New-York tribune., 1909-01-14
MANY FALL IN SKATING
tEGER SHOWS SPEED.
a;rs Tco-MiIe Handicap at the
ST Nicholas Rink.

Ing marked the speed skating at the st.
hee. ,,3,t, last night Clarence Granger, of the
Ncho's r1orkey Club. won the two-mile handi-
FshoN --45h. while his club mate. X. p. Day
caF - -t- tape first in the half-mile handicap.
faf, nile novice was won by Samuel Flatto, an
--s-tached skater
la-s .f3rs furnished plenty of excitement Both
reg a. events were run of in heats. and every
hsl ,.sbed several falls. Some of the IN
hes' h..es were slammed against the sidewsl, yet
W. .,o vras badly hurt
no ' .he evening Miss Katherine Pope gave an
I'll. I.fo- ~ fancy skating. There did not seem
4r,r-s too difficult for this eleven-year-old
.eter he exhibition two medals were pre-
fhHl - bs- one b- the Wanderers Hockey Club
- the other by Sam See
$50 phT Nearuey. who now represents the
-s.-.~s Hockey C2Eb. and Granger their
= ,ba haif-r-Ils handicap the spectators
- for an unusual struggle in the final clash.
-.,,vsnated Kearney got away quickly. and
III =. ere+ two laps displayed all his oldtime
:" - IN turning into the stretch he tripped
IN heavily against the side OF the track. get
- bad shaking up
--rs- kept OF. and before the distance had
- covered drew up with the leaders In at
o.,,g n get through the scratch man was in
,s-s5 with and down he went. That enabled
- vino had thi-ty-fre yards start. to win
Fa1
-.,,g club The latter IS the one-rnile outdoor
,hsn3icn-
EN- yrben The leaders were within fifteen yards
-. s,;sb r7ar-e4 the final heat OF the novice
= Samuel Flatt0. after making the pace all the
ras challenged a lap from home by George
-rrBse-. of the Hoboken Skating Club. Flatto
.,sesred 10 be tiring badly. and as the pair made
= lss7 -r-rn Te-williEer seemed 10 be a certain
inner h1l. a useful shove by Flatto sent the Ho-
-rfrg latter
- do was n come in third. It looked Ike a
foul but the officials took no notice OF the incident
sucb vel known flyers as Granger, kearney'
sba, and Joe Miller stood on scratch in the two
-ls handicap. with the other men strung out all
,ts v-ay 70 700 wards Al the start Granger dashed
svsv and se- the pace fe- the scratch men. closely
sonov-ea tz Kearney The latter's chances faded
szav however. when he fell in the second lap
Al that tine W Wood OF Long Branch. one or
The limit men was leading Granger continued TO
bend 10 HIS work and, taking the corners beauu-
fully. succeeded In catching Up with the ieaoeIs
81 the end Of the first mile. Y. NJ Taylor,
tst,.-,-a-5 man showed in front at that point
sn5 Granger made no attempt 10 pass him Until
4ye laps from home He then cut loose, and q
Tevr strides served 70 place him in front There
.,e- the race resolved itself into a procession,
with the nying Granger increasing his lead with
..cb Ian He won. eased up. by thirty yards
from " M Taylor, who was closely pressed by
A z Taylor.
The summaries follow
Bsf-usfe handicap final heat-won by X P Dayton.
wanderers q { (35 ysrdsl; " sutPhsn, Saratoga s. G
IN YARDS. second ". II. Taylor, y. Y. A. c. go
ys-ssl third Tine. 20.
,slfrnIs novice Cansl hean-won by Samuel Flatto.
uzzttsch.d: " Graham Wanderers s e sscSnd; tCsGs1
IEs handos2IW2n Sy GsEsGos gsT7a Gr9nssr' |as 40
y1-dsl second; s. E Taylor. y Y A c GO YARDS.
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