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Show This Tal\.:es Timing, Daring and SI{il Soaring off the take-off at Sun Valley are (left to right) Crosby " Perry-Smith, Alf Engen and Jack Reddish. 'l'hese three expet·ts will be seen in the Intermountain championships next Saturday at Ecker. Alf Engen and Wa lter Prager, photographed at Sun Valley wearing the "MAPLE LEAF" designed by IRVING and supplied to the U.S. Olym pic Ski Team by Saks Fifth Avenue. ski clothes by~ • ~\of Montreal IRVING Ski suits of Forstmann gabardine available in readyto- wear sizes in the Ski Shop a t Saks Fifth Avenue. New York, Detroit, Chicago, Beverly Hills. OUTJUMPS FIELD AT UTAH MEET Collier's for February 8, 1947 ----;r· America's outstanding skier is Alf Engen of Salt Lake City, who, in the past 17 years, has won I 2 national championships as well as some 400 other skiing contests. He is the only man to have been U.S. champion in all four major skiing events-jumping, cross-country, slalom and downhill no ?ne else having won more than t~o. Thrills Fans With Record Jumps Johnson, Beesley, Diamond Cop Division Titles By JIMMY HODGSON Veteran Alf Engen, king of America's ski-jumpers, sailed over the eprecipitous Ecker hill takeoff for two mighty leaps of 245 and 237 feet, to steal the show and provide the big thrills for some 3500' spectators at the ' annual Intermountain ski jumping tourney Sunday . Engen's performance Sunday was far ahead of any other jumps reported in the major ski events around the country this season. He won the national jumping crown last year and no one will dispute that he is still king after Sunday's powerful leaps off the enlarged Ecker slide. Alf, who is not eligible for amateur honors, won the open crown. A Class A amateur prize went to Don Johnson of the Utah Ski club who traveled through space for 208 and 210 feet to grab the honors from his teammate, Ivan Hall. Hall went 189 and 196. Dave Quinney was third with 202 and 191 and Jack Walker was next with 161 and 154. Five in Class A Only the five Class A sldmen particluated in the show, an unusually small field, but Engen's stellar performance and the fine showing of Johnson and some of the Class B performers made the the meet satisfactory for the huge crowd that gathered at t he base of the hill for the spectacle. Alf Engen of Sun Valley who leaped 245 feet at Ecker hill Sunday for day's longest jump in the annual Intermountain eveni. Bill eBesley of the Utah Ski club, the most improved jumper in the state, won the Class B honors with ease. H is first leap of 214 was the best amateur leap of th'e day, better than a ny of the Class A riders. He went 199 on his second try. Dick Moench of the University of Utah and Bill Bailey of P ar!< City were next in line. Junior Champion Maurice Burkett of Steamboat Springs won the Class B junior division. The junior skimen went over the small takeoff. Maurice went 112 and 113 feet to win by a comf ortable margin. R ex Spendlove was his only real competition. Rex had a 115-foot leap and was just two feet back of Bm·kett in total distance but f ell behind in form. John he newly r emodel_e_d- ---...-11 H endricl<son of Park City and Norm was highly praised by the Ahlquist of Steamboat Springs were next in line. , and the new hard-surfaced road was Lowell' Diamond of Park City was a huge improvement from the fans' the Class c champion with distances point of view. The meet was run of 92 and 101 feet. off speedily and in smooth order by But It was the 10-year-old Buddy the Utah Ski club leaders headed by Werner and Corkey H eide of SteamM. A. Strand, Frank Rasmuseen , boat Springs who s tole the show in P. S. Ecl<er 'and Victor Johnson. the Class c competition. Young Wer- Open Class lst 2nd Pts. ner stretched out 106 feet and 109 Alf Engen, sun Valley . . . . 245 237 feet on two leaps but touched his mass A hands to the ground on his second D. Johnson, Utah Ski Club 208 210 225.9 try. Corkey fell on h is first t ry after Ivan Hall, Utah Sl<i Club 189 196 220.0 going 102 feet. H e finished with a D. Quinney. Alta Sid Club 202 191 219.4 jump of '105. For 10-year-old youngJ . Wali<H, Utah Ski Club 161 ·154 189.4 sters that isn't bad. ('Ia," B (Senior) B Beesley. Utah Ski Club 214 199 223.2 Great Recor<l ~iii1'B~.W;;c1:>a}i,t~1S·: :: t~~ in igg;g Don Johnson, new intermountain Bill Farrell. unattached . .. 169 190 195.9 ·champion, won the California c rossWillard Winward. Ogden . . 166 187 193.7 country and the California classic Class B (Junlor) combined last week. He will repre- M. Burkett. Steamboat ... 112 113 217.6 sent the Utah Sid club at the naRex Spendlove, Pari< City 115 108 210.4 tiona! clas~ic combined at Lake 'f.i. ;(~~~~~0~tei'.:'t~~a?.ty n ~g }~~:~ • Placid next week. The classic com- G. Despain, unattached . . . 98 103 195.1 bined includes cross-country and Emmett Parker. Ogden . . 96 102 191.6 jumping and the New York meet will Rich Barney. Ogden . . . . . . 91 101 190.1 be the Olympic finals in that event. • Cia'" C L . Dlamona. Park City . 92 101 205.1 Johnson Is one of the country's top R. Christooher!on. East H. 94 95 200.4 candidates for an Olympic team c . Millet·. Utah Ski Club 91 102 200.0 position after his performances at I Robert Young. Pari< City 97 87 198.4 Ecker Sunday and in Califor nia last _B_u_dd-'y'--~-""_•r_n_r._;:S.:.te:.:a:m.:.:.b:..:~oa:=-t. .:.1:.:0:.:6_1::_ :0.:9:_::1~6:,::5::.,:1::...,: 1 week. |
