Show r mit GOc at VI acid OLYMPIC STADIUM I L Lake kc Placid N. N Y Feb 6 Exactly P Exactly I tho the same lame eight speed skaters Irving Irving Ir Jr- Ir- Ir ving Jaffee Ed Schroeder Valentine Vat Val entine and Ed Wedge of the United States Frank Stack and Alex Aiex Hurd d of Canada and the Nor Nor- Norwegian welan aces Berat Evensen and var Ballangrud qualified again toda today for tho the finals Monday of ot the meter Olympic champion champion- ship The two vo heats first four in each to qualify were ordered raced over today after a series of protests and disqualifications yesterday B By the United Press Ossian mighty might Finnish skater again tailed to qualify The running of oC the first heat was delayed de dc- dc- dc more than an hour hous- housby by an argument among among- the athletes and the various arlous delegation heads Three of the American competitors tors tars Irving Irving- Jaffee Eddie Schroeder des des- desand and Bialis refused to o skate another another an an- other and extra meters They finally relented when threatened with life suspension No sooner had the Americans been pacified than the Norwegians took up tho the cr cry refusing to go on the ice unless Frank Stack the stack the Canadian who was disqualified yesterday y for roughing Brent Evensen Ev Ev- onsen ensen Norwegian ace was va-s barred This went on for more than an hour and it required the combined com corn arguments of all ail the American Ameri imeri- can officials to finally persuade de the competitors that the only sporting thing to do was to go out and race Ossian Blomquist finished fifth Michael Norway sixth Marion McCarthy l of Canada dropped out on the sixth la ia and arI Uruma and Shozo Ish- Ish 1 were waved off the track when they were lapped on the thirteenth thirteenth thir thir- lap Ip By Edward J. J LV Neil cil Associated Press Correspondent LAKE PLACID N N. Y Feb 6 1 P IP- IP International good will wm and amity avowed purpose of the Olympic games has collapsed col- col I lapsed completely ti n a alter I t e r 1 tottering about the winter winter division on palsied legs for tor almost a lull full day In fact before if i s the 1932 winter K 1 g games a m e C s actually I. I re j were 24 hours old 3 j II the altruistic lo loof I of or sport for sports sport's sports e. e sake the good fel el 44 a J of or an in i e c con congress a agress n gress of or athletes had disappeared entirely Swords Swords' were unsheathed stack and the boys who really dont don't like each other began to tell the truth Outwardly the situation was under control for the moment today The decision of Joseph K Savage chairman chairman chair chair- man of the United States Olympic speed skating committee disqualifying disqualify disqualify- ing lag Alex Hurd and Frank Stack of Canada and Eddie Wedge of Detroit from the final meters championship cham had in effect been reversed but the underlying causes of all the bitterness had not been touched The representatives o of the Scandinavian nations apparently never ne will be bo reconciled reconciled rec to the American style o of rac roe ing THREATEN TO QUIT After four hours of argument last night during which Peter J J. J Mul- Mul queen chairman of ot the Canadian Olympic committee threatened to withdraw the entire C Canadian team from the games if Stack and Hurd were not put back In fn the final and the Scandinavians said they'd go home it if they were we-re Savage declared yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yes yes- heats in the meter event were no Uno races and ordered them skated over again today toda The final of at the last mens men's speed skating event will go o over from today today today to to- day to Monday probably at p. p m. m The United States led with 43 points today while Can Canada a boasted 25 and Norway only other scorer 8 |