, 1923-01-21
SELECT RACERS
FOR TOURNEY N
CHICAGO JAN. rs
National and Sectional Cham
pions to Compete in Many
Events on Ice.
BIZ Ran sCHRE1BER.

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Skaters who viii compete IN this
national outdoor championship tour
nament which Will be held in Chicago
on january 26. 81 md 2s have been
selected by the championship com
mittee Of the Western Skating asso-
citation, under whose auspices the
meet will DO staged. and the field rep
resents one of tho greatest ever gath
cred for an ice tournament In the
history OF the sport. Sectional cham
pions from all parts of the United
States and Canada Is well az the
major title holders Of last year viii
compete, making up a held of about
sixty racers
Besides the champions Of the 1922
season. the skaters picked to race for
the highest honorB OF the skating
world were selected IN the basis Of
their showings in h various tourna-
ments staged In their sections. This
gives practically every part of the
country a representative or several
representatives In the title running
and excludes the usual number OF
second and third rate racers which
usually clog the big tournaments
which are run without regulation as
to entry.
Five Champs In Chicago
Chicago, owning nv champions Of
national note, will have the greatest
number Of representatives. Topping
the deId is William 5teinmetz, Nor
INSTRUMENTATION A A. racer who last
year won the international outdoor
championship at Lake Placid. n. T..
and also took he saranac Lake. NJ
z. diamond medal, a trophy which
was the highest award OF h 1922
skating season. Close behind Stein
metz in the honor, roll comes Roy
Mowhirter. Northwest Skating club
boy who won the national outdoor
title at Plattsburg, N. Y.
Harry Kaskey. Aerno A. A., won
the Western championship last sea
son and with Steinmetz and Nc
whittier will compete in h senior
championships.
Eddie Reed, Alverno A. A. lad who
won the international and national
outdoor championships in the east last
season, will be Chicago's strongest
representative in the Junior cham
ptonshtps. Mrs. Rose Johsnon Ed
man. Northwest Skating club. former
international and national title holder
and winner Of the western champion
ship last year, will strive 20 bring
back the national championship to
Chicago in the women's events.
Many Girl Stars TO Race.
Mr.. Edman will face stin competi'
lion IN her class for the women's In
transitional and national indoor and
outdoor tito holder. Miss Gladys
RobiuSon Of Toronto, Canada, will be
on hand to defend her laurels. The
wornen's races also will see Miss Elsie
Muller Of New York. Metropolitan
champion; Miss Hattie Dose, New
York, middle Atlantic champion, and
Miss Hazel Billy. for the last four
wears wisconsin state title holder. in
competition. Another strong entry in
the women's races will be Miss Edna
webster of Toronto, Canada
Charley Jewtraw, who holds the
middle Atlantic championship OF 1922
and who IL credited with having es-
tablished several new worlds records
In the tournaments held in the east
early this season. Will represent Lake
Placid, N. y, in the senior mems
races. Jewtraw is a great skater and
In favored by many TO defeat the held
for national honors.
German, Moore 10 Race.
Charlie German, Canadian national
champion, VIII race for 81. John, N. B.
German won a few races In the ma.
tional and international champion
ships Of 1929, but wasn't as consistent
a point winner In the title Journeys
as stelnmets and Mcwhirter. But
German will make a strong bid for
the championship and 10 counted on