Sport: Skating Champion

At Lake Placid, paradise of icemen, sport went forward last week, not with pick and tongs, but with long blades of polished steel. Francis Allen of Chicago (TIME, Feb. 16) slashed the glassy lake with his runners, defeated Charles Gorman of Canada, champion last season, 120 points to 80, was crowned amateur speed skating champion of the U. S.

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