European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Wednesday March 6 the stars and stripes b Page 17 things looking up in cism ski Uncle Sam s Conseil International do sport Militare team made probably its Best Ever showing in the 1968 cism ski championships just concluded at Lillehammer Norway. John Ehrensbeck top right led the Way with a third place in a new cism event the triathlon consisting of a Cross country race combined with shooting at targets plus a slalom event. He helped the . Team place fifth. Bill Spencer right also fared Well placing 10th in the triathlon while Ralph Wakely below Middle wound up 24th and Jay Bowerman below left was 27th. Before Competition the team gathered for the cameraman including from left above maj. C. C. Parker manager a sgt. Clyde Burns shooting coach Sven Johanson ski coach Spencer Wakely Ehrensbeck Bowerman de Williams and Jon Chaffee. The . Cross country Slat men also wound up eighth in the 40-Kilometer relay race the Start of which is depicted in the photo below right. Alpine skiers for Uncle Sam also compiled an excellent record with Harry Ryan finishing fourth in the special slalom third in the Alpine combined and seventh in the giant slalom. Teammate Harry Kashiwa was 16th in the giant slalom and seventh in both the special slalom and Alpine combined. Cross country contestants also competed for the . In the olympic games biathlon events at Grenoble. Is photos by i red Grandy the stars and stripes