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Show INTERNATIONAL SKATING CHAMPION WINS Chicago, Feb. 12. Robert McLean, international skating (champion, was the star yesterday in the first annual meet here of the South Side Skating club McLean won one event and lost i first place in another through disqualification dis-qualification on a foul. He won the two-mile scratch, the feature event, in a close finish, from W. E. Gunder-son Gunder-son and Lee Johnson who were second sec-ond and third, respectively. Thero were nineteen starters. He lost first place in the mile event by crossing in front of Harry Kaad just before going over the line. Kaad was given the race with Jensen Jen-sen second and Gunderson third. It was estimated that 12,000 persons per-sons watched the races |