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Show _r THERE GOES THAT. RECOR~D_I_~1Ski Leaper Hurtling out over Olympian Hill Norwegian-born N~w Yorker, is ------------------------------------~--------------------~--------------~---------------------- Ski dump Results CLASS A lot ~nd Total Jump Pts. Jump P t s. Points Torger Tokle, Norway S. C •.• . . • 266 118.06 288 120.58 238.6<l Alf Engen, Sun Valley . . . .. . .• 239 110.30 262 116.52 226.82 Walter Bietila, Ishpeming, Mich . 241 110.25 260 114.50 224.75 A:rthur Devlin, Lake Placid, 1\, Y. 234 103.25 250 112.05 220.30 Roy 1\Iikkelsen, Auburn, Calif. . . 233 104.65 255 110.40 215.05 Roy Laranlie, Kiwanis, Mich. . . . 234 106.25 258 108.05 214.30 John Leeds, Copper l\It., B. C . . . . 228 103.55 251 110.75 214.25 Roy B ietila, I shpeming, AI!cb .. • 226 104.75 24~ 108.00 212.75 Eugene Wilson. Coleraine. Minn.. 220 102.55 2~5 l 06.55 20!).10 ,Jay Rand, Lake Placid, N. 'L ... 21.0 1011.45 234 104.75 205.20 Ron ~langseih. Auburn, N. Y • .• 207 99.35 2~0 1.05.00 204.35 Art Johnson, Yancouver, B. C .. . 216 99.15 234 102.45 201.60 Earl Pletch, Revelstoke, B. C ... 208 96.65 229 103.:35 200.00 Howard Jansen. Norge, Chicago. 209 100.80 2H 97.70 198.50 Walt 1\la.ndenille, Duluth . . . . • 196 96.25 194 94.80 191.05 Art Granstrom, lone, ·wash •. ••. 180 92.45 205 98.05 190.50 Bob Roecker, Duluth, Minn .. . . . . 2091' 36.80 Arnt Ofstad, Spokane S. C. . . . . 158 85.85 :E'-Fell. CLASS B 1st 2nd Total Junlp Pt~ . Jump rts. Points Bob Riley, Itasca. 1\Iion. 197 111.75 201 112.~0 224.05 ,Jim Rwmh1g, Beloit, Wis. . . . • . • 190 111.30 192 112.40 223.70 Carl Bechdo1t, Jr., J~k . Tahoe .• 193 104.70 189 108.65 213.35 I George Sherwood. Lk. Placid • . • 177 102.35 188 108.:15 210.70 .lohn Eilertsen, Jr., J<"jeld . . . . 183 104.50 190 105.80 2JO.:Jo I Vernon Powers, Eau Claire, Wis. 192 107.40 186 102.75 210.15 Ray Zobersl,i, 15th Infantry . • • 1 77 10:! .85 1 78 102.63 20:1.50 Dave Renner, L ockh eed , Ca.tif ..• 170 98.55 170 100.05 199.10 ,Jolu\ Stromberg~ \\'a~h. S. C •.. 163 97.7;) 169 99.25 197.00 Bill l rwi n, Amber Ski Club ... . 162 97.4."\ 168 97.95 195.40 John Baird. Wenatchee 170 97.05 l62 96.45 J93.50 Bjarne "Ericlcsen, ISenttl~ 15.; 94.50 165 96.20 190.70 J<;dgflr :Fleming, ~tm ut. Sprin gs. 16:1 94.7~ 164 9il .9n 190.65 Adolph Dahl. Seattle S. C. 11\9 94 .55 162 95.9> 190.50 F;inar Haugen, Blue J\It., Or • • •• 17<l 96.10 165 9:J.70 189.80 Jl ick Cochran, Cascade S. C. • .• 158 94.40 166 9a.5o 187.90 Bill Robinson, Tyee. B. C • ..•• 171 96.:{5 159 87.5ll 18~.90 Bert Irwin, Amber. B . C. . ; • • • • 14 7 88.40 155 90.50 178.90 Gene Mitchell, Wash. 8 . C. · •... 144 84.65 l48 Mark Steph ens, Waoh. S. C. • . •• 97 70.55 156 Hank Seidelhuber. Penguins • •• 172F 36.SO 161 94.65 131.15 Hugh Bauer, Wash. S. C. . .•• • 158 94.40 UOF 26.80 121.20 Bert Stubb!, Cal!cade 8. C . .. .. 144 89.15 142F 24.55 113.70 Philip Gleason , Bozem!ln, Mont . 122:1!' 18.30 138 78.50 96.80 JU!lton BaxleJ", Seattle S. C. .. . . 88F 44.85 , Wilmer' Hampton, Wenatchee ..• 159F 34.05 . . • F-Fell, CLASS C Ralph :Bietila, l8hpeming, lllich . 190 108.!1 191! 111.65 n0.45 Fritz B ender, Wiocon•in . . . 1?1 101.85 179 103.95 205 ,80 ~Iaurice Birkett, Stmbt. Sprg•.. 170 98.0.5 168 99.!5 197.50 Cliff Montgomery, lone .. . ... •• 166 95.50 111 98.815 194.35 Dick Dillon, Leaven worth . . . • 166 93.05 113 98.80 192.30 Lyle Richardson, Leavenworth • 167 95.25 164 93.40 188.65 Byron John•on, Auburn, Calif , . • 137 86.70 186F 43.5 130.20 Dave Fl•her, l'ieattle 157 95.10 164F 33.40 128.50 Jack Horey, Learenworth .. , •• 139 88.30 144:E' 24.15 122.45 F - F oll. VETERANS Helge Sather, S1>okane . . . . . . . . 175 103.40 185 106.45 209.85 Ernie ,Jacobsen, Xorge, ChiclllfO 178 101.15 171 101.85 2oa.oo Adolph Petersen, Bozeman, Mont, 1M 100.80 175 100.40 201.2 'l'ony Knut7.en, F jeld S. C. . • . . 147 92.4 160 96.85 189.2 Sven Ramsey, Caocade S. c • • , 153 91.05 157 90.10 181.1 Ivan Flnoberg. Seattle S. C •. . . 130 R5.90 150 87.35 Ull. Mjutin T verdal, Seattle . . .• •. , 126 81.85 129 81.10' 111 Ole Tverdal, Seattle . ... . . . . ••• 170F 88.05 177 101.:!5 Jill. Hermod Bakkee, I ,eavenworth 17.7 99.85 1801' 37.25 117.l F --:Fell. • First to "Ski Hall!" the new jumping champion at a ba nquet in Seattle last night were Alf Engen !right), 1940 champion who was second yesterday, and Roy Mikkelsen I (left), another champ. In their arms is Torger Tokle, holding tbe cup he won. - - -- Makes Re Of 288 F By cmcK A new North American • 288 feet was blazed across thf yesterday when Torger Tokle.fi Y p r k, usurped Alf Engen's1 throne as national champion, but that was just part of the drama-packed story. All the spor ts world loves a gamble, and 5,500 winter sports fans gasped and cheered when the power ful-legged little Norwegian gam- . bled aplenty with the most coveted 1 honor in American jumping, the na-tional title, and won. 1 For a moment as Tokle came down hard on the landing slove after his prodigious second leap, h is skis sought to escape from under him, and almost did. But Torger ruled his boards there on giant Olympian Hill; he r ode out his history-making jump and those 5,500 fans swallowed t he catches Jn their t hroats and "loved" t he little guy who risked everything to give them what they had come by auto and train to see- a r ecord-busting flight. Took Chance It was a daring gamble. Facing his second jump, Tokle held a w1de I. edge on Engen, the defending champion, in both distance points and form points. " He soared 266 feet on his first jump, 27 feet farther than Engen, and in form, where the "defending champion was expected t o build an advantage, Tokle held the edge. The convention al thing to do was ''play her safe." Tokle didn't. His 288-foot r ide over Olympian Hill made the national ski-jumping championships a. complete success and came as an expressive "thank you" to the weather ntan, who ended three worrisome days of nothing but ra.in by providing clear skies and cooler t emperat ures overnight for the No. 1 ski-jumping event of the year. Tokle amassed 238.64 points for his two stupendous leaps. Next came Engen, who was first to shake h is conqueror's hand at the close o! the meet, with jumps of 239 and 262 feet. Walter Bietila of the Wisconsin Hoofers, Madison, Wis., took third p)ace with formful leaps of 241 and 260 feet, beating out young Arthur Devlin of Lake Pl<J,cid, N. Y., for the Paul Biet ila Memorial Challenge Trophy, awarded each year to the highest -scoring Americanborn jumper in the national meet. Bietila scored 224.75 points, Devlin 220.30 and the beautiful jumping of these two American boys spoke well for the future ot skijumping in t his country. The build-up of Tokle's recordbreaking 288-footer was a natural. After Tokle had soared 266 feet in the 'i,first round, the officials r-uled 1 to give a little more distance down the lnrun. The sun had ducked ' behind R ocky Point and both inrun and landing slope were faster when Walt l\'lauder ville of Duluth, 1 Minn. led the parade of second ' jumps. Jay Rand of Lake Placid boost ed his first-jump distance of 210 feet to 234; Roy Bietila· of Ishpeming, Mich., soared 245, twenty-two feet farther than on his opening jump; Devlin added sixteen feet, E ugene Wilson of Coleraine, Minn., f ifteen feet, and when Engen stretched out 262 feet, twenty-three feet beloud his first jump, t he crowd became tense with expectancy. Tokle needed to add only eight feet to his opening 266-foot er to beat his own North Amer ican mark of 273 feet, established a t ·Leavenwor th recently. Riley 'B' Champ And you know the story-not eight or ten feet. but twenty-two feet, was Tokle's sensational a ddition. Class B h onors went to Bob I Riley of the Itasca Ski Club, Coleraine, Minn., whose 197 and 201- foot jumps outscor~ Jimmy Running at Beloit, Wis., "!2t-.05 points to 223.70. The Pacific Northwest had no jumpers to contest honors with the |
