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...Vermont visit from snowy Colorado, where she ranches with husband Dave, Skier Andrea Mead Lawrence, winner of two gold medals in the 1952 Winter Olympics, showed off the four reasons why she may not race any more: Cortlandt, 5, Deirdre, 2, Matthew, 3, and Leslie, 10 months...
...Amasa B. Ford and Herman K. Hellerstein of Cleveland's Western Reserve University noted that by far the most strenuous of all human activity is "play" -carried to the extreme of championship athletics. When energy expenditure is measured by the rate of calorie consumption, a distance runner or skier can burn up 26.5 calories per minute; healthy young men at amateur sports can work up to a fuel consumption of 18 calories per minute. The heaviest rates for steady work have been reported for coal miners as ranging from 4.3 to 5 calories per minute...
Lockwood was a four-event skier at Northwood School, Lake Placid, N.Y., and served in the Ski Troops during World War II. He also acted as troop instructor for a time. He is a graduate of Trinity College and did graduate work at Princeton...
...drivers through a hole in the fence. "They hate me out there," she says frankly, "and I hate them." But she has less trouble than many of her male co-workers in knocking down the reserve of reticent athletes. A recent example: Toni Sailer, Austria's world champion skier. "All accounts say he can't speak English very well," she grins. "I talked with him, shot pool with him, had dinner with him. His English is all right. He's just...
...Christmas recess. He would not be paid very much, for the team can afford only to cover his expenses. What the team seeks is a coach who can handle a bit of the organization, inspire his team, and spot flaws in style. He need not necessarily be an excellent skier in his own right, but he should be a good teacher...