Tommy Smith

Tommy Smith was a Saranac Lake speed skater. He moved to Utica in 1940.

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New York Times, January 30, 1938

TITLE TO TOMMY SMITH

Utica Speed Skater First in Men's Events at Northville

NORTHVILLE, N. Y., Jan. 29 (AP).—Tommy Smith of Utica today won the Northville senior men's skating championship. The Eastern States and Capital District titleholder led a field of forty Northern New York skaters in the .team championship with 170 points.

The Fort Johnson S. A. took the 220, 440 and 880 yard and three-mile races. He placed second in the mile for a total of 140 points.

Ted Ellenwood of the Fort Johnson Skating Association took second with 50 points with a victory in the mile and third places in the 220 and 440.

In a special three-mile race Smith barely beat out Joe Barton of Albany, while George Swayse of Lake Placid won the lap prize.

Miss Janet Milne of Saranac Lake, Eastern States and Middle Atlantic champion, swept the 220 and 880 yard events to capture the women's title with 60 points.

The boys' intermediate title went to Joe Kuczak of Fort Johnson. Don Chitel of Syracuse took the junior boys' championship. Harry Danforth of Saranac Lake won the juvenile boys' title.

The Fort Johnson S. A. took the team championship with 170 points.