Evening star., 1952-01-11
U. 5. Women Entrants
Second, Fifth in Swiss
Ski Championships
BY the Associated Press

GRINDEWALD, Switze r land
Jan. 11.-Madeileine Berthod oil
Switzerland won the Slalom in the
Swiss women's national ski cham
pionships today with Andrea
Mead Lawrence of the United
States cecond, according to un-
official, but almost certain, final
results. a.
Celina Seghi of Italy and
Borghild Niskin of Norway tied
for third with Jannette Burr OF
Seattle, fifth.
Mrs. Lawrence, 19-year-old vet
eran of the 1948 Olympics who
lives in Rutland, VT, appeared tc
have the race won until Miss
Berthod turned in sensationally
fast time on her second run down
the twisting slalom course.
Miss Berthod made the first run
in 44.6 seconds and the second in
43.l for 1:27.7.
Mrs. Lawrence ran the first lap
in 44.S and the second in 43.S for
Z 1921. r.,
Austrian Girl Disqualified.
Trude Jochum-Beise of Aus
tria turned in the third-best time
of 44.2-44.3-1:2S.5, but was dis
qualified for missing one of the 2S
gates through which the skiers
were required to go.
Miss Seghi recorded times of
44.6-44.2-1:28.8 and Borghild
Niskin rang up the same total
with runs of 45.8 and 43. Miss
Niskin's 43 was the fastest run of
the day.
Miss Burr, "A, turned in runs of
44.7 and 44.3 for 1:29.
Mrs. Lawrence and Miss Burr
are counted Americas best hopes
in the Olympic winter games be-
ginning February IA at Oslo.
They are competing today
against almost the complete
Olympic teams from seven other
nations-probably the fastest fem
mine field to be assembled in any
race until the Olympics.
All but one of the eight women
on the United States Olympic
team and one American alternate
competed today and all made re-
spectacle showingS.
I'VE did much better than I
expected" said Mrs. Gretchen
Fraser, herself an Olympic winner
in 1948 and now manager of the
women's Olympic team.
Russian Entry Likely.
Big news here was the signs
from Moscow that the Rus
slams migI,- enter a team or at
least some individuals in the win
ter Olympics. Newspapers in the
Soviet have been devoting con-
siderable space to the accomplish
ments of their athletes and in the
past few days have claimed two
world speed-skating records. They
also Say CIley CleQ one,
They claim Yuri Sergeev of Mos
COW did 500 meters in AIT sec
onds, compared to the world rec
ord of :419; that Boris Berezin
of Leningrad and Eugeni Grishin
of Moscow raced the 1000 meters
in 1928 and 1884, respectively
against a 1924 accepted world
mark, and that Boris Shilov of
Leningrad was caught in 2:13.8I
for the 1,500 meters, equalling the
accepted standard. There is no
1,000-meter event in the Olympics.
The .deadline for entering the
winter games was Decembef 3D.
but observers here are of the opin-
ion that the Russians will be ac-
cepted if they decide to come.
Chile and Israel were accepted
after the deadline.
WESLEY. Wis, Jan. II (P).-A
fall on the Snowflake Ski Club
slide here yesterday is expected
to keep Joe Perrault of Ishpemine,
Mich, from competing in the
Winter Olympic at Oslo, Norway,
next month.
Perrault, a member of the Olym-
pic Ski Jumping team. suffered a
crushed cervical vertebra and
two cracked ribs. A physician
said he would be in cast for
some time.
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