Show North No rth Countries Cou F Favored In Olympic Ski Events Best American Squad in History Works Hard in Drill Special to The Telegram P GARMISCH-P GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN GARMISCH Germany Jan 30 Not 30 Not since th the organization of or the winterS winter Olympic Olymp games in 1924 has a member of th the United S States tes test t to am m won a ski even event Despite this showing howing however however 21 members of the tho Yankee squat squad are practicing on the new Olympic Olymp I ski jump here and on downhill an and d slalom courses near by lull full o of confidence that they'll spring a few i surprises surprises on the giant men from the north country It lt Is is only natural to presume that the hardy harly runners from Sweden Sweden Sweden Swe Swe- den Norway and Finland again will wUl rule favorites in four ski events to be run off here February February February ary 6 Tho The sport originated in Sweden and according to historians histo histo- historians I rians riana who have traced the ski sid li liIs It Itis Is supposed to be more than years old The wooden runners have been bee beena a common mode of travel in th the north countries for centuries ant and it is recorded that at the tho battle o of Oslo in 1200 A. A D. D Dt King Swerre sent scat out a company on skis Today wood cutters In the three countries have proved to be th the worlds world's best skiers because the they constantly are using this form torm o of travel to get to their camps Americans Amen Amer cans because they have no use fo for skis other than In sport are in n no noway noway way as experienced as the north nort men Dartmouth Bolsters Yankees To illustrate the superiority o otho of the tho skiers from the three north nort countries John o ot of Norway annexed the 1932 combination combination tion Hon event as he did in 1928 Utter Utter- strom of Sweden won won the kilo 18 meter race at Lake Placid Vc Veli Saarinen of cf Finland won the ft 50 kilometer event as he did in 1928 1922 of Sweden won the 18 18 kilometer event About all that can be said of th the theY Y Yankee team is that it probably i ithe is the best ever to represent this country country country coun coun- try and that it is full of ot the ol old fight tight Five of ot the members are products product of Dartmouth college where skiing first became a popular sport in th the United States Heading the list from that school is Dick Durrance of Tarpon Springs Fla who learned learne sk skiing ing at Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch and who is the only one of th the American team acquainted with th the local layout Durrance N la Americas America's most versatile skier He Be Heon won on the Olympic Olm pic pie combined slalom and amI down- down mountain tryouts finishing second see sec ond in the former and fir first t in th the latter Other stars of ot the Yankee arra array are Paul Ottar Satre of Salisbury Conn who finished first in th the Olympic trials for combined even event and his brother Karl Magnus who wh has won the national cross country title four times Casper of Anaconda Mont who captained captaine the 1932 Olympic squad and who wh finished fifth in the Olympic jump and Rolf of Lake Placid member of the United St States tes teams team in 1928 and 1932 who finished sixth In the jump In 28 and ninth In th the combined event in 1932 Although ski sId jumping is the divi- divi sion sian most publicized in the tho United Unite States the other three contests slalom and combined jusas just jus justas and jumping play as important parts in the final fina standing of the teams contest is The racing on the level and slalom is downhill downhill down down- hill and around turns Norsemen Given Ghen Edge In Jump Norway again comes to the games game with the favorite jumpers who holds the world record of 30 feet a again aln will wUI compete and will wil be assisted by Reide Andersen Al AU Andersen and Hans Beck Their The chief competition is expected to come from Sven Eriksson of ot Sweden Sweden Sweden Swe Swe- den and the Finn The new jump erected for the Olympics is at the egress of the gorge near here It has hasa a tower of ot feet and a 0 run o of feet permitting with a 35 degree grade jumps up to feet Initial speed after aller the tho jumpoff i is I from 72 to 75 feet teet a second The record jump from the slide so far is 2766 2756 feet set by l of Norway |