¶ U. S. skaters, by wide margins: the North American speed-skating championships, long held by Canada; in a driving wind at Oconomowoc, Wis. Chunky Eddie Schroeder of Chicago won the men's title, comely Kit Klein of Buffalo, the women's, Leo Freisinger of Chicago, the intermediate Richard Beard of Minneapolis, the junior.
¶ Gene Venzke, University of Pennsylvania sophomore and crack miler, for the third successive time: the "K. of C." mile, and permanent possession of the Mayor Curley Trophy: at Boston. The race ended farcically because a dreamy official sounded the "last lap" bell one lap too soon, throwing the runners into...
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