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yards Tofano course, to de-
throne Mrs. Lawrence. Tht
23-year-old American housewife
from Parshall, Colo. winner o.
both the giant slalom and SALON
in 1852. was tied for fourth with
Madeleine Berthod. the favoritt
from Switzerland, each in 1888
In another ice hockey match
powerful Canada overwhelmed
Austria by a basketball-type
score of $50 for its seconc
straight victory. The easy vic
tory advanced the Canadians to
the final round of the Olympic
tournament.-f1rst team to gel
that far.
With only two finals com:
pleted, Russia. making its debut
IN the winter games with pow
erful squad, was tied for first
with Germany and Finland with
10 points each in the unofficial
team scoring. The Russians CON-
piled their points with third
fourth, fifth and sixth places in
the cross country ski race.
No official point score is kept
in the Olympics but traditlonally
points are counted l0-5-4-3-2-l
in all events in which gold medals
are awarded.
Italy's Umberto Dalla Costa, q
35-year-old jet pilot. and Eu-
genio MONT, a pint-sized former
Italian ski champion, raced away
from their field in the first two
heats Of the four-heat bobsleo
event. The final two trips for the
two-man bobs will be made to-
morrow with total times for al
four runs determining the cham
pionShip.
Dalla Costa. at the wheel OF
Italy's No. sled. zoomed down
the Icy chute in 1922 and 1:22 As
for a total Of 2::44.45. Monti was
clicked in 1928 and 1928
for 2:45.26.
Waightman (Bud) Washbond
of East Hartford. Conn, at the
wheel of the No. United States
sled with Pat Biesiadecki OF
Ware, Mass, at the brake, held
fifth place with 2:48.97 on runs
of 1:24.82 and 1:24.15. Art Tyler
and Ed Seymour, both of Roch-
ester, N. Y. were sixth with
2:49.18 on runs of 1:25.41 and
1:23.77.
The United States didn't fig
ure to do anything-and didn't
in the 30-kilometer cross
country ski race. The hockey
defeat was mild surprise. Nov
the Americans must beat Poland
tomorrow and hope the Czechs
knock over the Poles Sunday to
gain the final round of the
hockey tournament.
Other U. S. Girls Trail
Two Austrian girls, Josefine
Frandl (l:57.8) and Dorothea
Hochleitner Q:58.2) gained
second and third places, respec-
lively, in the giant slalom.
Swedens Sixten Jernberg was
second in the cross country grind
with 1:44:30, and Russia's Pavel
Koltdhin third in l:45:45. Rus
STA also iatched on to fourth,
fifth and sixth places with Ana
tolii Scheljuhkin. Vladimir Ku-
Yin. and Fedor Terentjev. KUHN,
who held several victories over
Hakulinen. was the pre-race
favorite.
The other American girls In
the giant Slalom finished far back
in this order: %, Gladys Wer-
ner, Steamboat Springs. Colo,
2:04; "a. Penny Pitou, Laconia, N
H., 2:l0.4; and SO. Betsy Snite,
Norwich, Vt. 2.16.2.
Later Miss Snite and three
other competitors, none of whom
placed high in the standings,
were disqualified for missing one
or more Of the SO gates in the
race. They were given two hours
to appeal the judges ruling but
Miss Snite said she would not
appeal.
In the cross-country ski grind
Andrew Miller of Mccall, Idaho,
finished 38th in 2:00.38 and Lynn
Levy of New Orleans finished
50th in the S1-man field with a
time of 2:l0.56.
In the point scoring Mrs. Law
rence's fourth-place tie earned
2ls points for the United States.
Andrea Wears Headgear
Mrs. Lawrence, outwardly not
disappointed at her showing,
said that ut was an excellent
course, but & light film Of snow
made it somewhat slow"
She was wearing o protective