New Britain herald., 1920-02-19
'ESLEYAN WILL
 OBSERVE HOLIDAY
Esilills,0n'S Birthday jo Be Cele- bratai With Several Events

slae Placid, N. IN.. Fe3. !3.-- stern specd skaters car"ieu or: rlI1 of honors in tle first day'o cou- < in the interuationa. chanpion- bere Yesterday. They outclassed Eastern staEE. In spite of the aForable weather I largo and en- aiststic crowd witnessed the races. IVY snow fe,t during th~ contest accumulated ut thh ralD of two lcs un hour.
 tecrets McGoNa,;, Of St. gaul. ficd tnc da. mtit u tutul or GU ntS ay winning lhr Aalf and onu races. Roy McWirthcr. of Chi : u. tteE with JeWtlaw for second ors With ! total of 70 points. M. |din2H, ot Winnipeg. Canada. and Moore, formerly Metropolitan ttpion and now skating under the ITS Of Lake Placid, tied for third TO points each.
 cGoWan's success did not como as prpr;se to those who have been owing his performances closely. has been 't consistent winner this on and has showed rema rka b Q D. Somo feel that McGowan Id Do q worthy opponent for. hr Mathieson, who has just taken professional worlds skating title T Bobby Mclean.
 oWeVer. there seems to be no inn iato prospect of McGowan turn professional, so the relative abil- of tho two men must remain a ulation. McGowan won his heat he one-haf mile, finished second oe Moore in tho semi-final and Charles Jewtraw for first place De final by over three yards. Jew
 was about the same distance Id of Moore, while NcWhirter lost
 place by inches. McGoaan b the fastest time for this event. mute 20 3-5 seconds-Nhich was seconds faster than the final Big Entry for Mile Race.
 be large mum ber of entries Trade ecessary to skate the one mile br event in four heats first, three in each, to qualify in the final. Leitch, Of New York. skating for Placid club and considered 10 a good chance in the final fo" mile, qualified in his heat. but cut badly. He was kicked by one e competitors while rounding the turn. I.eitch was unable to start 6 6nals, but it was found upon ination by the club physician the cut is not serious.
 c r men who qualified for the
 were: Charles Jewtraw. Joe re and Al Leitch, all of Lake d; Roy McWhirter. Gus h'etz. en Topper and William Stein
 Of Chicago: Everett McGowan, }. Paul: NJ. Goodman. of tWinni- E. Gloster, Of Toronto: A. J. lnde~. Of Milwaukee. and Joe I, of New York.
 pster took the lead and for three the men ioafed. Miller livened $ up by increasing the pace at fourth lap. Jewtraw and Moore back until three laps from the |, when Jewtraw sprinted anu the lead. The crowd enthused Jewtraw. for first place in thisi meant at least a tie with Me en, and when JeWtraw rounded home stretch still in the lead # | as if the crowd would be jed.
 JewtraW Falls Near Tape.
 arlie was out of luck. however. within 10 yards of the finish, he md was unable to get q place. bwan, skating on the outside, by Moore and McWhirter, with man hugging closely, but Good l. was unable to overtake Me- ter, who finished second. The ators seemed to overlook Me ms fine victory in their disap ment over Jewtraw's accident.
 omen from West Also Win.
 women also took honors for Vest Rose Johnson, of Chicago. ed the worlds records for both 00- and 22o-yard dashes. Her ime for the century was in the which she took in 12 3-o seconds. time in the 220-yard final. was conds. Miss Johnson was forced ete her best in the l00-yard dash ht Miss Robinson, Of Toronto, but ad lots 10 spare in the 220-yard Muller. Of New York. was !tn- to get better than third in the ard finals.