Two Neo-Nazis Are Sentenced for Beating Luger

Two neo-Nazis were convicted and sentenced to jail Monday for leading a beating attack on a U.S. luge racer after insulting his black teammate.

The Oct. 29 attack on Duncan Kennedy in the nearby winter resort of Oberhof embarrassed Germany and outraged Americans. It was the first against an American in a wave of neo-Nazi violence that has swept Germany since unification in 1990.

Tino Voelkel, 16, and Silvio Eschrich, 21, were found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm after a one-day trial at Suhl, Germany. Eschrich also was convicted of beating an Oberhof man an hour after the attack on Kennedy.

The three-judge court sentenced Eschrich to two years and eight months in jail and Voelkel to one year. They could have received up to five years.

Both have long records of other offenses, including assault and car theft, and have spent time in jail in the past year.

Kennedy, who was not badly injured in the attack, identified the two defendants as among his attackers during 45 minutes of testimony in the small, packed courtroom.

Skiing

Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden and Slovenian teen-ager Alenka Dovzan won their first World super-giant slaloms at Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy, skiing to a tie for first place in a race re-scheduled from Altenmarkt, Austria earlier this month.

Wiberg and Dovzan each completed the 1,725-meter-long Olimpia Tofane course in 1 minute, 20.64 seconds, edging third-placed Austrian Ulrike Maier by 0.04 seconds.

Katja Seizinger of Germany finished fourth, 0.07 behind the winners, thus missing her third World Cup triumph in four days.

Seizinger had won a downhill Friday and another Super-G on Saturday.

With her third victory of the season, and eighth of her career, Wiberg extended her World Cup overall lead over Austrian Anita Wachter, who was fifth in Monday’s race.

Hilary Lindh, of Juneau, Alaska, was the best American finisher in 15th place.

Her teammate, Picabo Street, of Sun Valley, Idaho, suffered a spectacular spill at mid-course but race officials said she escaped unhurt.

Hockey

The Boston Bruins acquired goaltender Vincent Riendeau from the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for a conditional pick in the 1995 amateur draft.

Boston General Manager Harry Sinden, who has been unhappy with the play of his two goalies, said the team will keep three goalies for the time being.

Riendeau, 27, has played eight games with the Red Wings this season with a 2-4-0 record and a 4.00 goals-against average. He has spent most of the season with the Adirondack farm in the American Hockey League.