New Britain herald., 1924-02-04
AMERICAN HURT
 ON SKI JUMP
OmtYsdt Gets Twisted Knee
 Hauseu Goes 50 Metres
sy The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Chamonix, France, Feb. 4.-Ragnar 0mtvedt, of Grand Beach, Mich, member of the American skiing team in the Olympic winter sports, suffered what was thought to be broken knee in making his first jump in compcti- ton here today.
 A more careful examination disclos- cd that Omtvedt's Knee was not broken but dislocated. It is also be- lieved that he suffered internal in juries of serious but not necessarily dangerous character.
 finders Haugen, of Minneapolis, American national champion, led the z field in the ski jumping contest this afternoon with jump of fifty metres hat.
 The first jumping event of today, in which the competitors were the sliiers who participated in the 1S- Kilometres race last Saturday, was. the one in which Omtvedt was injured. Okcrn of Norway, cleared 47 metres in this jump making him the leader so far as distance was concerned. but dis tsnce only for certain percentage in figuring the points. The jump of Omt- vedt in which he was injured was 46 metres and Haugen also had 46- metre clearance to his credit. Johnny Clareton, American Rhodes scholar from Dartmouth, jumped Al metres and Siguard Overby. of St. Paul, 36 metres.
 A physician said that while Omt- yedt's condition was serious he would recover.
 The distance in the ski jumping were: finders Haugcn, U. s. A.. 50 metres; Thams, Norway. 49 metres; Bonna, Norway, 49 metres; Landvix, Norway. A l-2 metres; Haug, Nor way, 44 1-2 metres: Nilsson. Sweden, A metres; Wende, Szecho-SlovaKia 43 1-2 metres; Jacobson, Sweden. 43 1-e metres; Harry Lien, U. S. A., fl 1-2 metres.
 As the style of the jumper is taken into account however. the ranking of the contestants probably will not be known before tomorrow.
 After the jumping event Thams made an exhibition jump of 57 l-2 metres
 Complete revision of the method of scoring the winter sports of the Olym- pic games for future years seems likely to develop from an exchange of views and suggestions by the delegates of seventeen nations. participants in this winters sports, who talked over the subject at a banquet last night, presided over by Baron Pierre de Cou- berth, president of the International Olympic committee. The baron came to Chamonix yesterday especially to sec the Americans and Canadians fin the final hockey match. Once the game was over tho two teams buried the hatchet and captains Monroe of the Canadian team and Captain Small of the Americans, cordially drank to each others health at the feast.
 The hockey results were the sub- jcct of the speeches of the evening, | and all the delegates except the Swcd- ish expressed the desire that the | points awsrded for hockey bc raised | above those for other events such as fancy skating, bobslcdding and curl ing.
 Baron dc Coubcrtin agreed to place the question before tho next interna- tional meeting. Some of the speakers put forward the idea of counting 50 points for the hickey finals, and others suggested counting elimination games at 10 points to the winners, and the semi-finals at 25 points.
 The American team leaves for | Switzerland today to play two exhibi- tion games returning to Paris at the end of inc Ncck