Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1914 — SKATERS TO DECIDE HONORS [ARTICLE]

SKATERS TO DECIDE HONORS

World’s Championship Will Be Settled in Meet at Milwaukee in March —Many to Compete. - L. —•- The first amateur and professional roller skating speed championship races ever held In the history of roller skating will be run off in the Riverview skating palace, Milwaukee, during the latter part of March, 1914. Julian T. Fitzgerald, president of the Western Skating association, who has been promoting the event for the past 20 months, is the general manager of the meet. Roller rinks throughout the United States were after the event, Including those at St. Louis, Kansas City, Charleston, W. Va., Detroit, Buffalo and Cincinnati. The meet was awarded to Manager Joseph W, Munch of the Milwaukee rink for SI,OOO. In April, 1912, a movement was started to raise money by popular subscription for the meet and to help defray the expenses of the amateur champions from the different states. First prize for the amateur championship is a silver loving cup. Second, third, fourth and fifth prizes will be gold, silver and bronze medals. The winner of the professional championship will be awarded a diamond medal. Other prizes will be gold, silver and bronze medals. In addition, the professionals will race for a purse of SSOO. The champion skaters of England and France arrived in American a short time ago. It is estimated that at least 300 amateur and professional skaters will compete, making the event the first real championship meet ever held in .this or any other country.