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Show See, Son, You Have a Lot of Work Ahead skier in the world, shows his son, Alan, just a few of the more -than 500 trophies he has won in copping every major national title at least once. First lOOYearsAre the. Hardest, So Engen Keeps Ski Jumping By JOHN . MOONEY Canadian jumping champion-r" ~. 11 bc-:--d 1942 11937. ·i r aownui _ com me _- .. .....----- _ Telegram Spo_rts Editor National jumping champ-1937. 1 Th~se are_ only the m~J?r titie~ Ther e'll always be an Engen North American -champion- • won In. natiOn~! con:-pebtwn _an · 1937 · - I do not mclude · trophies and titles Yep, just when ski fans had N 't· 1 , · t . . t won in intermountain, western , a b ou t d ec1' d e d A_lf must- soon g1-ve ab ' wnda 1c9r3o9s s coun ry-Jumpmg. Idaho, Montana and hundreds o f up his big time competition, along co~ med--:- t' 1 d h'll 1 I invitation meets· and exhibition~ comes Engen with the rem.~rk lorn e~~~bi1~e~_:__~~~~- own 1 -s a- Alf had a_ good start on his trothat "I'll p~obably _keep on skung Second in national four-way phy collectiOn ~efore . ever leavand competmg until my boy Alan co b' ed-1939 mg Norway, havmg gamed 81 tro- (a-ge 1:Y, year~} can · come up to ~a~fonal jumping champ-1940_j phies ~J?-d medals in Eu~opean take my place. . , _ . National four-way c 0 m bin e d ' competitiOn. He began wmnmg "I couldn't qmt now, Alf sa1d cham _ 1940 almost as soon as he recovered at his home Wednesda~ _night. "Af- A~rded American ski t rophy his "land legs" ~fter the :'oyage , t~r all, I've been sknng almost for being outstanding man in pro- and he'~ been g?mg eve_r smce. · smce I was able to walk, and a motin skiin in th cou t f A sk1 fan might beheve Alf's fellow just can't step out of the 1940 g g e n ry or biggest thrill , came last year when way overnight. What I meant Cl~ssic cham io ( t i 0 _a 1 he ;;et a North American amateur whe~ I said I ~as _throl!gh after cross country-ju~;ng ~~mbi~ed) ju!llping record at Iron Mountain, the mtermountam JUmpmg tour- ._ 1941 MICh., of 267 feet, only to have !~~~~;o~g~~~:~i:/fh:'~~-;:o~n~ do~u~~~~ruf9~in national slalom- ~~~~~~t;~~~ ~~=~~n~~rg,c~~s~~ ski honors I have sought in the S;co1nd in ~ational ·urn in _ ington, with a 273-fo-ot le_ap. past. 1941 ' J P g But Alf says that was JUst an- "I am g etting-to the' age where '" N;tional fmlr-wa h · ~ _ pther afternoon's work, His wo I must specialize . . . Each of the 1941 Y c ampiOn , .:>iggest thrills include the winning four major phases of skiing- winne f ' r 1 1 1 I of the national open slalom-downjumping, slalom, downhill and .=--- ~ na IOna open sa om- ' hill combined title this year, which cross-country - calls for special was the last major national title training and time for practicing. to evade Engen, and the sec·ond When I competed for all four ~- major thrill was the receiving of events I didn't have time to do the Americanism award, voted justice to my work. Next year, Engen by the people of Norwegian whatever I decide to follow, I'll descent, for being the outstahd-only have that angle to worry 1 ing leader .of their race for the about and train for." year. So that would seem to remove "That award was the greate•st I the rumor that Engen, greatest thrill I shall ever get," Alf said I all-around skier in the world to- seriously, polishing the lapel in-day, was through in the national signia which symbolized the hon-coinpetitions. or. "I wear this wherever I go, Alf has no peer a·s a skier. He and to me it means more than has won every one of the national any of the trophies I've won." titles at least once. A check of There is no one more deserving his r ecords reads like the Who's of all-America rating in sports Who of Champions, and -a glance and citizenship than Alf Engen. at his collection of over 500 tro- He's a credit to everything he at-phies reminds one of a great dis- tempts. . play counter of a trophy sales Confidentially, we expect En-room. . gen .(!nd his little son,· Alan, to be Here's a brief recap of Engen's perf Jrming double · jumps at Ecker record since coming to America hilt , when Alf is so old his beard , in 1929: wi;:;? make people believe Santa J - National open jumping cham- Claus. has given up the reindeer , pi<.in-1931, 1932, 1933-1934 and in favor of skis. ' 1935. (Engen was forced to s tay out of competition a Jyear while regaining his amateur standing in 1936.) ' ' *=- -- |
