The New York herald., 1922-01-03
Joe Moore Wins Three Firsts
and Two Seconds at
Newburgh.
CONDITIONS ARE IDEAL
W0men's Title Holder, Miss
Elsie Muller, Leads in
Half Mile Race.

Special Dispatch to THE New YORK iIBaN.p
NEwBuRGH, n. Y, Jan. 2.--The Middle
Atlantic ice skating championships and
the Donahue Memorial trophy were won
here to-day by Joe Moore the interna-
tional amateur speed champion. Moore
Won the title with total of 100 points.
Paul Forsman OF the fremont Club was
second with SO and the Lake Placid star.
Leslie Boyd, finished third with 40.
Moore won the quarter mile and the half
mile events and finished second in the
220 yards and one mile races.
Miss Elsie Muller, national champion,
won the women's championship. Miss
Gladys Robinson. International cham
pion, was tied for second with Miss Mil
dred Truslow.
The morning events developed some
spirl.ed competition in the heats. but
when the skaters lined up in the finals
at 2 P. M. the real action began. The
result of the 220 yard dash. in which
Paul Forsn1an of the fremont Club was
returned the winner, was the biggest sur
prise of the day, as Moore and Murphy
Of the 1S1st Street Ice Palace were con-
sidcred the favorites OF the meet.
Forsman jumped into the lead with
the start and try as they might neither
Murphy nor Moore were able to do more
than come abreast Of him. Going into
q
cred the three but Forsman by one of
the prettiest sprints ever seen here
breasted the tape less than yard in
front OF Moore. Leslie Boyd managed
to get up in time to take third money
from Murphy. Forsman's time, 81 3-5
seconds. was remarkable as a strong
head wind was blowing down the stretch.
Moore in Close Finishes.
Moore and Forsman fought out one
OF the prettiest duels in the quarter
mile ever staged on the Slap track
The bunch got away on even terms at
the crack of the gun, Moore taking the
lead on the first turn with Forsman
second. GojrP into the backstretch
for the second time these two men
opened up car of five yards and they
skatcd -ccs ant neck until the hSad
OF the strt tcr was reached Moore got
ting the. decjs on at the WIRE when
Forsmar falte~ed, by about three yards.
Moore led the pack for the first two
rounds OF The track In the half mile.
when Her casey OF Placid went out at
a terrific clip, closely followed by Alfred
Neuhfrr o: Cleveland, who sprinted past
Henessov rs Trey entered the backstretch
and cpenod up a gap on the field of
about ave yards, shaking off all but
Murphy and Moore AS they hit the
menu q. lTf FtT6lCll, hOOIt. anu .Ntuului
were closely punched. Half way down
the stratcI Moore gained a slight ad-
vantage or Neuhfur and won by less
than .wo yards. with Neuhfur getting
the decision for second money over
Murphy. The time OF 1 :35 was con-
sidered very good under the conditions.
The three mile Donahue Memorial
trophy race was won by Moore In the
fast time of 947 1-5. Moore taxi
IT, from RnVd at the
head OF The stretch to win by about
five yards.
Bobby Mclean failed In his attempt
70 lower the worlds record OF 30 10
seconds for the quarter mile made by
Howard Mosher of Newburgh over
twenty years ago when he was unable /
to do better than 80 AS seconds with a
nyinr start Mosher's time from
standing start was 35 10 seconds.
Raw Murray of the 1s1st Street Ice
palace won the half mile race for school,
hoys under a. He also lowered his
record for the 220 yard dash, when he
slxated The distance in 26 as seconds.
The Summaries.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS.
900 Yards --Final heat-won by Paul Fors-
man, T-ernor Ska.ing Club; second, Joe
Moore, isist Street fee Palace; third. Leslie
sGyS' 3yS Tara YARD pssh.-.rirnI heat--won by Joe
Moore. fsirt Street II Palace; second. Paul
Forsmnr. Tremon. Skating Club; third
James Hennessey Lake Placid. Time.
Half Mne.-F1nai hcss-wcn. BY JOS Moore,
1sist Street Toe Paiaoi; second, Alfred Neuh-
fur. Cleveland A. q, thifs Wtiis.p Murphy
One Mie.-Frml hsa,-won by Leslie BOYD.
Lake Placid Club second. Joe Moore. lslst
Street Ics Palace; third Alfred Neuhfur.
Cleveland A. O. Time. o % i-e.
Donohuc Memorial Three Miles.-Final
heat-won by Joe Moore, isfst street Ice
Paince second Leslie Boyd. Lake Placid
Club: Third, III. A. Perlbers. Cleveland a. 9.
Time, 0 al 10.
wOMEN's CHAMPIONSHIPS.
430 Tards.-Final hsat-won by Gladys
Robinson, Toronto; second, Elsie Muller.
1stst Street Zee Palace, third, Mildred Trus-
low Brooklyn Ice Palace Time. 0;52 20.
Half Mlle--Final Heat-Won by Elsie Null
Ter, 1sist Street Ice Palace: second. Mildred
Truslow, Brooklyn Ice Palace; third. Roslyn
Sternberg. fremont Skating Club. Time.
/ 800 i-J.
sCHOOLBOY RACES.
Half NIlle-Tor schoolboys under ~ years.
Won by Raymond Murray. 1sist street Ice
Palace; second. r. T.. Carroll. New York
city third. Malcolm Handline. Newbursh N.
y. Time. :55 4-h
Half sIile--Fo- boys Of "a. ~ and 10 years
of nse. Won by D'Oflle Green. Haranac
Iakci second. Morris Coggnn. Cleveland A.
fr1 Nrxv Xorls fIf Ia.