Evening star., 1952-02-17
0ne-TWo Victory
In Speed Skating
Adds 10 LaureIs
Fine Showing Mode
BY Dartmouth Skier;
Hockey Team Wins
BY the Associated Press

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OSLO. Feb. l6.-An unprece.
dented one-two triumph for Ken
Henry and Don McDermott, speed
skaters. plus a topflight perfor-
nance In the mems downhill ski
race by Bill Beck of Dartmouth
College. produced another STAR
spangled day today for Uncle
Sans forces in the sixth Winter
Olympics.
This is the first time the United
States has ever scored one-two
on a speed skating event at the
Olympic Games, regardless Of dis
tance.
With five Of 81 championships
now decided, the United States
holds q surprisingly strong lead
for the unofficial team champions
ship with a total Of 341a points.
Points are awarded for the first
SIX places on a 10-5-4-3-2!l ba-
sis. Austria followed with 26.
Then came Norway 18, Germany
IA, Italy 13 and Switzerland IL.
Other nations ranked In this
order: Canada. 31a: France, q:
Belgium, /; Sweden, "a, and Ja-
pan. N.
Henry. weakened by a siege Of
influenza and out of practice, sped
to victory in the 500 meter skating
race In 49, seconds, Just a 10th
OF a second OF the Olympic record
held by Norway's Finn Helgesen.
Score Big Upset.
Helgesen, who set the mark Of
43.l at the st. Moritz games in
l948. was a badly beaten NTH as
Henry. wiry young Chicagoan, and
McDermott. 22-year1old drilling
company employe from Englewood
Clihs. N. j., scored one Of the big
lgest upsets in Olympic history.
McDermott streaked home in
1873 for second place in the field
OF ~ skates from IA nations who
performed on slushy, melting ice
before crowd Of $4,000 at Bislett
stadium.
/ Meanwhile. over at Norefieil.
Beck, willowy 22-year-old aii-
around athlete at Dartmouth.
turned In the best Olympic show
ing ever made by an American
male skier by finishing fifth in
1.-THE downhill race.
/ This event, the only other
championship decided on the third
day Of these colorful games. was
won by Zeno Colo. a balding little
Italian wood-chopper, who they
said was getting too old for this
rugged sport.
Italian Ties Course Record.
Colo, 80, showed them by shoot.
ing down the mile and a half.
wooded mountainside in two min
utes, 30.8 seconds to tie the course
record. Two Austrians, Othmar
Schneider and Christian Pravda.
were his closets pursuers in that
order. =,
The American ice hockey team
scored its second straight victory
OF the round robin tournament,
squirting late to humble Germany.
8-2. Ken Yackel, a former Uni
versity Of Minnesota athlete from
st. Paul. scored a goal in each
period to lead the attack. The
team beat. Norway, 3D., yester-
day.
For the second straight day the
Americans got a terrific scare
from one Of the tournaments
llightly-regarded entries.
The United States was ahead
4-3 with a little more than 10
minutes to go. But Uncle Sans
boys put on late rush and scored
four goals in eight minutes to
stow away the victory.
Germans Fight Back.
The Germans outskated and
outmaneuvered the Americans
for about Is Of 20 minutes In the
second period. They carried play
Into the American zone and tried
some pattern passing plays that
misfired when almost on top Of
American Goalkeeper Dick Des-
mond.
Desmond was given q penalty
IN the second session to become
the only goalkeeper on Olympic
\ (See OLYMPICS. Page B-4)