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Show S,verre 'F reiqheim Wins Chicago Ski- ~ Tourney Strong Wind, Icy Slide_' Cut · Down · Distance of Jumps; George Kotlarek Second CHICAGO, Feb. 7 (UP)-Sverre Fredheim, Minneapolis, Minn., leaped 125 and 128 feet for a point total of 153 to win the class A 4 hampionship of the Central United States Ski association at Soldier field Sunday. A strong wind and an icy slide forced cancei!ation of the class C contest and .compelled official~!- to shorten · the actual takeoff from the ' miniD).um height of 180 feet to 150 > fe4:t, the ·longest distance the riders ' could negotiate safely. A record-break'ing crowd of 55,- ' 000 shivered in an 18 degree temperature as they watched one rider ·; after another spill on the glassy surface. The tower, whose planned ! summit of 180 feet would have made · ! it the highest man-made ski take-off in the world, was impossible for · even the top ranking skiers to mas. ter without being blown into the ~er tiers of the stadium. e0i'ge o-~tla_r4~J.~~f~~~h, ¥i:n!l·• 'national champion, .• jumped 123 feet4 anq 126 feet, scoring 150.3 points ' to win second prize. Jimmy Hendrkkson of Eau Claire, Wis., leaped 119 and 125 feet for 148.7 points and ; third place, while Gutlorm Paulson of the Chicago · Norge club was fourth, jumping 114 and 116 for i 144.7 points. 1 The best jum_p -of the day came when Fredheim, United States Olympic team member, soared 128 fe et. Sidney Engen was far out of the. race. His · jumps were not even measured. I Alf Engen Leader In Col~rado Meet HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS, Colo., Felb. 7 UPl-Alf Engen of Salt Lake · City leaped out into blizzardy air. to capture the class A ski jump con-test Sunday in the Hot Sulphur Springs Ski club meet. , Engen jumped 137 and 130 feet to win the feature event. Everette Hudsi>eth, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 1 was second and Kaare Engen, Alf's brother, finished third. In · the class B .competition, Doug Shaefer of Denver was the winne·r. Frank Smith and Ernest Filsbury, both of Steamboat Springs, Colo., finished first and second respec-tively, and Keith Barns·worth of Salt Lake City was third. Ofstad Captures Leavenworth Meet LEAVENWORTH, Wash., Feb. 7 UPl-Arnt Ofstad, S·pokane, who was l hardly considered a dangerous contender, defeated a nota-ble fiel-d of western ski jumpers Sunday to win the class A championship of the Pad-fie Northwest Ski association. Despite a snowstorm which forced entrants to jump almost "blind," ' Ofstad turned in leaps of 192 and \ 186 feet for 222.3 points. . Einar Fredbo was , second .with jumps of 190 and 168 feet for 221.4 points, while Helge Sather of L~venworth finished third with distances of 194 and 160 feet for 218 points. AI£ Engen Captures Another Ski Title HOT SULPHUR S~RINGS, Colo., I Fe•b. 8 (INS>-Alf Engen of Salt Lake City today held top honors in the class A ski ;jumping at' the Hot Sulphur Springs annual ski carni· val wlbh leaps of 137 ·an4 1io feet. The leaps were made Jp -the ~ace of a raging blizzard. Everette Huds·peth, Steamboat Springs, Colo., was second, and 1 Kaare Engen, Alf's brqther, finished third. In the class B competition Douz Shaefer of D!lnver won. Frank Smith and Ernest Filsbury, both of Steamboat Springs, Colo., finished first and second, respectively, in dass C, and Keith Farnsworth of Salt Lake City was third. -, ,/\ - ~":. : -~ .-. I , I;. ' I / .' .i'·' ,·. , I . 1.,. i ,. \ p-------. ----. ~----1 Slii Stars Vie ·In California CISCO, Cal., Feb. 12 UPl-Another ski-jumping duel between l Roy Mil{kelson and Sig Ulland, re- I spectively of I t-he Auburn and Lake : Tahoe Ski clubs, will be the star event of the California State Ski association's championships here Saturday and Sunday. Ulland won the 1936 state title , during the absence of ~ikk~lson on the American OlympiC wmter sports team. Mikkelson h';ld he~d both state and national t1tl ~ s m · 1935. The first meeting of this season, at Big Pines, gave Ulland victory, .although . Mikke.lson made the longest individual Jump. The snow pack is now 84 inches deep and in excellent condition. r • |
