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* **EILEEN WHALLF.YAdds Canadian championship to North American crown.Eileen WhalleyWins Skate-OffChampionshipWinnersSFDRURY—W innipeg skaters came close to sweeping the boards at the Canadian speed skating championships here, as they annexed titles in seven out of the 10 divisions. The veteran Frank Stack was outstanding in the senior men's class, winning every race he entered, and Eileen Whalley, North American champion, added the Canadian senior women's crown to her laurels after the skate-off with Kea trice Amann, U. S. star.Miss Amann set a Canadian record of 22 1 5 seconds in winning the senior women’s 220, shaving 2 4/5 seconds off the old mark established by Gladys Robinson, of Toronto, at Saint John in 1923.Miss Wdialley set a new mark of 1.38 in the 880, erasingthe old record of 1.46 2 5 also set by Miss Robinson at Saint John.Meet official announced that records were also established when Miss Amann took the one mile and Miss Whalley won the 440, Monday night, Miss Amann’s time was 3.30 3/5 compared with the old mark of 3.56 I 5, while Miss W halley’s time was 41 4/5 seconds compared with the old record of 48 seconds flat.I hus, the senior women skated at a record clip in all their races. The fifth record set at the meet was Stack’s time of2.58 1 5 spcnnHc in mil
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Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Wed, Feb 13, 1946
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