The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-17
AMERICANS GET FIFTH RATING
 FOR OLYMPICS
B0bsIcdders Sail iOr Home and Others Tour Europe;
 Norway Easy Winner
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 uarmlsch- -partenkiFchen, Ger many. Feb. i1--AmeFican athletes ncmttsrud to various European cities today and a few started home after vestaFday's ceremonial wind-up oi llse fourth olympic games.
 They left here after il days oi eanpetision in which Norway's lnsty hand rolled up i2i points to run sway with the unoffcIal Olympic nhaTnplonshlp while the U. g. per. formefs faded from the world nhalnpionship of iD32 to . fifth' piane berth in the team standing with only 90 Ia points.
 M.xt of the American repreBenta' aivss will participate in other Euro' nean meets before returning home Tie lee hockey team which wal beaten yesterday by CanadaB bexteI I-0,--theFeby allowing Great Britain to coast into the hockey champion nl1ip--ieft today for Prague. Alter g01npeteting there they will play in Munich. Tine The puck chaAers arc scheduled tentatively to sail Tor New York on March Ii.
 U. g, figure skaters departed today fof the world championships a' paYis. After the Paris tourney. the akaters will go to oBlo, Norway Most members of the ski team plan competition at Innsbruck, Austria and other Tyrol resorts. Roy MIX kelsen, ski jumper from Auburn, CaIls, will compete in Norway TOT about six weeks. Meanwhile the cn- fire bob sled team ig to sail Tor home on the President Harding, leaving Hamburg tomorrow,
 TWO of those bobbcra retained Amerlca'R only title--for two-man eleds--of the six olympic event champlonships won at Lake Placid four years ago. They arc Ivan Brown and Alan Washbond of kecnc Val- Icy, N. Y.
 Meanwhile several women Bpecta. tors were recovering from slight inlurles and shock suffered at the closing ceremonies in the skl stadi- nm yesterday when n portion 0f thc Ynas1amoth crOwd--l20,000 strong ianlnled near the exits hs Helchs- fuehrer Adolph Hitler was leaving
 Several women fainted and others suffered brulea and scratches when eiaFds of the NaA labor service rorps wedged . lane through the 1apsTned crowd 70 that Hitler could siepart for the railroad station Thc disturbance was slight.
 Hitler and the president of the International olympic federation, Count Taillet-IAtOur of Belgium, prealded at the closing ceremonies Aa Der FuehFer stood on the bal- rony of honor, surrounded by other prominent Nazi officials, BAiilet"Ia- tour presented seals to winners aS cannon roafed and flags of winning countries were run up. Finally the Olympic flag was hauled down and ahe Olympic torch was cxtingulBhed'
 Only two events preceded the ccr" nmonles: The Canada United btateb Hockey match, and the big Ski Jump ing competition. The latter was won by Birger Ruud of Norway, and two of his countrymen placed third and fourth, adding i7b points to Nor ways winning total
 The final hockey game wag the best of the ii-day competition. " also was ono of the roighcbt and drew constant applause from the 5000 spectators including Hitler
 Canadas winning goal came In the first period when David Neville slammed the puck past uoalic Tom Noone of Bost0n. It was a lucky shot after \ face-oif in front of Inc American goal. The Americans dlb- played superior teamwork through out the three periOds but were un- able to score.
 Thus Great Britain Coasted into she hockey title with two wins and 0ne tie in the finai round for Ave Doints, while Canada emerged bcc- 0nd by virtue of two victories and one defeat, earning four points. The United States ranked thlrd with three p0nih resulting from one vice tory, one tic and 0De defeat.
 Tn the ski-jumpiDg, Itudds vice tory was expected. He wag favored sn this event which demands maxi- mum daring and superb form in cx- ecution. Acautlly he was out- Jumped by the runner-lip, Sven Erikss0n of Sweden, who scared 240.2B feet for each of his two best jumps. ituud'S best leap was 24g feet, but because of superior form, he WAS credited with 252 points against 2a0 for Erik egOn.
 yseidar Andersen and Kaare Wal Berg of Norway took third and fOurth positions with point marks of z2ee and 227, respectively. Byeere TFedheim of Minneapolis turned in the best American performance with n4i,O8 feet and 2i4i points for iith place in the field of a.
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