Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-06
the Bantams, Otto (Dutch) Phillips and H. (Bolshevil1D Collins.
WORLD WIDE REVIVAL
 BRINGS BACK ICE SKATING
By Peter P. Carney


 Ice skating, especially speed com petition, felt the effects of the world war more than eny other pastime, and not until all the other sports were again in healthy condition did the physician pay any atention to ice skating.
 This glorious pastime became a lost art in the European countries d Ing the war, and if the United States mad nit settled the issue as quickly as it did the sport would soon have become was something that had no bearing on the war aud therefore it was soon shelved.
 Now, however, the sport has receiv- ed first aid treatment and is under going a revival the world over, and the races early in February in Chisti- ania, Norway, between Bobby" Nc Lean, of Chicago, and Oscar Mathie- son, of Christiania, Norway, for the worlds professional ice skating title should do much to kindle the forces of interest .McClean has sailed for Norway and hopes to prove to Nor wegians that America is supreme in ice Skatink as in other sports. Right at home we are promised the busiest ice skating season in history. The Easter speed championships were held on Lake Placid on New Year s day and the Northwest Skating club, of Chicago, will conduct a, ca \val of speed skating on Humbolt park on January Il. This club, which is now a branch of the Northwest Sports mans club, wsa organized in 1888 and ever since has been one of the prime movers in keeping ice skating before the public It has promoted more race meets and turned out more first class skaters than any other organization ; in the country.
 The intercollegiate hockey league Is again in full swing, as is the Cana dian intercollegiate hockey league, and the Canadian professional hockey leauge, is no wbeing reorganized. The Yale university hockey team invaded Canada the first week in January, and played matches with the Hamilton Tigers, the Amateur Champions, of Canada, at Kingston, Brockville, To- ronto and Welland on successive days. The University of Pennsylvania has a hockey team for the first time. Alliance With Canada.
 One of the things that will do much to help skating is the alliance of the hockey and skating associations of the United States and Canada. This alliance means resumption of inter national Ice sports TOT champlonShip honors. With this alliance hockey and other ice sports will come under the joint control of the International Skating Union of America and the Canadian Hockey associations. Plans are now being arranged to permit of series of skating and hockey com petitions.
 The Western Skating association, which directs the skating activities in the middle west, is making extensive [ changes in the rules and regulations governing amateur ice skating for the purpose of building up more competi- tion and putting the sport on a higher plane. One of the things the western l association intends 10 do is to adopt the A. A. |. rule with reference to the length of time an athlete must com plete unattached after leaving a club. Some skaters have competed for as 1 high as six clubs in the course of a | season. Under the new rule a skater leaving one club will have to wait one 1 year before he can wear the colors of another club. This is a step in the right direction.
 More rinks are in operation in New