Show Austrian 0 Girl W Wint WI I Giant Slalom IFor For HS FIS Crown By Ben Funk 1 ASPEN Colo CoIn Feb 11 14 UP 1 i Austria's go getting go-getting betting gals were the big show in the opening day of the world alpine ski sId championships championships championships champion champion- ships and Austria's men expect to cut a few fancy capers them them- selves The Austrian women led by a laughing laug blond lovely Dagmar Rom swept six of the first seven places In the women's giant slalom slalom sla sla- lom lam Monday Miss I Rom raced down the tricky three quarter mile course in 1 1 to grab first place The Thc men compete Tuesday in inthe inthe inthe the same event and anti it would be no great surprise even to the Austrians Austri- Austri ans if they again ain dominated the standings of the top 10 Vcr Very Good Our women were very good even en better belleI than we expected said Ernst manager of the Austrian team Our men Oh they are very good too We Ve do not like to say who will win Tuesday but we are hopeful that we will take two or three of the first five places This opinion wasn't challenged by any of the expert observers They noted that the tho Austrian women were hitting the gates at ot atmore t more perfect angles and pushing harder for speed than other com corn And come to think of it the Austrian men perform the same way Best of the Austrian males In Inthe Inthe inthe the giant slalom are arc Christian Pravda a ski manufacturer Egon their national champion Edi Edt Mall their champ in 1917 and Franz Gabl GabI Somo Some Doubt Douht While the spectators were prepared prepared pre pre- I pared for another great Austrian team show showing ng it was doubted that they could again ain carry off first place honors If they do the choice is Pravda Amon Among the 63 men from 13 nations nations nations na na- na- na scheduled to compete Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day the popular favorites were Zeno Cob Colo year old Italian farmer and Stein Stem Eriksen 22 a student from Norway NOl Tuesdays Tuesday's runs were we're were scheduled to start at t 1 30 1 30 pm p.m. EST Colo Cob described as a skier who fights for speed like e a bat out of hell will wall go 10 off In sixth place Erikson willbe will willbe willbe be No 11 Others mentioned often hi first place speculation were James Couttet of France Toni Matt Iatt of the United States and Fernand Grosjean of Switzerland Best Spots These five men along with Pravda were spotted in starting positions from sixth to eleventh I Officials of the Federation Inter Inter- nationale de Ski said these were the most favorable spots because the course will be packed by the first five fhe runners and will then be in the best condition of the day The skiers with the best records in competition customarily are given the most advantageous starting place The racers will travel a dangerous danger dang ous 11 mile i-mile mile course with a 1600 foot drop On the way down they must hit 33 gates and hit them dead center or risk a fall faU that means curtains for their am am- The course is the same as that run by the I Monday women for a fl mile half addition at th the vS top of slippery Mt 1 Aspen IM ll mile half-mile strip is known kno a as tx th cleva elevator tor shaft because of or It u almost vertical decline f Miss Rom the year old u Uni of Innsbruck coed w Jw vib zoomed home first in m Mond Monday t event was thrilled by the perel tion of the course Fast Far Fur FarI FarI t I go very fast she sheI laugh f I jump far It is wonderful V r Trude Jochum Biser-Jochum of Auta Austa Aut Aust a working hard farmers farmer's wS who became a mother last N vember was the girl the had to tn win h hut 7 l In deep snow near nar the startle starlit line spoiled her chances At u ushe tha she was only two tenths of a s ond behind Miss Rom and ft runner up Lucienne Couttet f Ji I France who fini finished hed third ii in 1 3 1 was the only non Austrian in t y U big big- seven 1 The lack of or casualties was wa pleasant sidelight of Mond Monday event as the women ran the cour CO il In hr dazzling sunshine at f fas fasti times than expected There w several falls at a road jump 3 yards from the finish but all U tumblers finished the race ex year old Margaret O Vancouver Dazed by a bad sp epi she missed a gate when she the run and was di qua fied j 1 Katy Rodolph 19 Haydel Hayde Colo Cob lifeguard was the fa fait fait- lei American entry in Mondays Monday's W wens wen's tl ens en's competition She camel camell eighth In ninth was Andrea tea Mea 18 national champion from R Ru Ruland land Vt I |