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Show ifl}t .inlt 1tnkc ijfr'ibmu ' 10 Monday, F'eb. 10, 1947 In termor ntain .Sl{i Champions Engen Thrills Fans With Record Jumps Johnson, Beesley, Diamond Cop Division Titles By JIMl\IY HODGSON Vet eran Alf Engen, king of Amer ica's ski-jumpers, sailed over the precipitous Ecker h ill takeoff for two mighty leaps of 245 and 237 feet, to steal the show and provide the big thrills for some 3500 spectators a~ the_ annual Intermm. mtain ski J1.nnpmg tourney Sundav . • E ngen's performance . S~mday was far ahead of any other JUmps I reported in the major ski event s around the country_this ~eason. He won the national Jumpmg ~r<:>wn .last year and _no o_ne will dlsput~ that he is sttll long after Sun day's powerful leaps off the enlarged Ec1{er slide. . . _ A I! , who is not ellg1ble for ama teu1' honors, won the open crown. The Class A amateur prize went to Don Jolmson of the utah Sid club who traveled t11tough space for 208 and 210 feet to grab the honors from his teammate, Ivan H~ll. Hall went 189 and 196. Dave Qumney was third with 202 and ~91 a.nd J a cl' Wall,er was next wlth 16}. and 154. "\ Champions t hree. Bll&. B eesl e3•, AH Engr'n an<l I of tbe honors in the Intermountain Sld t our n a D< m Johnson, lt>.tt to rJ gltl'~ \'t'ho ca.p t t1red m.08t. ,ment a t famed E<·ker hlll Sunday before 3500 fans, Five in Class A ·;~~l~~F~~~fn~~.:.:~~~~t~!~f~J . k· e~ ·Sk·l Jum·p "Ho·no·rs· • !ormance and t he fine showing ~ Johnson and some of the Clas\·$performPrs made t he meet sa lb. i f the huge crowd that gat - 1 • • .• " . ~~~~0?;_ f~e base o! the hill for the Despite the f act old Alf E ngen Is ,-------_.:.. _ _ _:_ ____ --=,._ _ ..;....:_.;.;:;._......,_ ...... _....._.-..._,..~!"-~ spectacle. . b i neligible tor amateu r honors, he Bill B eesley of the Utah Ski cltub ' a gain proved t o be master of t he sld th t improved jumper In e e m~~n the Cl~ss B honors wit!' jumpers at E ck er h ill Sunday by r "tate. His first leap of 214 ·was the thrilling a hu ge crowd with jumps ~~:~· am~tteu t· leap of the day, beti;:r of 2{5 and 237 t eet, a \ t he annual th~n any o! th~ Class 1: r£?('rsDic~ intermountain ski-jumping tourna - went 199 on Ius ~econ I . t . :Moench o! the University of Ut11.-h men · lind •Bill Bailey of P ark C1ty were Engen captured the nationa l crown n ext in line. last year. and more or less r eassured Junior Champion the mighty t hrong ot 3500 t ha t · ')l{aurlce Burkett of Stl'amb_oa.t wa tched t he ga la aff air, , t hat he is Springs won the Class B junior d1 vi- stlll t he best of t he best. H is slon. 1'he j unior sklmen went over leaps Sunday wer e far out In front t he small takeoff. ~e.urice w ent of any "r eco rded throughout the n a- 112 a nd 113 fE>et to wm by a. com- tl<in over t he week end . iortable margin. Rex Spendlove was .Qon .Johnson of the Ut ah Sid club bls only real compelltlOll. ~elt h ad racked u p first pla ce honol'S In t he a. 11:1-!oot lE>ap and was JUSt t~o clasa A division with jumps of 208 feet bac)<: of .Burkett in total d1s- and 210 feet for a t otal of 225.9 t.ance but fell behind in form. J ohn points. I van Hall took second plact\, H endrickson of Pat•k City and Norm soa ring 189 a nd 196 f eet , while Dave Ahlquist of Steamboat Sp1ings wel'e Quin n ey was third wit h distan ces of n ext in lin~. . 202 a nd 191 feet . .Jack Walker Lowell Diamond ot Pa.rlt Ctly was was next w ith leaps of 161 a nd 154 the Class C champion with distances t eet. o1 92 a nd 101 f eet. . Tagged u the most improved But It was the 10-year-old B uddy jumper in the state, .Bill Beesley Werner and Corl<ey H eidA of Steam- of the Utah Ski club r omped off boat Springs who stole the show, .In with honors in class B with g iga ntic the Class C competition. Young Wer- jumps of 214 and 199 t eet. H is ner stretched out 106 teet. l)nd 109 first jump of 214 feet was t he best teet on two leaps but touched his ot the day In the amateur ranks · h' d. ot- all divisione. h ands to "the grottnd on 18 secon The class B junior division title try. Corlcey fell on bis f irst lry after went to :Ma urice B ur kett ot Steamgoing 102 feet. He finished with e. boat Springs, who went over the jump of 105. For 10-year-old young- small t a k eoff for a distan ce ot 112 sters that isn't bad. and :U3 feet. Lowell Diamond of Don .Johnson. ne"' lntertl'jOunta.in Park City claimed the class C la u rels champion, won the California cr·osl!· with leaps of 92 and 101 fee t. cour1try and the Califot·nia cla.qstc However. mite-sized B udd Werner combined laat week. He. with Iva11 and Corlty H eide, a pair of 10-yeo.r Hall, will •·eprel\ent the Utah Sl;l olds from Steamboa t S prings, s tole club at the national classic comb ined the show in the class C circuit. Wer e t Lake Pla.cid ~ext week , accord- n t>r .challt u p leaps ot 106 an d 109 lng lo Frank Rasmusson , publicity ' feet, but. touched the ground with chairman for the club. The classic his hands on his second try to gain eombined includes cross-country and t'i.fth place, while young Heide fell j,umping , and the New York meet on hill first jump bu t soared 105 'Yill be the Olympic fi nals in ' that ; t eet on his second attempt . It m ust iv~>nt. be r emembered tha t the two lit tle Rasmusson also announced t ba.t!l lads are only 10 y ea rs old. t h e Utah Slti club w ill send E ill .Results : :Eteesley, Class B champion. to t he 1 o~n Clan interm9untain downhill a nd s la lom · l ot 2nd Pts. t our nament at Jacl~son Hole n ext AI! E ngen. Sun Valley •• • • 245 237 Su.hday, Rnd that a carload 'of jump- ' Class A era will be sent over to Steamboat ' D. John•on. Utah Ski Club 208 210 Spt'lng$ for a. tourney a.t the Colo- 1 I;:a~u~~':;1i> ulf~- ~~~ g~~ ~~~ i8f r ado city next Sunday. f J, Wa lker, utah Sill Club 161 154 01>en Cla5s . Ola o• B (Senior) All Ent;en, Sun Valley .••• l:~ 223"7d Pts. s H~esl ey, Utah Skl Ctub 214 . Dick Moenen. Utah U. . . . 163 199 187 174 190 1 87 Class A n . Joh nson, Utah Ski Club 208 ZlO 225.9 I vp.n R•ll, Utah Ski Club 189 196 220.0 D . lo/ulnney. A.lttL llkl C":lub 202 1.91 21.9-* J. Wa lker, Uta11 Ski Club l6i 1!'14 189.4 Cl•s8 .8 (Senior) J! Beesle)', Uta.\1 Ski Club 2.H Dick. Moencu, Utah U . .. . 1 63 I! ill Bail~y. Park City . . • , 185 Bill :F8l'tell. unattached . . • 169 \\"I Hard \VInwa.'rd, Ogden . • 166 Cia~~ R (.Juulor) J.r. Burkett. Steamboa t . . . 112 Rex l:!pend lo,·e. Purl< ILY ll5 o~ H~nrlei\ !IOn. Pat·k City !Hi N. Ahlquist Steamboat. ... (14 G. Oespu.ln . . tnHl.LI.ached . • !;1/S Emmett Parker. Og<len. . • 96 Rich Barney Ogden. . . . . • 91 199 223.2 187 200.5 174 199.0 190 195,9 187 193.7 l .l:l 217.6 108 210.4 9!) l97.4 99 196.2 lO:j l ll5. l 102 191.6 101 190.1 (;J Q~M 0 L. Diamond. Park. Cit)' .. . 92 101 20 5.1 B. Chr13topberson. East H. 94 95 20 0.4 C. M1ller. Utah Ski Club 91 102 2 0 0 .0 r ~~~::~~ J-~~-.:-'t -~t-:.!-<m~~~1 lg~ 1g~ i8g:1 BtU Bailey Park City. • • • 185 S ill Farrell. unattached . • , 169 Willard Winward, Ogden .• 1 66 or ••• 8 (Julllor) M. Bur kett Stumboa t . . . 112 113 Rex Spendlove. Park CitY 1 15 108 c B •nrlckson. P arlt City 96 99 N • .A.blqutst Steamboat . • • 94 99 G. De•pain, u nattached . • , 98 103 E mmett Parker, Ogden., . 96 102 ~lch Ba r 11<l' Ogden . . • • • • 91 101 Clan 0 r" ])Iamond. Park City . . . 92 B. Chrls t onheuon. East H. 94 ~ob~~~~·~ou~~~~~ p~~ft cs~~~ n Buddy We•· · • . Steamboat 1 0 11 .. !jaU 1J:nltt UJ'.tl.e!lram SPORT·S Monday Evening Page 8 February I 0, 1947 THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGEN Alf Engen, perennJal ''king of the hill," registered the longest jumps Sunday as Jntennounta.1n skiers competed in f irst meet of year at Ecker h ill. On MaTCh 15-16 best jumpers in tl,le patlon will compete In centenni.al ski meet at E cker hill. And Alf will be the favorite. |
