Sport: Indoor Winter

Last year the U. S. discovered winter. Snow, for centuries man's enemy, became suddenly his friend. Skiing, for years a nonsensical fad, became overnight a national sport. Last week, not content with moving himself outdoors, man moved winter indoors. Hirelings in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, accustomed to the endless transformations of this chameleon edifice, stood aghast as they watched it become something it had never been before : a snowy mountain top. From the centre of the arena floor to the top of the gallery—so close to the roof a skier had...

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