Word: ostlers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Heads bared, the other bobsledders gathered for two minutes of silent tribute, then agreed that the meet should go on the next day. The winner: the U.S. No. 2 team, driven by Lloyd Johnson, 28, who edged out Germany's two-time World Champion Andreas Ostler...
Four-Man Bobsled. Germany's heavyweight team (total weight: 1,050 Ibs.), driven by World Champion Andreas Ostler, edged out the U.S.'s Stan Benham & Co. (weight: 970 Ibs.), by 2.6 seconds in four heats. Since added weight means added momentum, the Olympic Committee has ruled that hereafter average weight shall not exceed 220 Ibs. per man. Sighed one fat bobsledder: "It's diet or quit...
...Wait until they hear about this in Munich!" said Lorenz Nieberl, brakeman of the German bob. "Too bad the German flag isn't here," said Driver Andreas Ostler...