The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-12
SWISS BOBSLED.
 TEAM WINS BIG. OLYMPIC HONOR
Musi and Capadrutt Are Best Pilots; Ballangrud
 Took 5000 Meter 0O
BY FREERICK 0. oECHsNER

DIX EASEE&AOA Cs V&CnSNn& United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 0armisch . partenkirchen, 0er- many, February i2 = (Up) = Nor- way and Switzerland dominated to- days morning events of the fourth winter Olympic games.
 Pierre Must and Reto Capadrutt piloted their bobsieds to Q one-two blankeN Swiss triumph in the four. man event, and Ivan Ballangrud of Norway, won the 6.00o-meter skat- ing event in record time.
 0armisch Partenkirchen, Ger. many, Feb. i2-(Up)-Piloted by Pierre Must, son of the Swiss presi- dent, Switzerland captured the highly coveted four--man bobSled title of the fourth winter Olympic games today.
 Must was driver of the No. 2 Swiss sled which had e total elapsed time of 6:i0.o5 for the four runs down the theacherous 6002-foot Mount Gudiberg course.
 Switzerland made dominance of the four-man event complete when It's No 1 bob, driven by the famous Reto Capadrutt, captured second place. This high ranking was maed possible by establishment of new course record of l;l8,6l on the final run whic hgabe the Capadrutt bob q tos..l time of 6:22,73.
 America's entries scored points in the unofflcial standings when J. Hubert Stevens of Lake Placid, N. Y, making his asserted final com. petitive run, piloted the U. s. No. l bob to fourth place, while Francis Tyler, also of Lake Placid, stGered the No. 2 sled to sixth.
 The four-man event began yester- terday with the first two runs.
 Stevens bob today made runs of i:20Bi and 1:i884. The Tyler sled was timed ct l:20.22 and i:l0.S2, Stevens and his mates had Q total elapsed time of 6.24i3 for the four runs, while the other crew totalled 6:2900.
 Skies were heavily overcast when the steel-shod thunderbolts were drawn to the top of the chute. An early crowd of some 5000 was more than terrified by the time the first tests were made.
 The largest group was crowded inside the bend at the famous Ba- varian curve. They had real treat when the American No. 1 sled made It's final sweep through this curve. In what probably was the fastest time of the meeting. Anyway, tho crowd seemed to think SO, for 1t sent up c salvo of applause.
 After the final run, Stevens told the United Press that he thought he had lost all chances of winning during the first run when his sled slipped, losing several seconds.
 All American bobbers, arc popular with the winter sports enthisiasts.
 They were soundly applauded at the competition of their tests. Pcr- feet strangers rushed up to pat them on their backs, and their fingers were stiff from prolonged auto- graphing.
 i've had c close one at the Ritter von Halt curve" Stevens said. We skidded terifically but strengthened out SO soon that I doubt if we lost any time."
 Biggest heroes of the event were, of course, Must and Capadrutt. These daring drivers turned in ocn- sistently brilliant performances.
 There was but one mishap today, It came when the Rumanian No. l sled slipped while going out of tho Bavarian curve. The bobbers were thrown clear of the sled and were uninjured.
 The Swiss didn't agree upon the best method of guiding. The No. 2 sled was wheel-stecred, while the Capadrutt bob had ropes.
 Both of the English sleds were borrowed from tho United States