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A Airborne I r b orne I Bernhard Torren Perren of or the Swedish F riS I S t team m takes some last training runs for the mens men's downhill course which will ill he lie run Saturday off the steep I I slopes of or Aspen mountain in the final event c Stellar Ste 9 r d Utahn a Fourth Amor Eary iy Colo Coln Feb 16 IV- IV Tack Jack Jac Reddish h Snit Salt Ial Lake c City's great groat skiing star seemed sure Thursday to r finish ni h high hi-h in theMen's the tho Mens Men's slalom test In the world ski championships being held hold here Although h only a u part of or the hl big field had completed the thc two runs necessary ry was teas lod lodged cd In ht fou fourth th place behind Georges Schneider of Switzerland Switzer Swit land Zeno Colo Coln of Ital Italy and Stein Erickson of or Norway 1 Colo Coln won Ivan the giant slalom two days a ago The reason seemed N sure suro of getting into the money was ryas ht-causo ht o the he early runners were the tho favorites fa an and 1 the Salt Lake star was faster raster Thursday than such as Henri Orcil- Orcil ler and uld Tamps James Couttet of France and Christian of Aus Aus- tria Reddish had hail a combined time of or 2 2084 on W wo 0 runs of 1 1039 1030 and 1045 1015 1 Schneiter's combined time was 2004 2064 Colos Colo's was wa 2007 2067 and Frickson's was 28 fin flat t. t By Ben cn Funk ASPEN Colo Feb 16 CD 1 P Da Dagmar mar Rom the graceful blond blon d Austrian is just one hurdle away from recognition tion a as one of tho the greatest g woman skiers in history The final test for the gay 21 year old university student will come Friday on Aspen mountains mountain's s treacherous downhill course A victory would give her a clean cean sweep of the women's alpine events in the world meet sponsored by bythe bythe bythe the Federation deSki de deSki deSki Ski F 1 S Miss Rom a natural athlete who maneuvers with almost effortless ease added the world slalom crown Wednesday to the giant slalom championship she had captured captured captured cap cap- two days earlier If she takes the downhill do title also she will succeed the famous Christl Cranz of Germany as the around all queen of the slat riders Christl dominated international competition in the late and scored a shutout in the last F I S meet in Poland in 1939 1039 by taking the downhill slalom and combined championships No Combined Title The giant slalom was held this year for the first time in the world meet No combined title Will be awarded 3 Many timers old-timers who have seen Miss hiss Rom in action this week say she could have beaten Cristl Cranin Cranz Cran Z in her prime in any type of race Hans Hauser a Sun Valley instructor Instructor in instructor In- In who skied for Austria in the and was Cristl's teammate teammate teammate team team- mate said there was little to choose between the two women physically Cranz was strong like a man he said but Rom would have beaten her with superior technique tech tech- Miss Rom needed only 1 minute 4 47 8 S seconds Wednesday for two runs down the thc steep foot 1320 women's course clearing the 33 gates with flawless skill SkIn The attractive Austrians Austrian's time of 53 2 seconds for the initial run was the best of the day She cased eased up slightly on the second run and an d took seconds Her combined combine l time me was just tenth one-tenth of a secand second second sec sec- ond and faster than that of a teammate teammate teammate team team- mate Erika Enka Mahringer Takes Third Spot Third place in the Ute field of 28 2 3 went to Celina Celma of Italy Altogether the Austrian women n took five of the first 10 places to continue their domination o othe of f the Alpine meet In the giant gian t slalom they grabbed six of the tile first seven places Numerous tumbles were taken take n I during the day with a Canadian Canadia n girl leading the luck hard-luck parade Margaret Owen of Canada fell feU l twice ICe during her first run an and andon andon d ls on the second she took three spills spill s and once crashed headlong into a pole Another Canadian Rose Marie Mari e Schutz was making very ery fast fasttime fasttime fas t time on her initial run before falling falling fall fall- ing on a sharp turn near the finish finish fin fin- ish line of France Franc collided with a pole on the first firs t run when she was clocked in in 61 9 seconds The mishap may have hav e cost her a spot in the Ute first 1 10 0 for she negotiated the course i in n 58 2 on the second try and fInished finished fin fIn- Yank Gets Sixth Americas America's best showing of th the e meet was made by Andrea Mead Mea d of Rutland Vt who won von sixth sixt h place with a time of 1517 7 Kat Katy y Rodolph of Hayden Colo w was in m 1 1562 1562 I Both Miss Mead and Miss Rodolph Rodolph Roi Ro Ro- dolph made near perfect runs bu but t i apparently lacked the physical l strength to match the Ute performances perform perform- I ances of the tile top foreign tors On a basis of 10 points for each h I hr first place six for second four fou he r for third etc Austria leads the th e Alpine phase of the world tournament tournament tournament ment with 11 points Italy ha has s scored 15 France 13 Switzerland d sd I eight and the United States on one |
