The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
UNITED STATES
 PLACES. FOURTH FOR STANDINGS
BaIIangrud Wins Speed Skating Event-Rules
 Hurt U. s. Chances

AoFnlSCn E-hEJb1lkAICNchit GCk~ many, Feb. ii-(UP)--Ivar Ballan. grud of Norway became the first speed skating champion and swit- zerland smashed into the lead for the four-man bob sled title as the fourth winter Olympic games moved into the sixth day of competition in cold, sunshiny weather today.
 Ties Shea Record
 Ballangrud equalled Jack Shea's Olympic record of 43.4 seconds, set in 1892 at Lake Placid, as he sped to victory in the 500 meter (54T yards) event on Lake Riesser
 Second place went to his team mate, 0eorg Krog, who finished in 43.5. Leo Freisinger of Chicago gave America It's highest position thus far in the games when he came In third in A seconds.
 shotzo Ishihara of Japan was fourth in Al followed by Delbert Lamb, Milwaukee. who was clocked in 44.2. Allan Potts of Brooklyn, unofficial world record holder for the distance, could do n betoter thu tie Kaarl Leban of Austria for sixth. Both had times of 44.8.
 On the Hop
 While its speed skaters were 1naks ing the best showing to date, Amer. ica's bob-sledders opened Q deter- mined bid for the four-man title which they captured ct Lake Placid four years ago.
 The American number team, pic ioted by J. Hubert Stevens of Lake Placid, turned in the fastest time for one run, down the Mount Gudiberg slope as they placed third in the opening days competition. The Americans w1hirled down the rum twice in total elapsed time of ? fnin- utes, 44.78 seconds to finish behind Germany.
 The U. s. team on It's second run, however, toured the course in l:lo.i7. Had 1t not been for slow first run of i:26.6i, the defending champions might have finished higher. Swit- zerland made the two runs in 2:43.37 while Germany was second in 2:43.78.
 The American number 2 team was sixth as competition was postponed until this afternoon because of . soft course. Six teams will make their second runs later in the day and the event will end tomorrow with each of the 10 teams making two more runs. The team with the fastest time for ell four runs will bc the winner.
 Germany Leads By winning the first two places in today's skating, Norway thus strengthened it's grip on second place behind Germany in the unofflcial point standings. Rated on . l0-6.4-3-2-i basis for the first six places, Norway now has 27 points, ten less than Germany which scored all It's points in the skiing competi- ton.
 Finland, which won the 70 kil- oineter ski relay race yesterday, ia third with ten. Newcomers to the point winners today were Japan, which received three for Ishihara's fourth place, United States which gained 6h for its positions. and Aus- tria, which received Q half point for Leban's sixth place tic.
 United States now is fourth behind Finland. The standings: Germany 37; Norway 27: Finland 10: United States 6Is; Sweden {; France 4: Italy 3; Switzerland 3: Japan 3; Czcchoslovakia 2; Austria ,s.
 Nine thousand spectators watched Ballangrud score his first Olympic victory since 1928. in the 5000 meter event. Tn 1892. the Norwegian acc finished second in the 10000 meter event as America scored . clean sweep in the four Olympic races.
 U. S. Handicapped
 The American skaters, as had been expected, were handicapped by the European style of skating which consists of racing against the clock instead of Q ropponent. Tn the 1o32 games, the Americans cleaned Up because all racing was done on an elimination basis with heats deter mining the iinalistS.
 Today's race was around Q 400 meter course with two men skating at . time. Thus Bailangrud, one of the foremost opponents of the Eu- ropean style, had m advantage over his American opponents,
 Potts, who set an unofficial world mark of 428 recently at Oslo. slipped slightly on the second turn today and lost his stride. Potts said the ice was q little too hard for high speed.