Evening star., 1948-02-09
Wanish Reveals He Quit Maryland After Dispute
Hockey Row Lingers
AS Contestants Leave
Scene Of 0Iympics
BY the Associoted Press

ST. NORTH, Switzerland, Feb.
9.-The fifth winter Olympic games
we're ended, but the discord of an
unprecedented ice hockey row
fingered on today as the athletes
headed for their homes in 28 ma
tionS.
Sweden won the majority of hon.
ors during the 10 days of competi-
ton. The United States finished
third in total points.
The United States provided an
unexpected heroine in Mrs. Gretchen
Fraser, winner of the women's spe-
cial ski slalom and second in the
Alpine combination ski event.
Frances Henri Oreiller was the
star individual performer, winning
two first places in downhill skiing
and the Alpine combined.
But long after these performances
are forgotten, the tug-of-war over
which of two United States hockey
teams should represent the United
States will be remembered.
Y. S. Team Just Tourists.
The United States Olympic Com
mittee hockey team came, saw and
remained just tourists In this pic
turesque Alpine resort, where tat
tered bunting flaps lazily over worn
and dirty snow.
It's rival, the Amateur Hockey
Association of America, was ac-
cepted as the United States entry
by the Swiss Olympic Committee.
The AHA team played in the nine
team tournament and finished
fourth behind Canada, Czechoslo-
vakia and Switzerland. This fourth
place, however, never will show in
Olympic records.
For the International Olympic
Committee ruled out the AHA.
Avery Brundage, American IOC
member, said the AHA represents
commercial interests in ice hockey.
The IOC also decreed that. the
International Ice Hockey Fedora
ton, of which the AHA is a men,
ber, shall no longer be the gov
erning body. of amateur ice hockey
throughout the world
That was the windup after two
weeks of torrid debate. Tempers
fared, names were called. Nothing
like it had been known in the his
tory of the modern Olympic Games,
founded in 1896 to promote peace
among nations.
Talk of Abandonment.
Some said there might never again
be an Olympics. But the IOC
president, ]. Sigfrid Edstrom of
Sweden, squelched such talk.
II do not think the crisis will
have any effect on the summer
games in London" he said.
The IOC struck boldly to prevent
future disputes. 1t made a draft
rewrite of the Olympic regulations,
which Edstrom acknowledged were
contradictory" After final polish
ings, they will be published, prob
ably next summer"
Il think the games have been a
wonderful success" he said.
Beaming over receipts, Albert
Mayer, secretary Of the Swiss Or
ganizing Committee, said
"We had so per cent more spec
tators than expected. 1t was very
satisfactory"
Competitors Leaving.
All day today trains down the
mountain were packed with depart
ing competitors. fans, journalists
and Swiss folk who came here for
temporary jobs during the crush. .
The American bobsled squad will
catch the liner Washington at lie
Havre Friday to return home.
United States speed skaters left
yesterday for Norway to appear in
exhibitions.
Figure skaters went to Davos,
Switzerland, for the world cham
pionships.
Skiers scattered all over Europe
to finish off the winter SHOWS in
various competitions.
The hockey championship wasn't
decided until today. Canada de-
feated Switzerland, 80, and gained
just enough points to edge out
Czechoslovakia, on a goals-average
basis. The United States Amateur
Hockey Association sextet, center
of all the controversy, lost to the
Czechs. 4-3. in it's finale.