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Show FEBRUARY 22, 1931. 5-,000- F A- N.S EXPECTED -·- -- · -- -- ~., -- .To-- WITNESS STATE SKI TOURNEY Caravan Invades Parley's Canyon To See Champion Jumpers Perform •t)•-- ----- - - --""'!'" .-. - -- ,- - -- r rr r • .-a. ........ __ Leaping Exhibition Starts ! Alf Engen and Mates to Try for New World's Record at 2:30; Racing at ' 1 . Noon I I I I l By MEL GALLACHER Utah's caravan of outdoor sports lovers will head toward Ecker hill in Parley's canyon about noon Sunday to witness nine of the country's leading ski riders compete for the sixteenth annual Utah state ski" championship. The caravan of cars which is expected will transport at least 5000 people Will settle at the flat below the giant slide to watch the activity begin at 2:30 o'clock. The great troupe of daring ski riders that wl!I entertain the crowd from 2:30 to 4 o'clock includes the" recognized world's jumper, Alf Engen of Salt Lake. Alf Will Try to Beat 247-Foot Leap The 21-year-old, blue-eyed Engen Will make an attempt to climax a wonderful season on skis by another" assault upon the world's record, which he, himsell, set at Big Pines in the San Bernardino mountains, near Los Ang'eles,·at 243 feet. Engen kept a vast audience enraptured at Salt Lake on New Year's day when he established a new Ecker hill record with a tremendous 247-, , foot spread. Although the record stands for itself, because it was made under competition and in perfect form, the mark has not as yet been officially recognized by the Western America Winter Sports association. Engen and his supporters are con-11 fident that the champion can stretch · the 247-foot leap on the marvelous trajectory that Ecker hill offers. A 26Q-foot leap would be worth going all of the 22 miles up Parley's to ~>eel The tourney w!Jl mark the return of Captain Einar Fredbo of the Utah Ski club team to competition 11 for the first time since l1ls injury in falling at Ogden last month. Fredbo, like Engen, 1::; a native-born Norwegian and his skill at jumping has been derived from his experience in the old country. It's the national sport in Norway. Fredbo Returns To Competition The Utah Ski club leader is, perhaps, the most graceful jumper of the touring skimen. He jumped 203 feet at Ogden, three feet farther than did Alf Engen in the same tourney. Others who will press the cham· pion fOl' the highest honors are Hal· vor Bjomsgaard and Alf Mathie-! sen of Ogden, Ted Rex of Detroit, l Steffan Trogstad of Minneapolis,_ Halvor Hvalstad of Los Angeles, svcn-e Engen of Salt Lake and Lars Haugen, Lake Tahoe. A group of between 12 and 15 amateur jumpers w111 try to wrest the state amateur title from Oalmar Andreasen, who set the mark last year at 100 feet. Nord Nordquist, Erling Wedding, Jim and Lawrence Rasmussen and Harold Kimball are among the outstanding candidates for the amateur f>ki championship. Each jumper, professional and amateur will be given two tournament leaps, to be followed with one additional jump for record. · Agnar Lamo w111 lead a group of 1 il cross-country skiers on a. seven-mile race begl1ming at 12 noon. The start and finish wlll be at the base of the!: jumping h111-. ---- Quartet of daring ski riders who hold the focus of attention at S.unday's Utah state championships at Ecker hill in Parley's canyon. (1) Alf Engen, Salt Lake, bolder of the world's ·record at 243 feet and Ecker hill record-maker. His Iat.ter record is 247 feet. (2) Halvord Bjomgaard, Ogden, who was rated by the Western America Winter Sports asso- ~-~.,., .. I ciation as second best national skier to Engen. He is shown making a jump at Big Pines, near Los Angeles. (3) Calmar Andreasen, Salt Lake, state amateur champion. (4) Einar Fredbo, captain of the Utah Ski club team, who returns to competitio~ following his recovery .fronr a fall at Ogden last month. ·---- - ·~~====~~-:~~----------------- - ' - |
