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Show I UN! LESS LOSES I ICE HILEI IfflHWAYj w Thousands Witness Final Races ! It on Championship Card; Oth-K Oth-K er Sport News R. CHllISTIANIA. Feb. S- Oscar Math- m Icsen, of Chriatiania, has won the W world's ice skating championship from j- Robert McLean of Chicago TIic final 9t races v.'ero hold today, and Mnthic-Men ft captured both of them the 1,500 W metres and the 10,000 metres. m On Saturday the American took the ir five thousand meter event while Math- Ijescn defeated him In the 600 metre The contests were- held in cloudy weather, but the ice was In good condition. con-dition. There was enough wind, how-ever, how-ever, today to prevent now world's records rec-ords for the distances. The royal family, fam-ily, with the American minister and his wife, wore In the royal box. In the 3,500 metre event, McLean started out like a whirlwind, making' the first 500 metres in 40 510 seconds. This outclassed Mathiesen's world record rec-ord of Saturday, which was 13 3-10 seconds. But tho American apparently apparent-ly overstrained himself in this burst of speed, and Mathleson succeeded In passing him and winning by a fraction frac-tion of a second. In the last contest of the series, the 10,000 metres, McLean was badly beaten. beat-en. He said that he was handicapped, by the nir being too light, which interfered inter-fered with his breathing. Fight Failure MADRID, Saturday, Feb. 7. An attempt at-tempt to stage a pugilistic bout here last night between Frank Crorier, who was dofeated by Jack Johnson in 1916, and a fighter named Namaeff, ended in a dismal faiJufe. The crowd, which filled the hall, treated the fighters much as they would have treated bull fighters, and became so excited that instead of one fight, three dozen fights were proceeding In the hall at the same time. The scheduled fight had to be called off. The referee gave the decision to Crozier. Match for March ; TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. S. The world's S championship boxing bout between Jimmy Wilde and Frankic Mason, fly-1 fly-1 weights, will be staged In the coliseum hero the first or second week in March it was announced tonight by Ad Thachcr, promoter. Tho exact time will hinge upon an ? open date In the coliseum's bookings, ( Thacher said. Western Association ; OKMULGEE. Okla., Feb. 8. The ; Western Baseball association, com-) com-) posed of teams representing Musko-'( Musko-'( gee, Bartlesville, Okmulgee, McAles-; McAles-; ter, Drumwrlght, and Pawhuskn, Okla., i Fort Smith, Ark., and Springfield, Mo., was organized today. The association will play a 1-10 game i schedule. Wine SkateTitc MILWUAKEE, Feb. S. William Sleinmetz, Chicago, won the western r skating championship at Washington I Park this afternoon with a total of 00 j points. His closest competitors were: I E. McGowan, of St. Paul, and Roy Mc-J Whlrter of Chicago, who each had 40 points. Breaks Records BUENOS AIRES. Feb. 8, Enrique Tiraboschi, an Italian swimmer, broke , the world's immersion record, when ho . swam the River Plate, crossing from Colonia, on the Uruguayan coast, from , which point he started Saturday, to withinn five kilometers of Buenos Aires. Tiraboschi was taken aboard a mo- tor boat in an exhaustted condition at ; 3:50 this afternoon, after he had been : in the water twenty-fourt hours and ; two minues. The distanco Is about 32 . miles, but tho swimmer was forced to breast a strong current. 20 Play Exhibitions ST. LOUIS, Feb. 8. The Philadelphia Philadel-phia Americans will play the St. Louis Natinals sixteen games on their spring training trip, it was announced to- i night. The series will be played In March and with the exception of one game at Checotah Falls, Okla., on the 31st, all will be played in Texas, as follows: At Mercedes, 1G; Pharr, 17; San Benito, 18; Donna, 19, 21 and 25; Brownsville, 20, 24, 26 and 27; McAl-len, McAl-len, 22 and 23; Houston ,2S; College Station, 29, and Bonham, 30. |