The Washington times., 1936-02-10
Capture
Olympic Ski
Relay Race

CHEN, GERMANY, FeDs 1Vs-1n0
Olympic program for tomorrow
calls for two first runs for four.
men bObSIeds, compulsory figure
skating for both men and women
and first games Of the semifinal
rounds Of hockey, it was an.
nOunced today.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Germany, Feb. 10 u.N.S).- Pin
land today won the; 4O-kilometer
ski relay race Of the, Olympic
games, with Nor way second
Sweden third, italy fourth. Czecho-
Slovakia fifth and Germany sixth.
The United States finished ninth
in a field Of 16. ..
The Americans time was three
hours, six minutes, % seconds.
Finland's time was 2:41:33, Nor"
ways 2:41:39, Sweden's 2:43:03.
Italy's 2:50:05, Czecho Slovakia'S
2:51 :36 and Germany's 2:54:54.
The American team, composed
Of Birger Torrissen, Norfolk,
Conn; Warren Chivers, Hanover,
N. H.: Dick Parsons and Karl
Satire, both of Salisbury, Conn,
put up game race, but they were
no match for the hardy Scandi.
navians who were raised on skis.
It was a gruelling race, the
course climbing and descending
two thousands feet of the most
difficult mountain terrain.
Nip and Tuck Battle
Norway broke IN front and at
the end of 80 kilometers still held
a short lead over the Firms,
closely followed by the Swedes,
Italians, Czechs. Poles and Ger
mans.
Here the Firms began to close
the gap between themselves and
the flying NorwegianS and from
: then on it was a nip and tuck
battle down to the finish line.
The draw today for the semi.
finals of the hockey champion
ships placed Canada, Germany,
Great Britain and Hungary in
the first bracket and the United
States, Austria, Sweden and
Czecho Slovakia in the second.
The Americans got a break by
being placed in the easier group.
The CZechS figure to give them
some stiff competition but the
Swedes and Austrians should be
soft touches.
Two teams from each group will
advance to the final four. The
hockey federation decided teams
which already have played each
other will not meet again. In.
stead, the result of their first meet.
ing will count. Thus, if Germany
and the United States are Sched-
uled to meet in the last round,
Americas previous defeat Of Ger.
many will count.
Suspension Lifted
The suspension Of two British
hockey players, Alex Archer and
Jim Foster. was officially lifted to-
day by the international ice
hockey committee.
The protest over these two for
mer Canadians grew out of their
transfer to England without per-
mission Of the Canadian Amateur
Hockey Association. Ca n a d a
waived the suspension for the du.
ration of the games, but several
European nations protested.
Canada'Ss generous gesture In
withdrawing its protest was ap-
plauded by all nations except
those whose teams have still to
play the English.
The meeting grew acrimonious
after Avery Brundage, OF the
American Olympic Committee, sar.
castically remarked: >.
"Mr. Chairman, is the rumOr
I hear true that following Can
ada's generous gesture, England
as q sporting gesture won't play
the Canadians after all?"
A British representative jumped
up to say: .
"Subject is no longer subject
to discussion because the fedora
ti0n already had made its de-
cisiOn and well therefore play
who we wish" ..,..-
GERMANS STILL PEEVED
The Germans are still peeved
because the Americans refused to
stop their hockey game in bliz-
zard opening day. The Germans
attacked the Olympic rule not
permitting the referee to halt q
game because of the weather, but
the Americans and Canadians OBJ
jected and the motion was
dropped.
The British supported the Ger.
mans, their representative re-
marking:
eve stop cricket for unfavOr-
able weather, why not hOckey?"
To which Brundage replied:
eyes, but cricket takes two
or three days to play; hOckey's
much faster" -.