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You may or may not be looking at the hockey team which will represent the United States at the Winter Olympics, Jan. 27, 1948, St. Moritz, Switzerland. This is the team which the United States Olympic Committee hopes will represent the U.S. in the games, but the committee is now engaged in controversy with the Amateur Hockey Association of America which also has named a team to carry the U.S. colors. A decision as to which team might play was expected, with some possibility that both American entries might of eliminated. Left to right: Jack Hutchinson of Boston, Mass., trainer and manager; Roy Ikola of Eveleth, Minn., Bruce Gardner of Melrose, Mass., Neil Selley of Eveleth, Minn., Joe Riley of Medford, Mass., Allan Van of St. Paul, Minn., George Donahue of Winchester, Mass.; Louis Preston of New York City, Jimmy Loan of Princeton, N.J.; Billy Briel of New York City; Paul Wild of St. Paul, Minn., and Chris Rodger of Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo)
Richard Button of Englewood, N.J. who will represent the United States in the men's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics at St. Moritz, Switzerland, makes a sensational leap during practice there, Jan. 27, 1948. Button recently won the European figure skating for men in competition at Prague, Czechoslovakia. Opening ceremonies for the St. Moritz games will take place Jan. 30,1948. (AP Photo)
Members of the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating teams glide over the ice in preparation for competition in the Winter Olympics, Jan. 22, 1948, St. Moritz, Switzerland. Left to right are James Grogan, Robert Swenning, New York City; Eileen Seigh, Brooklyn, N.Y., Richard Button, Englewood, N.J.; Gretchen Merrill, Boston, Mass., James Lettingarver, St. Paul, Minn., Karol Kenneth and Peter Kennedy, both of Seattle. (AP Photo/Michael Nash)
Members of the U.S. 1948 Winter Olympic speed skating team limber up during a practice session in preparation for the forthcoming Olympics, Jan. 21, 1948, St. Moritz, Switzerland. Left to right are Art Seaman, of South Minneapolis, Minn., Ken Henry, Chicago, Ill., Richard Solem, of Minn.; Sonny Rupprecht, of St. Louis, Mo., Ray Blum, from Nutley, N.J., and John Werket, of South Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo)
Frank Stack, of Winnipeg, Canada; Gordon Audley, also from Winnipeg; A.B. Hardy, of Edmonton, and Craig MacKay, left to right, from Saskatoon, members of the Canadian Olympic speed skating team, set to go during a practice at the ice stadium as they prepare for the 1948 Winter Olympics, Jan. 21, 1948, St. Moritz, Switzerland. (AP Photo)
Frank Stack, of Winnipeg, Canada; Gordon Audley, also from Winnipeg; A.B. Hardy, of Edmonton, and Craig MacKay, left to right, from Saskatoon, members of the Canadian Olympic speed skating team, set to go during a practice at the ice stadium as they prepare for the 1948 Winter Olympics, Jan. 21, 1948, St. Moritz, Switzerland. (AP Photo)
Members of the U.S. 1948 Winter Olympic speed skating team limber up during a practice session in preparation for the forthcoming Olympics, Jan. 21, 1948, St. Moritz, Switzerland. Left to right are Art Seaman, of South Minneapolis, Minn., Ken Henry, Chicago, Ill., Richard Solem, of Minn.; Sonny Rupprecht, of St. Louis, Mo., Ray Blum, from Nutley, N.J., and John Werket, of South Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo)
Dick Button of Englewood, N.J., U.S. and North American men's figure skating champion, and winner of the European title, executes a jump during a practice session at St. Moritz, Switzerland, January 19, 1948, in preparation for the Winter Olympics of 1948. Button was runner-up in the 1947 international competition. (AP Photo)
These four Korean speed skaters, en route to the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, try out the ice and limber up in the process on the Rockefeller Plaza outdoor rink, Dec. 11, 1947, New York. Left to right are Dong Sung Moon, Chong Kook Lee, Hyo Chang Lee and Young Chin Choi, who will also act as Olympics was partially sponsored by the contributions of U.S. soldiers stationed in Korea. (AP Photo/Jacob Harris)
Andrea Mead, 14-year-old Rutland, VT skier, uses her ski poles to give her impetus as she starts a downhill run at Sun Valley, Idaho, March 27, 1947. Miss Mead was recently chosen as a member of the women's downhill and slalom teams to represent the United States in the 1948 Winter Olympics to be held in St. Moritz, Switzerland. (AP Photo)