The New York herald., 1921-02-19
THREE TIED IN LAKE
PLACID SKATING
McGowan, Lamy and Staff
Each Score Sixty Points in
Opening Day Events.

Special Despatch to TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
LAKE PLACID, N. Y, Feb. 1S.-At The
end of the first days meet OF the pro-
fessional speed skating championships
Everett McGowsn of ST. Paul. Edmund
T,amy of Saranac Lake and Arthur STAFF
of Chicago are tied with so points each.
Tire 440 yard dash, in which Lamy ana
staff skated a dead heat, gave each
man 80 points. MCGOWAN by winning
the one mile and two mile events has
a grand total Of 60 points Staff by taxi
Ing second in the mile added 20 and by
taking third in the two mile 10 to his
noint score. while Lamy, when he was
placed second In the two mile and third
in the mile, increased his total to 6t.
Ben O'SIclley of Philadelphia by TAX
ing third in the 440 yard dash received
10 points.
The Lake Placid Skating Association
has hung up a purse of $1,000 to be di-
vided in prizes amounting to $3.50 per
race 500 for first $40 for second and
$40 for bird. with a grand prize Of
$3.50 for the man taking the greatest
number of points In the meet and s25
for the man breaking worlds record
IN any of these events The winner or
this meet will be the recognized profess
sociation invited Bobby Mclean, NorVai
Baptie and Morris Wood.
The amateurs had their inning In the
i40 yard. the one mile and two mile
events OF the Adirondack Championship
Ben O'Sickey. the Philadelphia crack
beat the field in the start of the f4o
ward dash. with Staff and MCGOWAN
closely following. Edmund Lamy got
n poor start in this event. Going INTO
he backstretch the second time Staff
was leading, with MCGOWAN at his shoul-
der and Lamy a close third. nj TINS
point the men started their sprint rs
hey rounded the third turn. with Nc
Gowan slightly In advance OF starr and
Iamv at Staff's shoulder. Staff passed
MCGOWAN at the head of the stretch ;
Lamy likewise Staff looked winner
here as he was In front by about five
Yards, but the Saranac Lake man with
but about 80 yards to 60 shot suddenly
forward and as they crossed the line
the Judges declared the event dead
heat. with Ben O'Sickey third MCGOWAN
having fallen twenty yards from the
tane. This event was skated In the
fast time of 81 1-5 seconds. two-fifths
Of n second better than that in which
Charles German. the ST. Johns. New
brunswick, boy lowered the record last
week.
At the start of the mile event Pete
Dube of Escanaba. Mich, set out at n
merry clip In an effort to shake the field
and opened up n gap OF about sixty
yards on the bunch. At the head OF
the stretch on the fifth lap, with but
a lap 10 GO Dube WIS caught and passed.
Art Staff suddenly jumped the pack as
they rounded the first turn. with Lamy
and MCGOWAN at his heels They held
this position until the head of the stretch
was reached for the last time, when Nc
Gowan. by a desperate sprint forged to
the front, TO win by less than foot
from Staff. with Lamy third.
The summaries:
American Professional Championships.
40 Yard Dash-Dead heat between Ed
mund i.amy OF Sarnnac Late md Arthur
staff OF Chicago; third. Ben O.Sickey OF
Philadelphia. Time. o:s7 ~. STAR and
money or skate off tomorrow. Each man
will be credited with 80 points
One Mile Professional-Won by Everett
MCGOWAN OF st. Paul second. Staff OF Chi
cago; third, Lamy OF saranac Lake. Time.
20 3-5.
Two Mile Professionai-won by McC;owan
OF St. Paul: second Lamy ~ sararac Lake
third. Staff Of Chicago. Time. 6:04 40.
Adirondack Amnteur Championships.
440 Yard Senior Final-Won by Al Leitch
OF Lake Placid: second william Steinmetz
Of CHICAGO; third, Richard Donovan Of st.
Paul. Time, 02.
| One Mile Senior Final-Won by William
Steinmetz, Chicago second, Roy McWhirter.
Chicago; third. Fred Bundgrn, Chicago.
Two Mile Senior i1inai-won by william
Steinnetz, Chicago second, Roy McWhirter,
chicago; third. Richard Donovan. st. Paul.
Time. , .54 40