The Washington times., 1936-02-12
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OLympiics
BY PIERRE J. HUSS

GARMIsC HIP ARTENKTR.
CHEN, Feb. 1.-Two records
went off the deep end ana so did
the Americans during the running
of the winter Olympics today, the
Yankees failing to get better than
o fourth in three events held.
The ord-breakers were the
Swiss No. 2 four-man bob sled
team, which broke the record for
the course in its last run only to
finish second to the other Swiss
sled, and old War Ballangrud, vet
eran Norwegian, who skated 5000
meters in 8:19 $40 to displace the
Olympic record for the distance.
The record was made only a
short time previously by Ojala,
the Finn, who did $3.50 lilo. The
Americans, Delbert Lamb, Mil
waukee, and Leo Freisinger, Chi
cago, were scratched in this event.
Sonia Renie, perennial cham.
pion, sent Norway's points soaring
to IS by scoring her expected VIC
tory in the compulsory figure
skating championship for women.
Sonia won with 251.6 points, mar.
rowly scoring over Cecilia Col.
ledge, the English champion, who
had 24S points.
Maribel Vison, American cham.
pion, did well with 231.8 but fin.
ished sixth. Miss Henie's victory
increased Norway's lead over Ger
many in the team totals to 1S
points.
Incidentally, the 5,000-meter
speed skating event for men pro-
duced an unprecedented turn
when, in addition to Ballangrud,
the winner, eight men broke the
accepted Olympic record. None
Of them was an American.
The Swiss record in the four.
man bob went to Pilot Reto Capa-
drott, who did 1:18:61 to break
the three-year-record Of Kilian, the
German. The latter'S sled went
unplaced, Pierre Musy, son Of the
Swiss president, winning in q total
time Of 5:19.85, with McEvoy, of
England, third, and Hubert Ste
vens, defending champion from
America, fourth, in 5:24.13.
Stevens practically eliminated
himself yesterday with bad skid,
as did Francis Tyler, plotting the
other American sled.
Tyler Outfit Climbs
The Tyler outfit came from
tenth to sixth during the day,
finishing with a total time of S:29.
First place in the ski race went
to Larsen, Sweden, / hour IA min
utes and 80 seconds, with Hagen,
Norway, second, in 1:15:33. Niemi,
FINLAND: Matabo, Sweden, and
Hoffsbakken and Iversen, Norway,
finished in the order named.
The final computation Of the
5,000metre performances showed
the field finishing in this order:
Ballangrud, Norway, 8:19 6-1O:
VaSeniuS, Finland, 1928 $40:
Ojala, Finland, 1881 1-10; Eiange.
dix, Holland, 8:32; Steipl, Aus.
tria, 0:35: Blomquist, Finland,
1886 $40. Eddie Schroeder, United
States, covering the distance in
8:49:1, placed event.
AS a result, Norway went well
in the lead in the unofficial point
standing, with IS points to Ger
many'S 81, while Finland, picking
UP 10 points in the 5,OOO-metre
race, jumped its third place total
to "a.
Switzerland had IS points,
Sweden II, and the United States,
10h.
Canada Beats Hungary
Canada overwhelmed Hungary
In q hopelesSly one-Sided hockey
match, amassing the amazing
total Of IS goals to Hungary's
none. The fast-skating, hard-play.
ing Canadians probably set two
Olympic scoring records in this
game-the total Of is for the
game and a period record Of eight
goals, the number they scored in
the second period.
Karl MagnuS Satire, Of Sails
bury, Conn. led the American en-.
tries IN the 10 kilometer ski race
across the finish line, taking
thirty-fifth place in the field Of
IS contestants. Satre'S time was
l:25.56.
Next American was Birger Tor.
risen, Norfolk, Conn, in forty.
sixth place, q few strides ahead Of
Richard Parsons. also Of Sails
bury. Fortyninth place went to
Warren Chivers, Of Hanover, N. H.
Torrissen was clocked in 1898;
Parsons in 1909, and Chivers in
1:30.2S.