The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-13
MATHISEN WON .1,5OO METER SKATING EVENT
Ballangrud, Also a Nor. wegian Finished Second;
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RY FREDERTCK OECHENER

United Press Stan Correspondent)
 oarmlsch- Partenkirchen, Ger many, Feb. lS.-(Up)-Norway virtually clinched the team cham pionshlp of the fourth winter Olympic games today by taking first and second place in the l,500 meter speed skating event and finishing one-two-three In the combined ski run and jump.
 Charles Mathisen of Norway won the olympic l,600-meter speed skat- ing championship today with sec ond place going to e teammate, Ivar Hallangrud. Their one-two finish sent the Norwegians into an im- posing lead in the unofficial team point scorin gof the winter Olympic games.
 With the completion Of the i,600- meter Norway had 60 points, Ger many, It's nearest rival, had 37.
 Both Mathisen and Ballangrud beat the former Olympic record of .2:20.8. Mathisen was timed at 2:l0.2. and Ballangrud ct 2:2O.2.
 Fourth place went to the United States. The man who took the honor was Leo Freisinger of Chicago, who won many national junior and in- termediate championships. His time was 2:2l.3.
 In third place was Bireer Vase nius of Finland, 2:20.0 Austria took the next two places, Max Stiepl finishing fifth in 2:2l.6, while Karl Wazulek was sixth in 2:22.2. Six places count in the standings.
 Bigwigs On Hand
 Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler, Dr. Paul Joseph 0oebbels and Hermann Wilhelm 0oering headed @ group of high government and military of- ficials who witnessed the days events held under brilliant sunshine.
 First they saw the two hockey matches. In one of these England defeated Hungary, 5 to l, to elim- mate that nation and to advance to the final round of four, in the other game of the other group Czechoslovakia defeated Austria, 2 to l. The result made the Czech team Q probable finalist. The out- come rests upon tonight's game inc volving the United States and Swe- den, in which the Americans, with two victories and no losses, will be the favorite.
 The most complete dominance by one nation in one event came when officials announced computation of results of yesterdays 18-kilometer run and today's small jump. Oddb- ioern Hagen was first with 430.3 points, Olaf Hoffsbakken second with 4i9.8, and Sverre Brahdahl third with 408.1.
 Norway Can't Miss.
 These. five sterling performances added 34 points to Norway's total of 4S as of last night, and the present aggregate of @ almost un- doubtedly would stand as enough to win the team title even if the Norwegians score no more. They will, however, for Sonia Henie vir- tually has won the women'S figure skating title.
 Points are figured on a 10-5-4-3- 2-i basis. Actaually there is no official point score. The Olympic officials don't recognize such a thing as Olympics are supposed to be individual championships. Com peting nations, however, strive for team honors.
 Not So Good.
 The United States played a dis tinctly minor part in the mornings proceedings. Brightest spot was the fourth place in the l,500-meter taken by Leo Freisinger of Chicago who was timed at 2:21.3.
 But America was out of 1t in the combined event. While Paul Ottar Satire of Salisbury, Conn. had a leap of 53 feet, second best dis tance in the jump, his position of 44th in yesterdays 18-kilometer run. made him place 43rd in the com- bined event.
 Best American showing in the combined event was that of Karl Magnus Satire, Paul's brother, who was 18th.