Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-26
WINTER SPORTS ENJOY
. SUCCESSFUL SEASON
Numerous Carnivals Are Held
in All Sections of
Country.
Iiy Peter q. tnrnc,.

Ice skating. hockey AID winter
sports In general have had won
dcrfui season. Never IN the histor,.
OF skating has there been SO many
sports carnivals BESIDES the huu
drcds that usually take place In
canada and In certain sections OF tho
United States, there wero dozens O,
carniHals in Northern New England
where siNty-hvo hotels remained
open TO tako cara or tho winter va
cationists. This Is the FIRST time that
New England has ever taken advan
'age OF this wonderful opportunity,
Tor no section OF tho United States
or Canada is in better position TO
promote winter sports than New
England. All tho natural facilities
are to be found there.
There were more skating racc-
than ever before and hockey war
played In cities that never before
witnessed hockey games In the city
or Winnipeg We arc informed that
thero arc ninety-six hockey teams
in the various city leagues. and in
no less than dozen Canadian cities
there were hockey leagues. Tho
| United States hasn't come to this az
| yet. Tut we believe that BOSTON win
foster one or more city leagues next
season. Hockey is the main winter
| sport In Boston. There are almost
| an many hockey players In winter
as there arc baseball players in
summer. New Haven. Conn. had an
! industrial hockey league Of eight
clubs and had an ice rink in opera
ton for the first time in years
Hoch<cy Chr mpionsh,p Promoted.
Through this media New Haven
enjoyed skating TO great extent
and good many thousand enjoyed
the sport New Haven promoted "a
| hockey championship for grammar
] school teams. and also skating
carnival In which there were general
,nousand entries. the meet running
All day and evening. There wcr.
J races for the grammar schools, paro-
chial schools. high schools. prep
! schools. Industrial plants. department.
| stores. and for the city CHAMPION
| ships, and fancy skating exhibitions
| by local performers. II vas a won
herfui show. What New Haven has
done other cities VIII do next season.
Pittsburgh. New York. formed :;
winter sports association TWO years
ago and this past season competed
| with Shranac and Lake Placid 20.
patronage Plattsburgh erected a
! track eight laps to the mile. with Il
! hockey rink Inside. and q tobogyu,,
! slide for;y-f!vc feet in hcirhtn
some 1900 persons paid 10 skate tn
! the rink the FIRST winter. and those
! hSurcs were considerable Bothered
| ia" past season. The diamond media,
races were held at Plattshurgh. Tho
| track at this place wa, made on tho
/ nigh school athletic field. which give,
| YOU an idea OF what athletic ucld
! can be used for in the winter ;nou;h,
! rr"frssI"nni Sknt-rs Make Tour.
! bobby Mclean. Edmund I.amv AND
! a number OF other professional
skaters made "a tour Of Eastern citics
. giving exhibitions after which Me
can won tho indoor skating cham
| pionship. Arthur staff "on tn.
American and Canadian outdoor
| championships and William stein =
metz and Roy McWhirter, both o.
| chicaGo--as are Mclean and Staff
/ won the amateur championships
! There were more competitors in tho
amateur races this past winter than
ever before and the professionals
we're so active that an effort is now
being made TO organize them. THAT
! is a sign of bctt.rmcnt.
In New York the leo skating sea
son was so good that the manage
mcnt az Iceland have decided 10
erect a 100000 plant at FIFTY
Third street and Broadway. There
was time when the bulk of tho in
door skating was done in New York
| Then IL died out. Now II IS coming
back. II is fine sport-and va
know Of nothing more exciting than
good hockey