Word: slaloming
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...Andrea Mead Lawrence, the Austrian international giant slalom; at Bad Gas-tein. Competing against Olympic squad members of six nations, Skier Lawrence twisted & turned through the 42-gate course of 1,100 yards in 2102.5, more than three seconds faster than Austria's Erika Mahringer. Third, further boosting U.S. Olympic hopes: Seattle's Janette Burr. CJ ¶Ex-Wisconsin Runner Don Gehrmann, the Philadelphia Inquirer Mile, with a characteristic kick sprint that nipped FBI-Man Fred Wilt by 5 ft. Gehrmann's time, breaking the meet record by more than a second: 4:10.2. Next night...
Competing in an open meet against top college competitors and ski instructors, Dwight Black finished 36th in the two day Alpine combined and freshman Ernest Dane finished 35th. The meet for individual laurels was won by Dartmouth's Tommy Corcoran, who placed ninth in the downhill, but won the slalom. Middlebury's Dough Burdon, winner of the downhill, fell on the slalom, as did all Harvard skiers, but still managed to come in third...
Emotional Pitch. A happy blend of determination and high spirits-Dave was touring with her and their courtship was progressing-won Andy the Hannes Schneider Pokal at St. Anton. At Chamonix (where nets are rigged to keep racers from going over precipices), she won the slalom. Then she went back to Austria and in five days won one downhill, two slaloms, and two giant slaloms...
...looks at most thoughtfully: Austria's Trude Beiser Jochum, winner of the 1950 F.I.S. downhill; Austria's Erika ("Riki") Mahringer, Andy's best friend and, says Andy, "better than Dagmar Rom* ever was"; France's Andree Tournier Bermond, winner of last year's giant slalom at Mont Blanc; Italy's Celina ("The Tigress") Seghi, two-time Arlberg-Kandahar winner; and Germany's Hilde-Suse Gaertner, 1951 Davos-Parsenn Derby winner...
...Olympic Skier Jim Griffith died last month as the result of a skiing accident while practicing at Alta, Utah. * Grandson of Millionaire Thomas Fortune Ryan. * Estimated chances against a break: about 800 to 1. *Glamorous blende Dagmar, winner of both F.I.S. slalom titles in 1950, has made two movies, and has reportedly "gone Hollywood." Austrians says: "She is no longer a mountain girl...