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Events got off to a downhill start yesterday morning as Brooks Dodge led the Dartmouth ski team in winning the downhill and slalom races on Mt. Moosilauke. The nine teams participating will also jump against each other this afternoon in addition to the shortened cross-country run in the morning...
Coach Graham Taylor has no strong four-event man to go down slalom, downhill, cross country, nor jumping in the Easterns. But Captain Jim Weaver excels in downhill and jumping and can do fairly well in the other two events. John Hart adds scoring possibility to the team in the cross-country and also performs ably on the jump...
...Wise's experience may show up in any of the four events, while Skiddy Lund should ably back up Hart in the cross-country. The team is weakest in the slalom. Taylor will count on John Hauser in this event, although Henry "Butch" Horner is capable of surprising everyone...
...team also entered in the Lindenville Slalom over the weekend...
Late last week the snow arrived, a record three-day fall that sometimes came down as fast as five inches an hour. Instead of improving the trails and slalom courses, it caused one of the worst series of avalanches in Alpine history. Tons of thick wet snow crashed down on the valleys of eastern and central Switzerland. Roads were blocked, including the St. Gotthard rail line between Italy and central Europe. Swiss army detachments futilely tried to break up the giant snowslides with mortar barrages...