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...Werner was the best male skier the U.S. ever produced. The son of a rancher from Steamboat Springs, Colo., he had never even been on a train or plane when, at 17, he traveled to Europe and in Norway beat Europe's best. If Olympic medals are a true test of a skier's ability, Werner was a failure, because he never won any. He broke a leg training for the 1960 Winter Olympics, and by the time this year's Games rolled around, he was 28 and past his peak. But over the years...
...from racing, but last week he was back in the Alps-this time starring in a movie sponsored by German Clothing Manufacturer Willy Bogner. Disregarding the avalanche warnings, photographers set up their equipment on the slopes of the Selin Valley above St. Moritz. Cameras whirred; Werner and 14 other skiers started down the hill. Suddenly, there was a sharp crack, and tons of snow thundered toward the valley floor below. By scrambling and flailing, most of the 15 "swam" on top of the avalanche to safety. Not Werner. And not Barbi Henneberger, 23, a pretty German skier. Together, they tried...
...water, she is a skillful skier. On snow for the first time, Jacqueline Kennedy found that there's many a slip 'twixt slope and slalom. At Stowe, Vt., with Fellow Tyro Caroline and a watching clutch of Kennedys (John-John, Bobby and his family, Teddy and his wife, and Eunice Shriver), Duffer Jackie took her tumbles in good form. Her instructor, former Olympic Ski Coach Pepi Gabl, said diplomatically: "She was very good, but it's hard to say about a skier's ability the first time...
Chaffes, of Adams House and Lyme. N.H., won the most laurels for this year's squad and proved to be the most outstanding skier. The former Junior National cross-country runner came in third in the Eastern Intercollegeiate Ski Championships and took first place in cross-country at the St. Lawrence Carnival. Chaffee's performance in the Easterns marks the first time Harvard has finished in the top five places...
...Chaffee is clearly the outstanding skier on the squad. His ninth in the downhill, eighth in the slalom and seventh in the alpine combined is all that stood between the Crimson and a disgraceful rout last weekend. Among the outstanding ski stars he eclipsed was St. Lawrence's world speed king C.B. Vaughn. In the Stowe Cup race Feb. 1 and 2, Chaffee finished 17th in the downhill against a field of the finest skiers in the east. The event was won by Rebel Ryan, nearly an Olympic team member...