The sun., 1910-02-06
NEW skATING cHANPIONs.
seIHler And HurNholder win TitIcs at
Verona Lake

Three new amateur skating champions
got their titles yesterday at Verona Lake.
" j. The races held were the two mile.
mile and half mile championships and the
mile novice championships. j. W. Miller
OF the New York Athletic Club won two
events. the half mile and two mile. W.
Burkholder Of the Riverside Skating Club
got the mile mpionship. and o. 6tnnerud.
who n q member OF the Verona Skating
Club, graduated from the novice class by
winning the mile.
LAmy. the former champion. who has
been skating in Pittsburg recently. Is III
at his home there. Il was reported yesterday,
and was not In condition to defend his title.
Although the times made were not a. fast
a. they probably would have been II Lamy
had started. his absence made the races
more interesting. for the results were not
certain before the start.
Miller won his heat easily In the half mile
but had to skate hard to win the hnal He
was a very close second In the mile race.
being beaten ON the last stretch. Sinnerud's 5
victory was the easiest Of the four. He IN
a powerfully built man and q graceful
skater. He started In the mile and two mile
cham pionship races also and took third
place IN the former, Sinnerud is brother
Of Peter Slnnerud. who cut some figure as a
skater not long ago. and Peter was there
yesterday to coach bis brother along y
Tho Ice was a. solid as could be desired.
There was not even slush on the surface;
the north, held the men back at the far
turn Of the track during the earlier part
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fSSs lake was crowded with spectators.
.S.ny many Of whom skased themselves before
The mile championship promised to end
unplessantly for a time because o. an in
clined to call foul. II was settled emicably.
however. without any hard feeling. The
number or starters was so large that a double
sprint for the pole, Sinnerud. the swede,
who had Just won his novice race. reached
the inside position first, but following ms nus
Of the Saratoga skating Club, Brooklyn.
slided up into the lead and hung there for .s
and Sutphen then was Obliged TO retire in
fsSe5 o. Ollie wosd q I.OpG Branch: ~
..s was rs,s neeIs o1e pshs Sp
the sixth lap. or three-auarter mile mark.
,sss he sAR ROSa TO %n ys no S%S
BuFkholder had al this time been quietly
creeping up from the tail OF the train. With
ahead % @ and forced bImssif Sp past Miller
ct the line. Miller touched Burkholder
as the latter nnished and Il looked as though
view which the officials took at first and they
declared Miller disqualified. This made
Sinnerud second and Wray OF the New York
A. G.. third. After some discussion and
taking OF testimony Miller was exonerated
and placed second. The time for the race
was , inmates q ) seconds. Bur kholder
fell in the second lap and received hard
setback. which he had 10 make up.
The summaries:
$40 Yard Race, National Championship First
trfal heAt-won BY J. Miller. N. Y. A. G.; w. N.
Taylor. y. Y. A.C.. second. o. Wood: Long Branch
Sccond Trial Hest-WOn by W. 5urkhoider.
Riverside y c.: a. Sutphen. Saratoga >. G, sec.
ond: A. r. AcCrow and X. Deyton Ned for third
place. Time. I minute % 5-5 seconds. H.
FINAL Heat-won BY J. Miller. y, Y. y GA.
Sutphen. Saratoga s. C., second; W. burkhotder.
Riverside s. c.. third: o. Wood, Tong Branch
s. c.. fourth. Time, minute - seconds.
One Mile RAce-NAtonal championship, novice
Won BY q. SlnneIud, Verona 8. c.: w, Gates.
BronI S. C., second: !. HOuseneld. unattached,
third: W. Koble. unattached. fourth. Time.
Ore Nile Race-Nsuoaal cha mpIonship.M
by W. Burkholder. Riverside s. C.: w. Miller.
n Y. A. G. second: o: slnrerud; Verona s. C..
third. Time, . niutes g seconds.
Two Mile RAce-NAtonal chsmpionshlp-Won
By J. W. MIlicr N. Y. A. C.: W. Sutphen. Saratoga
81 c., second; W. kuehne. ". " A. C.. third; W. ~.
Taylor. N. Y. A. C., fourth. Time. minutes -
seconds.