The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-01-29
FLOOD LAGOON
FOR ICE DERBY
Director of Parks System
Orders Ice Put in Shape
for Saturday.
PROMISE FAST COURSE
May Expect Records to Fall If
Weather Keeps Track in
Shape for the Races.

Floyd Carlson, director of the city
park system, has ordered his men to
go to work on the Lincoln Park lagoon
to get the entire ice pond in shape for
the second annual Kenosha Evening
News-Optimist club ice skating derby
to be held on the municipal rink on
Saturday afternoon. George Bickford,
director of recreation, is cooperating
with Carlson and the two have prom
ised an ideal course if the weather
permits. The course IS to be laid out
according to official Amateur Athletic
Union specifications.
On Monday morning and afternoon
all skating on the pond was prohibited
while the city men flooded the lagoon
with a new coat. Sundays warmth
and the little snow that fell during
the day made the pond unfit for fast
skating and it was decided to food the
pond Monday and again on Friday, the
day before the meet. Everything will
be in readiness, it is promised, for
the first shot of the timers gun on
Saturday afternoon at half past one
o'clock.
Plan Order of Events.
The committee which is in charge
of the meet for the Optimist club is
now at work on the order of events
for the tourney. 1t will be so planned
that no two races will happen near
each other that might be open for the
same racer. That will give every en-
trant a chance to rest up from the
rigors Of one race before he will be
called upon to run again.
A glance 1T the entry list as it is
today shows that practically all of the
winners of last years events are COM
ing back again to try their ability
with the new bloods. that are entering
for the first time. The two LAWYERS
are entered in all of the mems anna
teur events. Brotcke, who finished
second in the mile, is entered again
in the same event. Warren House of
Chicago, who won first place in the
mile event for professionals last year
has just sent in his entry blank for
the same event this year, and with
others entered this particular, race,
promises to be one of the best of the
day.
Award Valuable Prizes.
The awards in each of the events
will be given to those racers winning
first and second places, and these will
be presented to the winners at meet
ing of the Optimist club on Monday
noon of February Is, following
luncheon to which the winners will
be invited as guests of the club.
The two medals-gold and Silver
which are being awarded by the Ke-
nosha Evening News as special prizes
in the mems senior half-mile event
are now on display in the Regner
Jewellery store window at the corner
Of South and Main streets together
with all of the prizes for the races.
Each Of the prizes has been contri-
buted to the officials by member of
the Optimist club. The list is as fol-
lows:
Mems senior, one mile event, 18
years and over-First place, silver
cup by John M. Regner, jeweler; Sec
ond place, pair fur-lined gloves by
Johnson Hansen company, clothiers.
Mems senior, half mile event, IS
years and over-First place, Gold
medal by Kenosha Evening News;
Second place, silver medal by Kenosha
Evening News.
Mems senior race, 220 yards, Is and
over-First place, dozen pair silk sox,
Gerald Cooper, Copper Underwear com
pany; Second place, one-half dozen
pairs silk sox, John Kitzrow, Allen A.
company.
Professional, one mile event, open
First place, $40 gold piece by First
National bank; Second place, SIS gold
piece by o. A. Mcneil coal company.
Boys intermediate, half mile event,
16 and II years of age-First place,
silver cup by H. P. Larsen, plumber;
Second place, golf knife by George
Stevens. clerk of circuit court.
Boys junior, quarter mile event, IA
to is years-First place, pair ice
skates by Dunnebacke company, flour
and feed dealers; Second place, silver
belt chain by E. L. Holbrook, jeweler.
Boys Juvenile, 220 yard event, 10
years and under-First place, boys
hockey sweater by Haskell Bliss; Sec
ond place, fountain pen by Ed. Will
liams, Badger Fuel Supply company.
Girls senior, half mile race, 16 and
over-First place, silver cup by Geo.
Anderson, Kenosha Lumber company;
Second place, girls muffler by James
Barden, Barden Store company.
Girls intermediate, 440 yards, IA to
16 years of age-First place, silver
cup by William Pirsch of Peter Pirsch
and company; Second place, girls
muffler by U. S. National bank.
Girls junior, 220 yard event, 13 and
under-First place, leather music fold,
by Adam Schneider, Schneider Music
company; Second place, girls muffler,
by U. S. National bank.
Send Entries In Now.
Entries in the meet are being receiv-
ed until noon of Friday, Jan. 80. None
will be entered in the races unless the
postmark on the envelope in which
they are received is dated before that
time. Entry blanks are printed in an
other section of this paper. All names
and events, with their classification
received to date, will be published in
these columns.
Remember that there is to be first
and second prize in each event, and
included among the prizes are silver
cups, gold and silver medals and cash
prizes of ten and five dollar gold
pieces for the professional mile race.