The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-02-18
To-Day's Sport
P ar d e
BY HENRY McIIEMoRE

United Press STAN Correspondent.
Lake Placid, N. Y, Feb 49,
(UP)-Random memories Of the
winter olympics:
Being button-holed by ellis
Garfstroem, then Olympic figure
skating champion, led In a small,
dark room and told "Shhhhi
I have enemies here who are try
Ing TO knife me in the back 4.
shhhhhhhh! Irving Jaffee
taking q pinch at Jack Shea when
the Dartmouth boy appealed to
Jaffee and several other members
of American speed skating team
to compete In the re-running of
the 1,500 meter final Shea o
quick footwork
The unforgettable sight of a
65-year old workman on the In
tervales ski jump, ending his days
labors by taking off the monstrous
leap, pipe In mouth. shovel in
hand and making perfect landing
some 1876 feet below the jap
anese ski team, bound for the
woods a practice run, tripping
and falling all over Main street.
Irving Jaffee's unnecessary
but dramatic slide for death at
the end of the 1900 meter race. -.
Agreeing to exercise Bonzo,
Leonard seppalIa's lead dog, in the
dead of night, and having Bonzo
pull! me, flat on my stomach, over
half the mountains In the sentinel
range--bebg told by Seppalla that
BALTIC, hero Of the dash to Nome,
fttUf a tn,
ably the sorirest dog In the pack.
seppalla's explanation of how
BALTIC became famous the world
over, and wound up with nd
eous statue In Central park
when we reached Nome q re-
porter guy rushed UP to me and
asked the name Of my lead dog"
Seppalla said. "'Fox' / told him.
Fox he yelled back. Half he
lead dogs In Alaska are named
that. Give me dog with good
name" / named off half a dozen
and when hit BALTIC he shouted:
That's the name. BALTIC is going
to be your lead log-the dog
that brought tho serum in"
The Cellar Athletic club, moth
ing more than the basement Of u
press hotel turned into pub,
where all the journalists gathered
to fan the air the owner of
the hotel so tight 0n a money
way) that he played the slot ma
chimes in an effort to beat him
self the reporters Chassis
crack-'I haven't got the time"
ON being told bobsled ride had
been arranged for him A ride
down the bobsled run requires all
OF two minutes
The olympic stadium at night,
during a snowstorm q million
snowflakes swirling and whirling
about the vari-colored national
flags illuminated by powerful
searchlights Paul Stevens.
greatest Snowman on the north
countree, pouring n bottle of ale
down his pct bears throat
the bear. Tobias. by name, begging
for more any bobsled taking
shady high any bobsled taxi
Ing zig Eng. anyway the mag
nificent awkwardness of the Polish
and German hockey players
the gameness Of the Polish gonlic,
Stogowski, In diving head first into
whistling shots Off the sticks Of
Canadian and American players.
80. the unreliable Lake Placid
weather 81. one day 1t dropped
rs degrees while your. correspon-
dent wrote a story Canada r.
tremendous rallies In Its hockey
games with the United States {.
Blonde baby dolls in ski clothes
Sonic Henie. lovely Norwegian
figure skating champion. twirling
and spinning through her breath
less maneuvres on the Ice of tho
Olympic Arena Sonia Henie,
little self-conscious. slipping ale
In the smoke-filled Cellar A. c.
and explaining the difficulties OF
being a champion