Evening star., 1932-02-04
SHEA Of j. s. WINS
OLYMPIC SKATING
Dartmouth Sophomore First
to Take Event in Winter
Games at Lake Placid.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LAKE PLACID, N. Y, February A.
Jack Shea Dartmouth sophomore, won
the first speed skating championship
Of the Winter Olympic games today,
beating Bernt Evensen Of Norway.
champion, by five yards in the final.
Shea, local boy, shot into the lead at
the start of the dash and held it all
the way. beating off the chsllrnge OF
Evensen. Evensen tied with Clas
Thunburg Of Finland, for the Olympic
championship in 1923.
Sheas time today was 434-l0 sec
onds equaling the mark of both Even
sen and Thunburg in the games in
Switzerland. Every best time in the
speed races of the 1892 games become
Olympic records, inasmuch as the races
never before have been raced American
style, man-to-man, instead of the Euro
pean system Of skating against time.
Six Reach Finals
Canada qualified three men for the
500 meters final, the United States two,
and Norway one.
In the trial heats of the first event
on the Winter Olympic sports pro-
gram Eversen was winner
Canada's qualifiers were Frank Stack,
Dominion champion; William Logan
and Alex Hurd. Shea and ONeil Far
rell qualified for the United States.
Stack beat Shea by few inches In
the first heat and Logan finished second
TO EVensen, the only European to get
into the final in the second heat. The
third event went to Hurd, with Farrell
inches ahead of Allan Potts, another
United States entry, for the final quail
flying place.
Four japanese failed to pick up bet
ter than third places, just beyond the
qualifying line Only Canada, Japan,
Norway and the United States were
entered in the event.
Skating Summaries.
The summaries:
Skating-500- dash:
First heat won by Frank Stack,
Canada second, Jack Shea, United
States; third, Shoza IShiWara, Japan;
fourth, Erling Lindboe, Norway; fifth.
YaZuo Kawamura, Japan. Time, "A 3-l0
seconds.
Second heat-Won by Bernt Even
sen, Norway; second, Bill Logan, Can
ada; third, Ray Murray u S. A;
fourth, Tokuo Katani, Japan; fifth Leo
Sylvestre, Canada. Time, A $40
seconds.
Third heat-Won by Alex Hurd,
Canada: second, ONeil Farrell U. S.
A; third, Allan Potts, U. S. A. fourth.
Haakon Petersen. Norway: fifth, Hans
I Enp II
seconds
5oo-meters final:
Won by Jack Shea, United States;
second. Bernt Evensen, Norway; third,
Alex Hurd, Canada; fourth, Frank
Stack. Canada fifth, Bill Logan, Can
ada; sixth, O'Neil Farrell, United States.
Time, 43 4-l0 seconds.
Hockey Games Open.
The United States and Canada.
prime favoriteS to battle it out for the
| hockey championship. clashed today in
the first match on the tWo-Week pro-
gram.
Neither team could dent the others
sturdy defense through the first period,
hard fast session. A dozen times
Frank Farrell, brilliant United States
goalie, turned back hard shots from
the sticks of Hack Simpson and Hugh
Sutherland Ding" Palmer kept the
Canadian goahe busy, but could not
break through to score
Summary-First period scoring, none
Penalties, none.
Second period-United States, l;
Canada. 0.
/ To help Lake Placid entertain 33l ath-
| letes of II nations, who lined up for
the formal march in alphabetical order
in the opening ceremonies at 10 am. in
the outdoor Olympic Stadium, were
! Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt and his
staff, official guests Of the village.
10000 Visitors Present.
In addition, parading the flag -draped
streets early, scufling through the
snow that covers everything. were some
| 10000 visitors, about half of them here
| for the duration of the games. the rest
in town for the day from the surround
! ing countryside.
! TWO solid years Of preparation and
some 81 $50 900 in cash have been ex-
! pended in this mountain hamlet to set
| the stage for the third Olympic Winter
| games, the first ever held in the United
| States. And there was no begrudging
either the time or the money, for Lake
Placid was bidding in a magnificent
| cooperative gesture for the title of
| WhAeeA SpoI 10 Cdpltdl VI tIle NdIlOu.
Local Boy Favorite.
! So sleigh bells jingled, the gayly be-
| decked ski-iers wandered the streets
and trails, heading for the opening
| ceremonies where a local boy. Jack
Shea, waited to take the Olympic oath
from Gov. Roosevelt, with all the ath-
leteS of all II nations standing in a
semi-circle behind him in salute
| Shea was favorite to win one Of the
| three trials in the opening event. The
! 500-meter speed skating event and the
| final after the morning hockey game
between Canada and the United States.
In the afternoon the 5.000-meter trials
were scheduled, with the final follow
ing the hockey game between Germany
and Poland.
Ivar Ballangrud of Norway, defend
ing his Olympic championship, was the
S,000-meter favorite, although Irving
Jaffee. United States star, was expected
! to give him tussle.