The billboard (May 1910)

22 Ttie Billboardl MAY 21, 1910. FITZGERAUD'S LETTER a Review of Important Events, Occuring in .the World of Skateis Ehiiing the Past Two Wedu . tpnra IN Hw flat Maratlua loner nee erer CkatM io tb» BkwaUu IilandB wa> woa br Joe Focreet. af OekUsd, Cal., at the Prlnceaa Rink. Hooo- Inla, B. I., Uiat wwk, tefote a crowd 0( neatly two thonfiand people. Tbe time for the fall dlBtaoce, 2a miles and 385 yards, was one taonr. torty-aeTen minutes and forty^aix seoonds. J. Hecraford. of HodoIdIo. was aecond, Ave laps behind tbe winner, and H. MarMiam was }axt farced oat of tlilrd place hj iBaptlst, an er- Bewaboy from San Frasclaco. Tlia race was handled tj competent oOelalB aUd In the maii- aer in which It was skated hr the contestantB, flar a anw ai i a d all azpeetallan.- Xte.coa was jlaotManv alw^liM^ and : tmaty-Afc Is raBbtt. ■tartM In two ntr Md hardly scoe two laps before was a coaplete circle around the coarse, vne apeetataiB hcsan picking the winners from the start, and by the end of .the fifth mile de- cided that Hetrafoid would win the race. For- rest who before the race started, was tbe fa- Torlte.. dropped behind nntll after six mllea had been skated, when he worked his way "P to third place. Tbe sixth mile was flnlshed with Hemfofd In the lead. Cbaa. FTeltaa second and Tbricst third. In the tenth mile Fociest was a lap behind the leader, and he crossed In Hie deesoth la tbe lead. About thto time It waa ~ Oat Fansst was loofcins tirsd; bnt he Iftiaead ■(ter ha calned thi lead. the saoM steady spaed with ecea- s'to keep fMm.Mac bond at The Boyal HawaUw MBl glayad race, and the peopla anaad to be wen pleaaed with the aport. Jack Fotch. the fnniiy comedian on roller skates worked the week of May V-I4 at Oaty, lod.. to large crowda each performance. Jack Is aitanglnc to go oa a TaadeTOle circuit In the near (Btme. Be shodid auke a grand soccesa. BABIOX IMLTIDSOII OUT ATXBB BCAIfS m OAXASiA, la a tettar Mcetrad firom Baiter be atatad Itat ka was back In tbe radns game after lila liaK Mp, whets be finally landed at Winnipeg, IfBB. ' BarlST raced agalnat three akatera in a pmsolt race last week, be skating tin entire distance alooe, while the three akatera ^tornat- ed pace, and won by a good margin. Hariey la anxlona to net a match with aome of the good akatera In tlie West, and la ready at any iltno a purse Is In sight. The winner of tbe IRM-kcr- I^trrn match will be pitted asalnst some of tbs fsst piorasslonals now skating In tbe MuL and then a match between the winner oC tUa taea and DaTtdaon wonld ba a good etid, ■BMBT BBCKEB TDBM PBOFBSSIONAI. IM OBMB TO MBIT VBXD TZBBEUi. BaniT Peiilsi champion amateur roller akater •C OhWidlK notifled Secretary Fttigerald Imme- watdF after hts pnrsult matdi race with Oarl- aon and Helxer, at the Madison Oardena. laat week, when be and bla team mate, Wank Hen- nessy, defeated the Sans Booel team, that here- after he wonld akate la the profeaalonal daaa. MON8TKB BmmflT nCAXING PARTY AND BNTHBTAUnOMT OmiM BY EMPLOYES or XHB IfAOISON OARDBNS RINK . —J. B. KENNEDY, CHAIR MAN O F ARRANOBMENT COMMTTTEB PRESENTED A .GRAND PBOORAM. ^e employes of the Madison Garden Blnk. for their faltlifal serrlce of the aeason ]ast about to cloae, were glTcn the proceeds of the total receipts on Tne^sy erenlng. May 10, and Mr. J. B. Kennedy, tbe popular ca abler of the HARRY BURKE. preaeotod to the patrons, who so kindly aatfsted In maklDff the affair a success, one of the nicest little eotertalomenta ever arranged for surb an occasion. A. SIndler, mnslcal direc- tor, opened op tbe erenlng'a entertainment with a march. Blase of Glory, followed by Geo. M. Cohan's Bag two4tep; waits, Nora Malone; two- step, UoTing Day In Jon^e TWn;'waltx, Jnst foe a Olrl; two-step. Temptation rag; waits, A—nlty Waltses. Bccaatxlc back and wing t on ikataa waa tbs next oo tbs pro- gram, foDowad by tbe two-step, Tbe Pafiim Promenade; waits. Wbat'a the Matter with Ben^; two-step, Grixxly Bear. Then an Inter- mlaaloo of ten mlnntes waa bad for tbe moving plctnres. Following the pictures, a march and two-atep. I Am a Heml>er of the Midnight Crew. Here Harry Carter suog Jerome Bem- Ick * Co.'8 hlta, followed by the waits. The Garden of Boees; two-atep. If I Thongbt Yon Wouldn't Tell. Dainty Ulas Oladya I<amb then held tbe floor for seTeral mlnntes with her gmeetnl akatlag which waa deraored by the speetatan, wkO 'ate alwaya aazloaa to aee her perform. A flaa Trbf**"" by 'WUUam Strymoe and Mlsi Babe Mabtor. Amedcn'a fore- most amateur and giaeeAil ikntan^ waa alao well received, and a good hand waa to theae graceful sksteis .during their snce In between five mote selections of band, Henry Becker, champion roller skater.' of Chicago, gave a half mile exhibition agalnat time, and the akate boys held an obatade race between themsdres, wmcb waa very Intaiastlng. Three ttaomand feet of moving plctnres were nm throDgb doting the evening, and the entertain- ment doaed much to the aatisfactlon of the fol- lowing smptares of Msdison Oaidena: B. 3. KenMdr, tumtgn Ma B- McOoniwIl. cashier: Mr. 7. Iinajb Mimaarlb.' A. Bndler, mnsleal d h ec t or ; Ur. «. X 0*HallI, door nnnager; Mr. M. Donagbne, laatmetor; Mr. b. McNoIty, In- stmetor: 3lx. D. White, wardrobe; Mr. Jaa. McAlvanay, rikate room: Mr. Bert Dnffy. akata captain; Messrs. I,. Deering, Frank Schoone, Fe- lix Ochener. D. McFadden, skate boya; His. M. Bchroeder, matron; Mr. A. Davla, botler; Bruno Schroeder, messenger. The entire recelpta were divided among tbe employes, and a anng little anm waa realized tram the entertainment. Mad- laon Oardena win be doaed nntn September. BIO QATHKBINO IN CHICAGO I.AST WEEK ov PBoraasiONAi. skate ABTISTB. Last week Chlesgo waa filled with professional fancy sod sraeafnl flgnre akatera, acrobatic sr- tlsta, and. In fact, skaters of evciT elaaa. Ed- dto buMtt and lUia BaUa Bntlar. aC.tba team at BnOar and Baaaatt, aitlfleUI laa akatM*. on t&e atani Bail BaynoUa aad Monia Donegan. fancy roller akatais. on the vaudeville drcnlt; H. Tyler and Hlaa Bnrtoo, who pleaie tha pa- tiooa of the nimiaroaa rlnka throoghoat tbe country: Mlsa Marie NIckeraon, arSfielal Ice akater, and laat, but not least, good old Jack Fotch. Old Daddy Blanchxrd had a loUy time ahowlng the akatera aroond, aome the roller rinks, and tbe othcra the new Ice rliik near completion. Taylor and Burton learc fiir the Eaat; Reynolds and Baasett went to Reniuelaer, Ind.. to Tisit Beynold's pareoU; Miss UnUer Js maklni preparations for an operation at tbe noBpltaL aad Miss Nlekerson la preparing to take Mlaa Butler's pisce while she la confined to tha hospital. EtrYSEIIM BINK. OLETKLAND, O., WILI, BE CSED FOR MOyiNO PIOTDRE SHOWS DimiNO THE SUMMER. Tbe Elyscum Blnk, one of the moat popular rlnka .in the conntry, as well aa moat beautiful, will be turned Into a moving picture theatre for the summer seaaon. Thla waa done by re- quest of tbe patrooa of tbe styllah nel(hb( ' ~ In which the rink la located, on Euclid a< tha ICetiopoUtaB- Blnk. Kew BEOEEB WINS IHB FIBSr BAGB FBOH W. Q. Bratton. of Pittsburg, Pa., one of the old-time professional fancy and graceful Ice akatets, and one of tbe moat popular sportsmen In Pittsburg, wUI take chataa oC the ■a a a fe ment of tbe noted Doantane Saiiaaa at tbe nil opening and baa pronuaed to kaid 1000 Of the beat racea and hockey gaaea etar held In Plttaborg or any other place whan games of thla aort are held. Mr. Brattoo waa a Tlaltor a couple of weeka ago at tha new Ice rink in Cblcago and made arrangementa with Mr. Tboa. Prior for aome great Inter-clty eventa to be puUed oK between those two dtlea thla winter. Mr. Bratton la an dd-Umer In the sporting game and will be a great help to the skating game when he gets back In the baalnaaa. - Mlaa Bella Butler Is te mdsno an operation for InJorlaa received la bar Leap o( Death In Blogling Bros.' Circoa, sereral years sgo. ulas Isabella Butler, of tbe team of Butler and Baasett, artlfidal lee akatera. underwent aa operation at one of Chlcago'a Hospitals Snn- day. May 16, for an Injury ahe received aev- eral years ago when she did tbe Dtp of Death Leap In an automobile from the dome of tbe tent, leaping acroaa a gap after making a com- plete torn whUe In the air. Tbs accident has bothered Miss BnUer for several yeata and ahe waa finally compelled to take thla means In or- der to be able to cootlnoe doing her skating act on real Ice on the atage. CHIOAOO ICE PAIJICB WIIX SOON BE READY TO TRY GOT. Work on the Ice Palace Blnk, Chicago, la nearlng completion and If everything at pteaent goes well. Manager Tboa. W. Prior, who baa worked night and day for nearly two yeara to get an artUelal lee rink for Chicago, aaya tbe iU.wiaba.Ma«>tar«atta«fee the machinery baa been Installed and tbe anr- faclng for the pipes la now being arranged. Thla done, little U left to interfere with tbe opanInK of the rink. Mr. Prior haa done aome- iMaB that maay men would sever undertake to do, that of ataying right on the lub frooa the rery beglnninc of tka tomlug of the ccsa-' pany to baud the riak aatU the pceaent time and many a bard straggis ha haa bad to get tbinga where they are to-day. Proapeetlve rink bulldera throughout the country from far and wide have copied the plans of tbe Ice Palace after Mr. Prior baa worked them out. and It tbe Ice rink craxa la a go throagtaont th| .UalL-_ Stali'H. n hlrli no donbt bnt what It will ta^' AM credit auiely belonga to Mr. Prior. •KATINiQ NEW » OF THr WtfltUft. B, XABXX BZnOIOS, DENVBB MAY HATB lOB BINK. Denrer Is alatad for an artMdal lea rUk. next aeaaoa. aceording to Major Cnanlagbam. who la a abating tan of the llrat water. The Major tbluka that a rink will pay thafe-aM pay wen. ~ DB. WHYTOCK 80MB SKATER. Dr. Wtiytoek. who flnlsbad second la the ama- tear fignre akating cbamploaaUps last seaaon, at Cleveland, la making an eOvt to form a atock company la Salt Ijaka to build an ice rink. During my atay at Salt Lake I was ataown tbe miniature akaUng table which tbe Ooetor baa bad built back la bis bam and upon wbldi be prepared himaelf for tha cbsmplonsblps Isat aeaaoa. Tha Uttls lee ifcatlnc plant la (Naaa VsMr pom. «iat Mm, aad li aaMhw , The Oiat race eC Aa- beat two la thiaa pro- fe as lia is l rdler mateh raeaa. between Henry Becker dty champion, and IM Tyrrell, waa skated laat week at Madlaon Oardena, and re- aolted In a close victory for Becker, who, after a wondarfally well-judged sprint the laiit seven lapa of a three mile pursuit race, made op tbe loat ground O^rreU bad gained 00 bim In the early part - of the race. When the gnu was fired. Becker crossed the tape a few yarda ahead of ^rrell, who acemed to alow up on tbe laat half lap, thtif-m that ha was to floiah on the aame atito SiBlr fid TOm face waa faat and exdting from start ts flnlab, and waa akated In 9:21. BECKER AND HENNBSSY WIN FINAL EVENT, BEAT MEUSER AND CARLSON ON BOLIjEBS FOR CITY CHAMPION- SHIP. Henry Becker and Frank Hennessy demonstrat' ed. May 6, at Madlaon Oardena that they ace the fastest team of roller pursuit skaters In CliicagOb by defeating "Nip'*^ Melser and Cad Os ri se n . wan rank 'aa two of the best endurance ikatsin of tbe pnsant time. In the final aerlea of three match porsalt races, sftcr as bard a struggle and exciting a finish In any event of ita kind. The first race waa won by HOIaar aad Oitl- Bon at three mllea. Tbe aeoond was. won Becker and neoncssy and was a five-rolle race. Tfal9 gave each team a race and tbe final race, after much wrangling aa to tbe diatance to be skated, was split and the race waa a four-mile pnrsolt. Becker and MeliCT, for the opposing tesma, started oC the laea, which pace waa exchan«ed by each tiam pate iieaily eeeir other ' ing tbe entire distsaee, making one hottest conteated races erer skated aa I tecccded on all three watebas bald tr of the Western Skating AaMCUUoB was IS minntea and 14 aeconda flat. Ftank Hennessy. wbo so ably assisted bla team mate In winning the race, showed wonder- ful endurance over any of hia previous racea aad be. with Becker, won tbe applaone of all ttie akatcrs. Immediately after the race, Becker announced ll ■liiii'iiiiili'iiiiilll It i ■ * * * I'liittitiivi ■ = Skatinii Rink Band Organs tanUlbstter oniaie than a band to skate by, and cut out the heavy egpw ws oC aaualciaaa. They are designed and .built fag^ iu (tiM mildfB'liijprt manufacturers) especially for the riok' bllrfi^Hk I a odUtsiy bnw baod of 10 to 80 pieoea. 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