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22 L?╜?? Ve*a?╜ R^K*w.J?╜???╜rn^ Tuetdoy, Feb. 13, Wo* 'RIDDLED WITH POLITICS Skating Judges Too Critical? GREVOBLF. Frimek (AP) They're the mrv old man and women--of the Winter Olympics, and no one is more maligned, more feared, more cultivated and more pampered They're the judge* of the figure skating competition "They can take a dislike to you if they don't like the way you fix your hair, and they can mark you down for it," said one of the lady competitors. "This sport always has hern riddled with politics." comment ed one official of the American team. "You put your whole career in their hands." A Japanese newspaper, the Tokyo Shimbun. became so enraged at the judging in the H< iston Sill T ping F??'I t. ,. .ntinuf to outaprmt UCLA in their two - w y hattl* for the National Basketball Champion women's individual event last HPPk that it calleH flu "horrible" and added: "Is this sportn" The judges are a strange and mysterious group. They stand around the ice in long coats and with their arms loaded with papers and rating cards. In the school figures, in which the competitors trace intricate designs on the ice. they get down on their hands and knees to examine the tracings. It's a peculiar sight You'd think they were looking for a lost contact lens. Then they line up and flash cards one for a number and other fr??r tenth* of a decree. The scores come out 5 4, 5.2, 4.8, etc. The ultimate is six The numbers are added the highest and lowest scores being dropped to prevent bias -and the figure skaters are graded accordingly. The crowd always boos. Only an exceptionally good score - such as thai of Peggy Fleming or Emmerich Panzer-gets a favorable reaction Often the crowd becomes so violent you fear they might start throwing chairs on th? rink. The iron curtain |tldges- the Soviet UniiHI, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc almost alwavs downgrade the Western skaters The Western judges his back hy low-rating the Reds. The International Figure Skating Federation recently, took note of the discrepancies in judging and called for the end of politics The plea apparently fell on deaf pars. "You have lo watch your manners." said one competitor. "You must he sure to smile at 'he judges and treat them Georgia Does It i??y th, A,-,,r....a prm became the third highest scorer Piatol Pete Maravich g?╜v?╜ H in NC history with L7H Eddia to Georgia wttti both pan bi*tJBko>nbach led the losers with when the dost had clearer!, the M Bulldogs had survived a lot be' ?╟? , Oeorgia had four plavprs in ter than Louisiana State. , . , . ?╟? \. __ . double figures with Fob Lien Mara'-ich. the i$U sophomore hard's 28 points tops Lienhard. wVo ! ?╟≤ 3W country's collogi- a 6-foot-11 soph, hit 12 of 19 from Again In an Ivy League game Tetas F,i ra-*o romped over Arizona State 87-69 as Andy: VVh;fe hit seven of his first eight shots White finished with 21 points and Nate Archibald led the Miners with 22. In other games. Providence INJURED MILNER CONDITION GOOD' Dale Milner, WSCAB off, ri;d injured Sunday at Craig Road Speedway, was listed in "good condition" by Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Monday. Milner. NASCAR Safety Steward and Referee was hit by an out * of - control stock car Sunday which narrowly missed two other NASCAR officials. Initially placed In the Intensive Care Ward at SNMH, Milner suffered fractures of arms legs and ribs, according to a hospital spokesman, but "was coming along real well" at last report. U.S. Ski Spills Blankel Hopes Third Annual Tropieana Golf Today Msworth Vines and Jack Kra-; wo former greats m world lay down their sneakers i quels for spiked shoes to become two of the name competitors in the nnual Hotel Tropieana tonal Pro - Am today. IpOfta director at La ita rountry Cluh. La Quinta. . will be joined by George ru> Reif and a host of other I golfers in the tourney. tContinued from Page 21) 40.27 and 48 59 for her two runs, finished with a combined time of H Rfi Miss Greene took the silver medal with a clocking of 86.15 and Miss Famose had an 87 89 total. "I was getting tired of being second. ' said Mariclle, who was the runner-up to her sister. Christine, in the Olympic slalom four years ago and second to Miss Famose in the 1966 world championships She won the UM Olympic and World giant slaloms, however "This is the title I wanted to win most m the world." -he said, then paid tribute to the spunkv American girls. "They reallv didn't have any luck to day." ahf said. "The Americans out in the ft They are very strong, hut I think they set up too fast a pace Miss Fortna was timed in 41.7! and Miss Cutter was caught in 41 46 on their abortive first runs. Injuries In Rilly Kidd. Jere Elliot and Jim Barrows ruined the cs team's bid for medals in the men's downhill la and a broken leg suffered by Robin Morning in prc-Olympics practice hurt the women's tram at the outset But Kidd bounced back to finish fifth in the men's giant slalom Monday, with .Jimmy Uen- ga. Rick Chaffee and Spider Sa- bich all in the top 15. ' Wt still have a chance for a gold medal." Beattie said "Our rash of injuries set us back but now we are rebounding These kids are great, lighten." While the I'.S, girl? were e\ perienring np^-anrj down- on the slopes, American champion Tim Wood of Rloomfield Hills. Mieh , " p behind threr European leader* after the first two cotnpoafory figure-, in men's figure skating competition. Emmerich Panzer of ?╟≤ the World and European champion, took the lead by tin of a point over countryman Wolfgang Scbwarz, with Patrick Pera of France third and Wood fourth. Wood moved up from fifth after the feral figure. 3 'back out I side three-change three," and! hjs manager, Car! W. Gram of| New York, said he expected the 19-year old VS. champ to con j finue to move upward in the re- ?╟≤maining three figure- Wednes-J Gram said Wood ska'ed a I very bad first, figure, but did I much bitter on the second, 1'forward outside rocker," inl 'climbing within 18 points of I Panzer "f expect him *r< do bet-1 . ahead," Gram | said. ?╟≤ an champion onti of Detrt fifth place af'er the Brat 'wj tracing-. 27.8 points behind the leader. Sweden's ToloJ C 'I captured her serond gold medal I -and the second for her rotin- vinnutg the women's j five-kilometer crosscountry ski j race. 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