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Skiers ignored Hitler's demand for 20 blond Aryans to compete at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Himmler went to Norway and repeated the invitation, with threats. No results. Olympic Champion Birger Ruud announced that he would burn his skis before he would compete in compulsory Germanic sports...
Most dangerous part of the strike are the surreptitious championships, particularly in skiing. Last winter's ended in tragedy. One Sunday afternoon, 90 crack jumpers mysteriously appeared on a hillside near Oslo. Asbjoern Ruud had barely made the winning leap of 72 meters (234 ft.) when the police arrived. The new champion was dragged off to concentration camp along with 24 other competitors...
...main features of the meeting tomorrow will be the movies of the famed Norweglan Ruud brothers, depicting scenes from their training and jumping. Christmas vacation plans will also be announced...
Tokle was just another ski rider. But in the U. S. he was a sensation. Here was a greenhorn who could jump 157 ft. on sea legs. He lacked the elegant style of Olympic Champion Birger Ruud and Norwegian Champion Reidar Andersen, two of his countrymen who had broken the trail ahead of him. But Torger Tokle had something. Experts say it is the oomph in his satz, that split-second transition from running to jumping at the takeoff. From knees like coiled springs he gets a tremendous lift-soaring out, out, out, like a baseball hit smack...
...jumping will probably present the most thrilling spectacle from the spectators' point of view. Roger Simpter, from Dartmouth, was intercollegiate champion last year. He has as his toughest foe Merril Barber from Norwich, who jumped with the Ruud brothers two years ago and is one of the best men in open competition. Wisconsin also adds four good jumpers to the list...