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Heiden, who swept five speed-skating gold medals, chose not to capitalize beyond a few polite nods here and there. His sport is as obscure as ever. Even though the U.S. has won 16 speed-skating gold medals, including the first one, by Charles Jewtraw in 1924, few Americans are stirred by so much gliding and arm swinging. Terry McDermott, the skating barber of 1964, and Sheila Young, a highlight of 1976, came around (and around) without cutting any lasting...
...same day Canada walloped Czechoslovakia 30-0. Sweden, which was well regarded, lost prestige by defeating Switzerland only 9-0. The French Olympic Committee gave out the final scores for the skating events: Finland, 62½; Norway, 491/2 ; U. S., 11; Sweden, 1; France, 1. Charles Jewtraw, Lake Placid, scored most...
...Olympic ice skating champion as a member of the 1928 hockey team, and subsequent University sextets is in prospect as a result of the statement of Charles Jewtraw, winner of the recent 500-meter race in the Olympic games, that he will retire from competitive skating to study for the entrance examinations to the University. A Chicago Tribune dispatch from France is authority for the announcement...
...Jewtraw's Olympic victory is by no means the first triumph of his career. Already holder of the world's record for 100, 220, and 880 yards, he should be able to dazzle Crimson opponents of the future with unparalleled exhibitions of speed. On the other hand, however, if the champion's swiftness is not accompanied by ability to play the game of hockey, the situation may develop of an Olympic skating titlist unable to make the University hockey team...
...skating, 150 yards: Charles Jewtraw, Lake Placid...
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