The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-15

gate of New York, and Dick Lawr- eiice of Bganchville, Y. J., were tho crew. They BWooped down and around the run in fs24.o0 on their third attempt, and made the final in l:22.i0 for an aggregate of
 Booo Were Present
 goEao 5000 on-lokerg had assem- bled along the winding courge when the first Of to-day'g runs were con- pIeted. Most of the spectators were gathered ct the dangerous Bavarian turn. Those who undergtoOd Eng fish cheered delightediy when the winning bob was making its third run, for just as they headed into the turn, Washbond, instead of snapping on the barbed brake, yeli- cd at Brown: "dive t to t'emw
 By the time the third heat was concluded the U. 6. No. 1, 9witser- lands No. 2 and the U. 6. No. 2 were 70 fer in front that it was certain one would win unless oil skidded of the course. At that time the No. 1 American bob had . total of 4:0e.ol, the Swiss No. 2 4:i0.T0, and the .. 6. No. 2 4:l1,o0.
 One Accident
 Todays runs were marked by one accident which occurred during the fourth heat. The Luxembourg No. 2 sled crashed after coming out of Bavnrian and the brakeman was thrown ten feet in the air.
 The finc showing Of the two American bobg raised the United States to fourth position in the un- ofiicial point standings. Norway still led with %, Germany was second with b6, next came Finland with 38, and then the U. 6. with 20 i-2, just passing Austria which had 20 i-2.
 Canada defeated Czechoslovakia 2 to 0 in & final-round hockey match.
 The hockey committee changed its mind once again and the unofiicial statisticians in the press section trying to bring some order out of the numerical chaos, broke out slide rules and caiipers.
 Final Round Plans
 Quitting what was the regulation on Friday as compared with tn protocol of Thursday and the rule of Wednesday 1t may be stated that the present (and the committee says finaD structure for the final round is this:
 The United States, Great Britain, Canada and Czechoslovakia are playing the final round. Teams en- tering the final round have been credited with points for wins in the semi-final round against other teams which entered the final. Thus the United States entered the final round with two points for having beaten Czechoslovakia, and Great Britain had two points for having beaten Canada, while the Czechg ani the Maple Leafs entered the round of four with no points. How ever, Canada has now two points for today's win over the Czechs.
 9corning the use of the brake, Brown and Washburn, bobbed all ths way through two runs on tho dangerous Mount oudiberg course, to win with total elapsed time of B:2c.2O.
 A record performance of i:i0.8e on It's final run gave the No. 3 Swiss bob, driven by Fritz Feierabend and brnkcd by Joseph Becrli, 6 total time of 6:30.64 for the four runs, half of which were held to-day. This great run beat the American No. 2 team of which Gilbert Colgate of New York, and Dick Lawrence of Branchville. N. J., were driver and braker, respectively. Their mark Of 1:24.e0 on the third run was iarge- ly responsible for an aggregate of 5:Sa.e0.
 Browns Bobsled Time
 Browns bob was timed at i:20.30 on the final run. Thus was Q pre- diction made by J. Hubert Stevena of Lake Placid. member of the U. 6. bob team, fulfilled. Before the fourth run was started Stevens told the United Press that Brown would bet- ter i:2i because the driver had in- structed Washburn to lay oif the brake. no matter what happened.
 T think that if Washburn had used the brake Brown would have