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Show '~If Engen iPutsBasin Run In Shape Howell Signs Up For 3-Event Program OGDEN. - '(Special) - With indications pointing to a large entry list of contestants, thA race courses rapidly being shaped into ideal condition, Ogden ski officials were highly optimistic today over prospects for a hotly conteste<;l three-event In~ termountain ski championshjp meet at Snow Basin, Saturday and Sunday. I 'New interest has been aroused because pure amateurs in ski ranks will be given the spotlight in the coming events. As a result contest- , ants are expected from three states. The program is jointly sponsored by the Ogden ; Ski Club, Ogden .Junior Chamber of Com· merce and the Engen Ski school. Among the favored entries in the men's division will be Jimmy I Howell of the Timpanogos Ski Club who last Saturday won the Alta downhill event handily. His wife, 1 Donna, will be one of the leading contenders in the Class B women's events. . Dick Movitz, who won the Class C jumping in Snow Basin Feb. 1, and who also placed high in the Alta races, will try to . steal the thunder from his more seasoned opponentr;. I OGDF.N ENTRIES ' I Leading Ogden entries will include Shem French, Art Roth, Audrey Roth, Jack Major and Ken Beck. However, a number of dark horses from many clubs stand a l good chance of trimming some of 1 the favorites. , Alf Engen has been placed in tcho.rge of the com·~es and _ has been shaping them mto cund1tlon. He will make the initial runs in both slalom and downhill to test th e courses. The favorite wildcat run will of· fer thrills to contestants and .spectators alike. Visible for almost its entire one and one-half mile distan ·ce the downhill course will provide something new in skiing for Ogden fans. SLALOM: SATURDAY Saturday's slalom will · start at 1:30 p.m. with two runs schedul ~d on city hill. The downlull w1ll begin Sunday at 11 a.m. sharp to be followed at 1:30 p.m. by the jumping competition, last of the three events. A rich array of awards has been provided by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Awards will be made in each division for men and women with grand awa,rds fot• the combined winners in each class. Entries must be filed with Art Ruth, Ogden Ski Club, not lat~r than 8 p.m. tonight. Contestants positions will be drawn . at _the Utah Power and L1ght Aud1tonum at 8 p.m. ct.; 0 ~ = ~ OJ) = ~ ~ <=-: ~q ~ 0 ~ Engen Outstanding All-Around Skier With two consecutive fourevents championships as proof, Alf Engen, of Sun Valley, Idaho, one of the leading contestan'.s here tomorrow, is the most outstanding all-around skier in the. · United States. The four-events contest, t ests a skier's ability in jumping, crosscountry, downhill and s-lalom skiing. The · highest combined to·tal wins the meet. Engen won the national crown in 1940 and 1941. The 33-year-old veteran has also h eld the national jumping championship once and twice was the claimant to the American dis' tance jumping record. RED-BLOODED-Alf Engen, who has been j umping in t he U. S. and Europe since he was wear ing knee pants, says h e's never seen .anything like the crowds at Pine mountain tournaments • • • Not ,....=====~---~----~ only are they larger, but much more enthusiastic, says the Sun skis wasn't worth taking home • •• Valley ace ••• Vivid in his memory "Never saw anything like i t," says is the-manner in which about' 5,000 Engen, "And I'm afraid if Tokle spectators swarmed out to greet breaks his OWJl r ecor d here tomorhim after his 267-foot leap last year row, the crowd will never let him . • • And after a long shoulder- get away in one piece" . . • Maybe , ride, souvenir hunters had most of we're optimistic, but take it easy j his clothes and what was left of his tolks. I . . I ~ |
