Evening star., 1952-02-23
Captures Third Place
With Men; Wcmen's 5
Ski Race Victories
Lv lhs AGGafIsIsd p,s..

Ter olymBleS with 0 miGhty
snFae that carried 10 Into third
place. not too faP behind th(
PHhneFup Unltea States squad,
The Flnns swept its second and
ehlFd championships In eaptuFlRG
the W0meh's igukllemeteF eP0EsS
country skl race and tho mems
4gskliemeteP eFessaeeuntpV skl
relay eentest,
The United States didn't have
an entry In the Individual race
and finished iath, next 70 last,
In the relay,
Lydia VidemRH, q 2a-yeaFuold
typlst from TampeFe who plans
TO get married soon and give up
competitive racing, carried the
hardy nations eoloFs to victory
IN the individual race In decisive
fashion, -Four crack hill-and-
dalers brought Finland another
10 points In the four-leg relay,
Firms Gain Third Place,
The Firms also took second,
third and fifth In the women's
grind for O grab of a points In
that event and total Of 81 for
the day, j.,
That moved them past Austria
(58) into third place in the team
standings with 70 points, only l2h
behind the runner-up United
States. The leading Norwegian
team picked UP six points for the
day with a sixth in the women's
race and a second in the relay.
The Norwegians have the team
title sewed UP with lot points.
Miss Videman won by 50 Sec
onds over Teammate Mira Hiet-
amies. The winner was timed in
4l:40, followed by Miss Hietamies,
42:39; Siiri Rantanen, Finland,
1880; Marta Nordberg, Sweden,
1878; Sirkka Polkunen, Finland,
43:07, and Rakel Wahl. Norway,
44:54. The distance Is approxi-
mately ga miles.
Twenty-one women started the
race, and 1S finished.
Finnish Relay Wins Easily.
The Finnish relay team, which
included Heikku Hast, second.
place man In the Nordic com.
bined and fourth finisher In the
1S-kilometer race, was timed In
two hours, 20:i6. Norway was
second In 2.25.ii. followed BY
Sweden with 2.24.i5.
The American quartet was
timed In 2sb9,90 for the 9b miles
with each skier going on miles,
George Hovlahd, jf" Of Duluth,
Mimi, was the fifst man. He was
followed by John Burton, Waygata,
Mimi Ted Fafwell, Montague
City, Mass, and Wendell Broom
hall, RumfeFd, me.
France took fourth In the relay
with 2i9l,ii' followed by Austria,
2I94,96, and Italy, 2;Sb,39, Bull
garia didn't finish when its last
man broke q ski,
Finland was In front all the way
with Hasu and Tapio Makela run.
ming the iirst and anchor laps,
Makela, who placed second In
the 10 kilometers last week, turned
In the fastest lap, q sigzling 81
minutes, @ seconds. nearly So Sec
onds faster than the second best
lap run by Hasu,
Morse OvertAke swedes.
While Finland was running
around In front, Norway and Swe.
den staged O dramatic neck and
neck race for second place.
Sweden was In front OF Norway
through the flrst two laps, but
Norway's Martin stokken went
ahead In the third lap and Hall
seir Brenden, the ie-kilometer
Olympic champion, extended the
lead In the Anal lap.
The hockey tournament sorted
itself out last night when Canada
nipped Sweden. 80, In the Anal
20 seconds and took undiSputed
possession OF the first place.
The swedes, Americans and
Cgechs are tied In points for Sec
ond, but the Americans have the
poorest goal average OF the three.
They won't finish lower than
fourth-which would mean three
points in the unofiicial standings.
where first place counts 10. second
place 3 and then 4.3-2-l.
But they have to play CZecho-
Slovakia tonight and Canada to-
morrow night, so that q finish
any higher than fourth would be
an upset.
Americans Finish Second.
The United States was runner
up to Germany in both Of yester-
days finals. The world cham
pion German No. sled, driven
by Andreas Ostler, won the four
man bobsled title, with Stan Ben
hams U. s. A. II second, the same
finish as in last weeks two-man
bobs.
Paul and Ria Falk, world cham
pion figure skating pair on both
ice and roller skates, won their
first Olympic title with the Ken
nedy kids--Peter and Paul--from
Seattle, WASH. second.
The other American pair, Janet
Gerhauser Of Minneapolis and
John Nightingale Of St. Paul, fin
ished sixth, to give the United
States II points for the day.
Competition ends tomorrow
night, but the games won't ON.
cially end until the formal closing
ceremonies In Bislett Stadium IN
the heart Of Oslo Monday night.
Unofficial team standings after
20 Of 20 events In the winter
olympies;
NorFay.. 11ti United states, s4hi Fin.