Show II PITTSBURG ENTERS ENTERS CONTEST FAVORED TO WHIP R P HEATHS HEATH'S RINK IS IN UNFIT CONDITION FOR SCHEDULED I A A. A. A U. U ICE CHAMPIONSHIPS Soggy Snow w on Fort Douglas Ski Jump Ruins Plans of Norwegian Nor A. A C. C While most of ot the local populatIon tion-is tion tIon is is' rejoicing over the fact that Bait Lakes Lake's long Ions siege o of ot Arctic weather is finally broken there are are a few who solidly maintain that thai and that there aint no justice someone is continually taking the joy jor jOYo out t of life Ute Principal among amons the pessimists are arc those devotees of ot the graceful arts of ot and nd skating who wore figuring fig fig- on having a robust day of it what with the annual A. A A. A U. U ice tournament slated for 11 o'clock this morning and the state ski jumping championships billed for 3 1 o'clock In the afternoon KEEN DISAPPOINTMENT TO 10 PARTICIPANTS Just as these winter sport en enthusiasts enthusiasts en- en were feeling ecUng all aU thrilled and elated over the perfect at m conditions which gave all the promise in the world of ot bolding ov over r at least until after aCter the holiday vacation along comes the well known January thaw and throws the tho proverbial monkey wrench right into the midst of ot things And once here the said thaw thawed plenty until now Heaths Heath's rink where the skating kaling meet was slated to be held appears to be be- bein in perfect condition for a swimming or boating tournament while the American Norwegian Ski club duJi luj grounds up near Ft t. t Douglas arC ar lt d and almost beyond 1 recognition The skaters were the he first to give up P the idea of ot holding their meet Dr Hugh A. A chairman chair chair- man mILn of ot the A. A A. A U. U committee for this district gave up in despair shortly after gazing out of his window window wino win win- dow o Sunday morning and noticing that the gentle downpour bore an unmistakable resemblance to Shakespeare's ares are's quality of ot mercy The Norwegians were loath to give s-ive up their theil scheduled ski tourney without a struggle and they held off I until this morning when an investigating committee went up to look Jook things over and came back bach muttering a choice selection of Sc Hc Scandinavian n ll avlan cusswords ICE TOURNEY TOBE TO BE aE HELD LATER The skating tourney Is not permanently per per- cr- cr done dotie away avay with however and and Dr Why lock announces that the first real c cold ld snap will vilI see the meet b being held Just when this will occur is still a 8 question The ski jumpers are particularly as mild mUd winters have havo pre pre- vented the event entirely for the past jast ast two years A number of ot the prospective entrants were up practicing icing yesterday esterday and while the snow W was s very sO soggy gy they were still able to navigate alter after a fashion The rhe Norwegian club found the Fort Port Douglas jumps an impossible mesi of snow and slush and their tour lour tourney ey was vas postponed d Indefinitely Jf It- weather the the weather changes and there J i considerable a-considerable a. a fall of ot snow later this week an effort will wUl be made to get the runs in condition for forn or n t Sunday |