European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 b the stars and stripes saturday february 8,1892 Winter olympic touring Sav a on 55-seat sled by Dave Anderson the new York times Bonjour. My name is Jean Marie and i am your olympic guide on this bus tour of the venues for the Winter games that open saturday at Albertville in the Savoy Region of France for you americans that a pronounced Sav Waas in Sav a fare. Here in Albertville where you done to pronounce the a a you can see the stadium where saturdays opening ceremony will be held As Well As the rink for figure skating and the outdoor Oval for Speed skating. But before the Driver turns onto the main Road to the Mountain venues i must inform you of the event that is new to these Winter olympics the 55-seat bobsled. You Are familiar with the two Man bobsled and the four Man bobsled i am sure. And for All the Beauty of the Snow capped mountains surrounding us you May not be Happy to know that coming Back you will be on a 55-seat bobsled As this bus comes Down the twisting two Lane Mountain roads with their hairpin turns and sometimes no guard rails. Any questions so far. Yes Monsieur a where do we get on this bobsled a you Are on it now. Your 53 seats the Drivers seat and my jump seat Here in the front. The same buses will be transporting spectators journalists and yes the olympic athletes too. As we climb you will see that these mountains Are not like your american mountains. Compared to the French Alps your Rocky mountains Are How do you say Foothills. Yes Monsieur a what about the Catskill mountains a a i have never seen the catskills but an american Friend of mine who plays Golf told me that compared to olympics on to com trap Mil to Law today an seb�?10 . Opening ceremony  German second program a 12 55-3 3tf . Canada France hockey. 4 45-6 50 ., opening ceremonies. 8 15-11 . Norway Czechoslovakia and Switzerland Cis hockey. Eurosport�?8  live hockey and opening  1-1 15-6 50 . Coverage on grandstand sports Magazine. 11 55 .-2 . Saturdays highlights Holland 3-8 25-10 30 . Opening ceremony Switzerland Cis hockey. Tomorrow an seb�?2 , 3 . General coverage. Adf German second program �?9 45 .-6 58 . Women a 15-km Cross country skiing menus luge singles menus downhill 12 15 .Sweden Poland hockey 90-meter ski jumping 1 30 .women a 3,000-meter Speed skating Germany Finland hockey 4 30 . 7 30-11 . Pairs original program skating  hockey. Eur sport a 6 .-6 30 . Previews opening ceremony highlights Cross country skiing luge menus downhill hockey ski jumping Speed skating. 6 30 . Pairs skating. 8 .�?  hockey. 11 . Hockey highlights. Bbl i a noon-2 . And 12 05 .-1 20 . Bbl 2 -2-4 . Holland 3 a 8 15 .-10 30 . Ger Many Al stand  the French Alps the highest Mountain in the catskills is just an Uphill Par-5. That same american described these mountains As How do you say big time. Yes Madame a How High Are these mountains a for More than 20 minutes now we have been going up up up. And when we get to the top to Cour Chevel 1850, the Altitude will be 1,850 meters. That is Why it is known As Cour Chevel 1850, More than a mile High. Over there at the Byblos hotel where the International olympic committee met this week rooms Are More than 5500 a night. A you mean 500  no Monsieur $500 american. It is a Jet set hangout. Only the Ioc members could afford it. But when it snowed All Day tuesday there was no View. All they saw were snowflakes so big it was As if you opened a Down Pillow and the feathers fluttered out. That is the Charm up Here. Clouds float below your room. Or sometimes past it. Then poof Sunshine again. A where Are we now a we Are on the Way around the Mountain to Meribel where the women a Alpine skiing will be held across the Valley from the new 6,500-seat Arena where All the hockey games will be held Halfway up this twisting Road. A who will use that Arena when the olympics end a that Madame is a very Good question that nobody has an answer for. But now As we go Down the Mountain i suggest that you close your eyes. Or if not that please do not took out the window. Quot there a no guard rail Here Quot please done tall speak at once. Yes occasionally there is no guard rail but your Driver knows the Road. A if he skids he wont know it a in the 55-seat bobsled that is the Chance we must take. But now that we Are safely Down off that Mountain and while we go up to la Plagne where the real bobsled and the luge runs Are then on to tines for the freestyle i will Tell you the history of the Savoy pronounced Sav a. Beyond that Mountain it is said that Hannibal drove his elephants through the pass from Italy although i done to see How. It is also said that Caesars legions later came through that pass. In time the Savoy pronounced Sav a was a separate Region on both sides of what Are now the French Alps and italian Alps with the Swiss Alps Only a few Miles away. After the year 1000, a Vassal of the holy roman Empire Humbert the White handed founded the House of Savoy pronounced Sav a but for centuries there were Many hard wars fought Here. This Region did no to belong to France until 1860, but some famous people grew up Here Rousseau the philosopher and St. Francis de sales. Up ahead of us now is Val do Sere where Jean Claude Killy who won three Gold medals in 1968 at Grenoble Learned to ski. Sunday the menus downhill will be Here and later the other menus Alpine events. But now our 55-seat bobsled is about to go Down the Mountain again. Please close your eyes. A can we win a Gold medal a Only if nobody peeks. . Olympic team members pay tribute while the american Flag is hoisted thursday at the olympic  just mad about . Hockey team by Filip Bondy Meribel France not on tuesday in Meg eve there was a French player with his Back turned looking for trouble. On wednesday in Chamonix there were some swedish fans pelting the ice with cans of Beer. Imported Beer. What was Clark Donatelli going to do ignore All this he could not. Donatelli Captain of the . Olympic hockey team and an official sponsor of the impossible dream was forced to take matters into his own calloused hands. He Blind sided Gerald Guen Nelon a French Forward when the two teams were supposed to be offering congratulations after the match. He returned some bottles and cans to the swedish fans a sort of line drive recycling program. A we were just Lucky we did no to get Hurt a Donatelli said. A you play hard and sometimes people get mad at  there were people mad at the . Team this week and the hockey tournament Hadnot even started. The first face off against Italy and the first slashing penalty against the United states were scheduled for sunday. But already there were two new theories about Donatelli and the americans they Are considerably better than expected and they Are much much crazier. Donatelli is the embodiment of both of these notions. The former Boston University Forward played just three games in the nil after being drafted by the rangers in 1984. By last year he was a 25-year-old Journeyman for the san Diego gulls of the International hockey league. But Donatelli has other More relevant credentials. Number 44 in your program guide skates All Over the ice looking for trouble and he has a tasmanian Devil Tattoo on his hip. A Quarante quatre a said Valerie Sapori to Girlfriend of the French player Guen Nelon who watched the americans again on thursday and referred to Donatelli by his number. Quot he is not  the other . Players Are getting the same reputation. On tuesday they alienated the French fans with a rumble that started the ugly american Ball rolling. On wednesday a . Player used his stick to Knock two Teeth from the Mouth of Sweden s Bengt Ake Gustafsson. Donatelli thought that the officiating was Fine and that the . Team was equally adept. He pointed out that the americans Nad won their last four exhibition games had beaten powerhouse Sweden 3-2, and that it was time they were paid their due. A not too much has been written about who a actually on this team Quot he said. A there s a lot of Pride in this locker