Evening star., 1932-02-07

ary 6.-The master minds
l. of the 1882 Winter Olympics
breathed deep SighS Of re-
lief tonight, for the preliminaries
of the 10,0OO-meter speed-skating
championship, with its interna-
tional complications, ended today
after being raced once, the results
Cancelled and then raced again.
And like the second game of double
header that ends like the first in
scoreleSS tie, l8 distance blademen OF
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada and
the United States had nothing to show
for an extra 81 miles of strenuous
skating, except enough material for an
other flock of argument and counter
charges and bitterness.
Exactly the same eight men-lrVmg
Jaffee, new 5000-meter Olympic cham
pion; Valentine Balls, Edwin Wedge
and Eddie Schroeder, all OF the UnlteQ
States team; Alex Hurd and Frank stack
of Canada, and the NorWeglanS Bernt
Evensen and Ivar Ballangrud-quaufled
today for the final OF the last men
speed skating championship. And eX-
actly the same ContenderS who could
not make the grade yesterday among
them the champions OF Finland ana
Sweden. once more fell by the WaySlde.
Alex Hurd, Canadian champion, who
has been skating in sensational fashion,
came back in the first heat to whip the
field again. with Ballangrud second,
Balls third and Wedge fourth. All
that proved was that second, third ana
fourth places in heat could be shufhed
around a bit in two days OF racing, LOT
Balls took second yesterday, Wedge
third and Ballangrud Fourth.
Do Worse Than Before.
Those who trailed before, trailed
again, but more so this time. Neltner
Michael Staksrud of Norway nor OSsle
Blomulist of Finland. champion of Eu-
rope at 10000 meters, could get WITHIN
striking distance of the leading four In
the final dash through the stretch
Again in the second heat 1t seemed
there were only four men racing, the
four who landed on top to PROVIDE the
second half of the QuallfierS for the
final now scheduled for Monday.
This time Irving Jaffee flashed down
in front. with Stack second. EVenSen
third and Ed Schroeder fourth. yes
terday they split it up Dit dlHerehtiS'
Schroeder, a Chicago boy, wlnnmg the
heat. with Stack second, JaHee tIllo
and EvenSen fourth. 49,. .;d
Furthermore, the first time they oiQ
II the times were much faster, al
though one of the chief reasons LOT
the Scandinavian protests and the re-
sulting disqualificationS Of Hurd, Weoge
and stack that were cancelled later and
the races ordered run over. was tnaC
the Americans, by their jockeying ana
refusal to set a pace, had treated the
Scandinavians unfairly. 1t seems that
the Norsemen. when they set out to
race 10000 meters, get some one TO
stand by with a clock and then leg II
over the route as fast as they can all
the way.
Defeats Change Viewpoint.
They agreed to race the American
wav. however. when the subject OF
staging the Olympic games in America
first was brought up. But the sight OF
young Jack Shea, fitting dizzily past
their champions to win both the 9OO
and 1900 meter titles while Irving
Jaffee, a New York kid who learned his
skating two flights up on the corner
of Fifty second and Broadway, easily
captured the 5000-meter final, appar-
emily changed the Scandinavian mlnoS.
One of their demands of Savage last
night was that the 10000 meters be
skated off, each man competing against
time
With each man pledged today to lead
for at least three laps, and an otnclaI
order out for a speed of at least lap
every As seconds, the boys were able to
make a winning time of only IT min
uteS Sc 2-10 seconds in the first heat
and 1905 4-10 in the second. YeSter-
dav Hurd won the first heat IN
l7:41 $40 and Schroeder grabbed the
second in 1852 $40. The worlds rec
crd is 17:17 410.
SIeighers Beat Record.
As side attraction today II dog-sled
teams, headed by Leonard Seppala,
Alaskan veteran, who carried the serum
from Fairbanks to Nome years ago,
raced over the Adirondack mountain
sides in a 25-mile dash, first half OF
q 2-day 50-mile exhibition run. Emil
st. Goddard of Canada won in hours
II minutes and seconds, with Sep
palla fourth.
AS prelude to a resumption of the
center of the stage Monday with the two
man boblet events, the bobsleigh runners
OUT on MOunJ van f1OeNeuUcIS, "I'iP
ping down a terrifically fast side, bet
tered two world records. Reto Capad-
'rutt, 2O-year-old Swiss, took his two
man boblet down twice a fraction over
2:03 seconds, while Hubert Stevens,
who holds the tWo-man record of 2:09,
made 2:03 fiat once.
Hans Kilian, last or the German
four-man bobsleigh captains, bettered
Harry Homberger's woriG record of 1:52
for the mile and a hall, made on this
slide, with spectacular slide in
Isl $40.
Only one hockey match was played
| in the Olympic series Today, Canada
defeating Germany four goals to one.
| The United States team lost an eXhlbi-
| ton match to McGin University OF
Montreal, two goals to one. The Amer
ican six used mostly spares.
BY todays victory Canada main
| tanned its lead in the round-robin
series with two victories and no de-
feats. The United States and Germany
are tied for second place, with one
victory and one defeaS each. Poland
| has lost its two games.
Two hockey games comprise tomor-
rows Olympic schedule, with Germany
NEE ting the United States and Canada
| playing Poland.