I U.S. ff)CKEY-TRIUMPH (From Pagtf*JX*)y .
I 2nd. Li^t'ehant':. from Mcdiellan ^FSy-Gaiif.
| MayasichJ a-tliree.-gQals-gave him a'-to.taT.
! of six iri .America’s first four . hockey .
j matches. He netted one in the l;-3 loss
\ to Czechoslovakia and two in the h-0
j victory over Poland. The former Minne- j
I sota U. All-American went scoreless in
j the 7-2 win over Germany. i
j Service strickhandlers accounted for 12 j
j of the 18 goals scored by the U.S. In
j addition to Mayasich’s six, Pvt. William |
j Cleary of Ft. Knox, Ky., scored threej
I 2nd Lt. Kenneth Purpur, USARSUR, 2nd Lt. |
! Eugene Campbell, Ft. Eustis, Va., and
j Pvt. Richard Dougherty, Camp Chaffee, l
\ Ark., scored one each
j • *
j Early in the games the U.S.’s No.. 1 twd- j
I man bobsled, driven by Waightman (Bud) . j
j Washbond of E. Hartford, Conn., with SP1 i
j Patrick Biesiadecki, Ft. Jackson, S.C., j
I at the brake, finished in fifth place in I
; the two-man comnetition with a total
S time of 5:38.16 for four runs' down the
j treacherous course of 1,700 meters. On j
! the first two runs they rambled down the j
| course in l:2lu82 and 1:21.1.5 for a com--!
j bined time of 2:U8.97. ■ ' !
j Cpl. Andrew (Mac) Miller of Ft. Carson, j
! Colo..,./placed. 38th in..the men’s 30-kilo-T
j meter-■( 1-8'mi., 1,125 yds.) cross-country j
| ski event. His time of 2 hours, 38 sec- j
; onds was just-16 minutes and a few sec- j
; pnds Behind the winner, Veikko Hakulinen j
j pf Finland. j
j Placing 50th wa.s "Pvt. Lynn Levy of Fort !
H.......~J*
Carson with the time of two hours,-IQ
minutes .and 55 seconds. • Miller also r? \
finished list !in a .61; man .Held in -a’ ? : j
15-kilometer drosb-country ski' race with I
the time of 56:08;.’ ■ ■.
In the Nordic‘..Combined Ski event, which ;
included jumping and a 15-kilometer ; . i
cross county -race, Pvt. Marvin Crawford,!
Ft. Carson, finished 23rd, Second ft.[ \
Ted Farw.ell Jr** Goose Afe,.Labrador, : i
30th, and Levy, 35th,. • j
Another Carson skier, Pvt. Ralph. Miller, j
raced down the 7,700-ft. Mt. Faloriain I
3:15.8 to finish.13th in the men’s giant I
slalom. He was only 15.7. behind gold- !
medal winner Tony Sailer of Austria. j
Right behind Miller with the time of ■ j
3:15*9 ‘was LTJG Tom Cor coran. of the., des- \
troyer Howard D. Crow. i
Competing) iii the men’s special slalom
event, Corcoran and Ralph Miller placed I
19th and ?ist respectively. The Navy j
officer put together runs of 1:37.1 and I
2:01.2 for a total of 3:11.3. Miller’s !
•total time was 3:1-2.8 for runs of 1:3l• 0 ]
and 2:Q8.8. j
The games officially opened January 26 |
with the traditional parade of some
1,160 athletes from 32 nations.
., , "How old are you, Bobby?” asked the j
visitor. “ j
’’Oh, X*m just at that awkward age.” I
"Really,” said the visitor, "and
just what do you consider the awkward
age?" I
"Well, ” said Bobby, "I*m too old to j
cry and too young to cuss." 1