Word: hoevenberg
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hoevenberg bob-sled run, near Lake Placid, N. Y., Gilbert Colgate and Richard Lawrence last week prepared to try for the two-man championship of North America. Dressed in bright blue uniforms, wearing goggles and blue leather helmets, neither bothered to examine the steering apparatus of the sled. They already knew that the most important bolt holding the front runner under control was missing, but they had decided to risk going down without...
...Hoevenberg run is the only place in the U. S. to practice a sport imported from Switzerland for the last Winter Olympic Games. It is a deep trench winding like an ice-lined gutter down the mountainside. Sleds ordinarily reach a maximum speed of about 60 m. p. h., gathering speed by riding high on the banks of its three dangerous turns- Whiteface, Shady Corner, Zig-Zag. The Colgate sled went a little faster than that. When it reached the bottom-still intact despite the missing bolt-its time for four heats was 7:57.31, a new U. S. record...
Next day the four-man sleds were trucked to the top of Mount Van Hoevenberg in softening weather. Six other teams in the four-man championship would doubtless have been pleased if all the Stevenses-Hubert, Curtis, Raymond and Paul-had clambered onto the same sled. Instead, Hubert, Curtis and Raymond each drove a sled of his own, placed 1, 2, 3 in the first two heats. Hubert Stevens made his first run in 1:47.79, breaking the course record Curtis had set a week earlier. His second run-.01 sec. slower-gave him a scant 5 sec. lead...
...bobsleds last week were mainly manned by Lake Placid local boys. Since the Mount Van Hoevenberg run is the only one in the U. S. and since it takes an immense amount of practice to become an expert bobber, it is natural that almost the only competent bobbers in the U. S. as yet are sportsmen of some means who live within a 20-mi. radius of Lake Placid. The four Stevens brothers manage a Lake Placid hotel which they inherited from their father. They win so many bob-sled races-last fortnight they took all the events...
...Geier, was notified that his insurance would be cancelled unless he gave up the sport. To prevent novices from breaking their heads, Lake Placid bob-sled enthusiasts last summer formed the Adirondack Bob Sled Club which teaches novices how to handle the sleds, issues licenses for the Mount Van Hoevenberg run, maintains a staff of drivers to take passengers over the course for $1 a ride...