrestling matcb took place. Ttie discoverer, Mr. F103'd Slsk, wbo Impersonated - Cook, was awarded a handsome prUe. Tbe grand march at 10 n, nk. was an snlBsaled sight as the ' — —' " moon tains flgni* eichta. woMr iiA CE p oarpowip. Owing to the failure of Frank Brewer, one .*f tbe Brldgepcrt repreecntaHvc«, to appear on time, the two-mile Inter-dty relay race be- tween the Park City Rink, BridE.-part, Conn., and the Metropolitan Siiiler Rink. New York, ivhednleJ for last Thnrolay night, at the Metropolitan Boiler Sink, Bmadway and Flfty- aecood street. New York City, was paetiM»ed nntll next Tbaradar night at the same pkee. Ittstea-L a f»inn a face Cor . rat on. «tU<A imHad la > stlmaK men started baa s«i1fh^-Hmy If s cnan s l d. nf tStm York. ll Mli U m lm i «C IhHceport. The pace pcond Sao kit Jh> MidltHM.: and be mdt ahirtiF anar tka aes wlk M l«en though be vaaMa to and Alabamj toam'i. during tb« paaC four years, haa recently opened a ne«^ rink at Fayeiievllle, T..|»il. ami pay* tbe wbol.* ' p«^putatlou of fnpr tboorand bas gone wllil over the fpoit. lie it porta buitlniss !be b«t b.- baa ervr oMierierc^l at any of his rlnkru He wUl pl.»y attnctlona. TO UPHOLD PATRONAQI. , llL. fWb. S. B. McQDoan, of tbt Shathut Slak at Knranee, baa drrlsed a new fdan to keep Interest In roller Usttng. On certain nights In tbe week, parties are bel,! and nrlsrs are given. This bes proren a great drawlDg raid and keeps tbe attrndaara and ia- tereat In tbe rink to a tilgb standard. RINK BUILDING COlXAPSEa . Zanesville, O.. Skating RIak. oa nigbt. falling sen at tbe heary IT. to- wn line No Ai^pumr* urrcR. M*-*- wmt ika east of tbe SceSlhe Hlm li ij iii .IH Bk..MII: waakfC »*. ». la 1:4T. CTaTWjalsa fiolabnj secnad. wbHe Lemy Maloney was third. The drat heat was won by Robert Ctirry In 1:4« 1-8: tbe second heat was won by Harry Cnrnln»h«m In 1:48 S-a. while the third went to KlIIi Nflller In 1:53. Out of tbe twenty-»li entries there were rwmty-three startera, with three qualifying'in each beat, which hssagbt oolntae, for the anaU cMch broagbt oat nine for the! ma ataTh «ho ft ksat. !>■« tmm umt «1M aat la Oene Derlne, Jack Delaney and Olly Me> Ronb^thm J^'gj^**^^*^jS*%'y?'thy SKATING RINK ATT RACTIONS It b to your advantage to be>o pr a i c n ted in tho Skaten^ Route If jroa have'ao State HARL,EY OAViptON A NORTH POLE PARTY. Barry Oilman la manager of the Casino tUAler BInk at HoaFtoo. Texaa. and Is remembered as harlngfonnerly been connected with tbe fioor aUff of the Collsenm Blnfc. Chicago, In 19<a, and later, nunager of Wonderland Blnfc. Indian- apirila. m 19M and IWT: Mr. Gllman Is an axpsrt akaier asd atlU holds iccsids Car 1. 2 mi twrib erenta to the MUdla WaaL He siso fifiM SMoad In tbe ats^vsf. OMS In Mbmap- «llK..la Slaicb, 1906. aat itaea tm'wm and " tbe " the p. E. S. S. JL.' aa« la a the W. S. A. A novel entertainment was given, at bis rink Febfnary 1. known as a North Pole Party. It Is e^itimaled that 800 people wimeeved It. Tbt center of the floor was a beantifal alcht, as tbe mnnntalQS and Icebergs, with the floor cor- srcd 'wftb snow, formed, a perfect reprodnctlon Of the Arctic circle. Promptly at 9:30 the bell rang and the floor waa cleared for tbe contests. Two local akaters were cbo*en to Impervooate Cook and Peary.' After their 'roetoroes were pot on they were bUadfolded. taroed arannd a few times and ■sat ta lacate tha jda. Aftar Cook and Faary lasiia wsdl 'wmlir waf Man hws were lad to tts caatcr aC Ifea wag asd 'liuusd loaaa. afler wblch tbe faa Ifcgaa. Aflar Are mlaatM of aearctain;;. Cook and FcaiT rs a rbed tbe Arctic drrle. and then the bean got busy and for a time It Ioolie<l as if the bears wonlfl pet away with thf fi[>lor<'rs. Pearr and on? of the bears. second, bad the aatMacHon of being rloefced In .'Iz minutes and gt»>Btt« ii aeconds for the distance, which ta aereral aeconds better than the best prerlons mufc for two-miles on a aerenteen-Iap track. Tbe -ananer of tbe rjo was Q. KIrkhride. of Newark, from tbe thirty yard mark, witb Bnrfce a good ai-cond, barely Bts yards behind, and George Mar<V>rm>ek. Newark, (mm the tUrtr-yaid aaaik. third. The SKATING GONE TO THE BAD. "Sinev Jannary 1 tbe roller akating bas been very slow," Aays Manager P. n. Kemerer. of the KnifketNicker Rink, Carrollton. O. "Bask.-i ball has t-lken Its pisee. We hnve maile sr- raneements witb tb? hljch scbiNDl team, tbe town team and the girls' bigta scboo) teama, for esmes each Satnrdur night, alt.niaflng, and liaie skating after the game The crowd Is Tery mui-b Interested in b^skrt ball -lo'l natnrally many of tbem skate after the gam« la dolihel. m» Rink wtn (iase far tha saaan akaat ~~ bs haw. tea oaa «!•«• Maw waCttar Winner of three hundred frophle* and of lbs four hundred pounds International World'a ^dnaship at OtfrnfU, Iiand s n. Febmary PUBLIC DEMANDED SKATING. L-ingmont. Colo., Feb. 1».—Owing to the nopniar demand for it>ller akatlni;. TllOTtsa Carlson, proprietor of tbe Garage Rink, thla city, has reopened hla rink, aiMl from all re- ports seema to be doing a pretty f--:'r bosloeiiw. He calls bU rlok the Gsrage RiDk. as It ia located ia tha autonobile dli4net and tbe tBlldlns ha la aatat. '■ai ~ ' WILKIN8 O PENS NEW ONE. Ashby wnklna. of Ootaabla. Tana.._who has condcctad a aMtar «C drome racing team are no longer connected with this riDk. It seema as If they coalil not stand the preuare that nraally goes witir s yonng athlete that la In the tlablt of winning moet every conteat be enters and that If be did Dot akatr tbe rlok must cloae. After BDCb time bad been spent to fcet tbe Hla aC skaters where U>ey received recognltlOB dl asar the coontxy. they tboaghi that they aait aaae the that the hj tbe ■ a a aa ement ar the Hlwadfoae Blak. they went ahead bliad. thinh- tag that aB they iiad to do waa atlrk aad get wliat tbey aranted. Bat after the thinga were smoothed over, tbey foond themselves ont In tbe cold and racing going on at usual. The caae la aa followa. An Anatrallan team piir- aoit race waa carded at tbe at»ovc place. Tbe t^katera baring drawn for their team matea, preos notices were out and prottrams were In print and at 10 o'clock tbe nlrht before the race waa to take place tbey refuted to akat" for medala. and for wblch AI. Flath, mansgrr of the rinh. ordered thea to pick op their dads and leave the place. The Western Skatlag Aaao- datioa was aatMrd. Tha sksiers now wtu hare a aew berth, and ta CM oae like they 'to leak Ihr aad laas as jera who take a pemanal totemt la the welfare of the akatera, aa dors AL Flatb. Aa to tbe meet the skaters tried to diampt. It tnmed oot to be one of the flaesl that has l>een held tbis season. There were two rrents on the c^rd, sn amsteur and a pro- feaslnnal, and an ezhlbttloD of fancy akatlng. and bad aome of tbe patrot]* oot- known that there waa to be a c^tiilD klnrj of a rnce tbfj- would have never known that tbe rsreri who were originally to akite were not there. Hut ail In all. tbe trio oo doiibt cot the hardeit bump they ever rec^Ir,.*] «nd llkPly will makr- them look fartber forward before tbey try tbe above- tactics agsln. * Tbe Jonmal newaboya* roller race meet st the "" ■ ~" ■ ■ Bight, Feb. _ oao thenaaad people were «o to see tbe n aw alia aad when tbey left tbe holld- iBg many wm so hesise tbey could DM talk, while oihers were not ont of tbetr laughing flt. and the rest dared not try to lanitb aa tbey were holding tb»lr aides to OTerc«ne a aide stitcb. il la doribtful If tbe girders of tbe Hip- podrome w*re ever treated to ao omcb entbnai- a«Ri ai f>reval1ed during tbe enoreata. The contest that created all tbe entbnalaam waa the aewshoys' race, which had one hnndred and alaeleeo entries, of wblch nlnety-alx alarted. It task nine Drata and a final to decide tbe win- ners. r«nl Mevcra proved the faateat akatsf. covering tbe half mile In l:4T 1-6, besllag-U. navies by lea ysrds: John Miller anisbed IbhA Tke Aisl beat waa ana by rani l laj a t s la SiSg aa t*: the armNk l»m- »s > MT a hy Robert Orayaaa la t'.f**'. the fMHh by Bd. naela ta liH S-S: the fifth by Floyd Tsylst la S:IS 34; the sixth by Ben We^rntmeser ta IrST 2-0: the aerealb by Ed. Jeo«en In-2:1" 1-*: the eighth by W. Orten la S:02 3 5; and tbe ninth by James Lee la 3:41 .3-S. In. tbe Brat heat the floor came np to three akatera: lo the aecond four took to the maple; Id Ihe third four went down: In 11* fourth two took a hi'e al tbe wood: In tbe fifth three; In the sixth l«n; In the seventh three: In tbe elgblb two. and lo the ninth one. Afler tbe laal beat bad beeo abated, I.a Orange and Itrtin took tbe floor and treated tbe apectatf>ra lo « fine eihlhltlon af fancy skating and drew much • appUttae. The next event waa an attempt by Clarence flamllNa to lower the track record of 1 :M. ■ wblefe'waa made hy Wm. Ranmaa laat asaaa^. HaSiilMa went Ihe dtelance ta l:M. or •:! M tbSNT tljaa Ranman. and when the tlaaa was aaasaaved thne waa a Ma araNaa. The aast aad last event waa tkeTM-.aTSa aaa ak w i r nee. ta which ten skafciaIliiiM|-«Pb aai'-«r iAM two fell fore three iBpa kai bCMI Skalad. Leo Mongolia w.a the Ma ktt with the crawd.. ne went w faai that be was only lapped four tinea In the hair mile and waa ballrd by tbe fana an ••m. which waa bis nnmbvr. Ttir atrokra he tn.'k made a Mg hit and by flo).plng bis wlns« he kept from going to tbe floor do leas tban eli times. Aoolbcr abater that naiwakfci Ma •* 2)^-ALUHINUH ROLLER CHICAGO SKATES are RELIABLE Oar M«r Modd *T* flkite equipped witb zyiin. red fiber wtaiBeb is tbe best rink akate that has ever been manufactured. Its strengtb will withstand the combined weight of two men standing in tbe center of it. Wrtte for catalog. TeUa how to opmto linkk. We etny k full Uim of rink aup- pliea. W« an tbcUiBeat aaairfbataiataarriak knd aidawalkalcAtaa io the Weat CHICAGO aQLLER SKATE GQ^ - llSa Wasbliitfton lUyd.» CHICAGO,, lii*