Word: slaloming
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...this month, Coach Honore Bonnet told reporters that the only question was which of his two best girls-Marielle Goitschel or Annie Famose-would win this year's World Cup. That was before Nancy Greene spotted Annie almost a full second in the first run of the special slalom at Oberstaufen, Germany, two weeks ago, only to beat her by 2 sec. on the second trip down the course-and go on to complete a grand slam by winning the giant slalom next day. It was also before she beat Annie and Marielle in the giant slalom at Grindelwald...
...world-famed features range from the computerlike introspection of Bobby Fischer, 23, defending the U.S. chess title in Manhattan last week, to the craggy face of French Olympic Skier Jean-Claude Killy, 23, swooping through the slalom gates in Chile. It is World Record Miler Jim Ryun, 19, snapping news pictures for the Topeka Capital-Journal to prepare himself for the day when he can no longer break four minutes. It is Opera Singer Jane Marsh, 24, capturing first prize at Moscow's Tchaikovsky competition. It is Medal of Honor Winner Robert...
...Harvard ski team trampled Yale M.I.T. in a cross country-slalom meet Thursday and Friday on Cannon Mountain in Franconia...
Sophomore Peter Carter, freshman hockey goalie last year, won the 2-run slalom event. A Yalie snuck in second, but Alpine captain Peter Gagarin and Willie Draper sailed to a victory-clinching third place...
...American injuries, plus an un accountably bad showing by the Austrian team, turned the world championships into a French snowball. Marielle Goitschel won both the ladies' giant slalom and the women's combined championship. Annie Famose won the ladies' special slalom, and Jean-Claude Killy streaked down the 1.7-mile course at an average speed of 63 m.p.h. to take the men's downhill. Then the "old man" of the French team, 26-year-old Guy Perillat, a shopkeeper from Chamonix who had never won a world title before, beat Killy at his own specialty...