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Show LARGE CROWD ! SEES SKIERS If LEAPS Axel Andresen Jumps Sixty Feet for New State Record; Rec-ord; Officials Stage Satisfactory Sat-isfactory Meet. Salt Lake's second annual skiing tournament tour-nament yesterday afternoon proved fully as attractive to the sport-loving people of the city as did the first meet which ;:s held a year a-n. Between -r,Xl and Srtno persons made their way from th Fort l'oul:is oar line to the hills just south of the mouth of lry canon and watched tlie ski evirts perform their daring Imps through the air. Axel Andresen made the best three jiimpj of the day and whs declared the winner of first prize His best leaps car-ihd car-ihd him a distance of s'My-one feet and he made skillful and easy landings. The jump is d new record for Utah, the best one hitherto not exceeding fifty feet. i';irl Herntsep won second prize with n jump :!' lifty-five feet and six inches, a nd Kothjorn ( iunnemd was awarded Tnird prize for his leap of forty-si' feet. Magnus Larson came fourth, with thirty-s-ven feet and six inches. Many Kids Out. Two other skiers entered the contest. They were Benit Hovij; and Anton Soren-sn. Soren-sn. Tt wis Hie. Inst time Porensen had been on ski for nine ye-) rs, and. t hough lie made failures of his hr.-t. two jumps, he left the miow bank skillfully on the t liird at! e nip i and landed perfect ly. Only six skiers entered the meet, hut the hills to the north and the south of the take-off were ovred with amateurs who made the tournament the occasion for a lot of fun- They kept to the rentier slopes, but even then aroused continuous con-tinuous merri merit by 1 hl r falls in t he snow. Several tobngsans and a few sleds in the bauds of small boys added to the activity on the hillside. Those who fell the most appeared to have the most fun. It is doubtful if a larger crowd of spectators spec-tators ever fount ils way to the hills north of Fort Dona hi s. There was one Ft pad y stream of nun, women, boys and girls working their way fioni the car line up the hillside. The committee of the "Young People's Norwegian club, which had charge of the meet, had prepared a path through the deep snow. In places, however, the path was completely filled up by the deep snow which was knocked In from the sides, and in these spots the spectators had to rough It a little. Officials Work Well. It was the most democratic tournament that has ever been held in Salt JLake, find it is not necessary to make any exception. ex-ception. There were no automobiles from which the rich could look on leisurely; there were no reserved seats of any nature na-ture whatever; everyone mixed with the crowd and hunted his own point of vantage, van-tage, and everyone liked the job. King Winter prove 1 a perfect leveler of classes. The officials handled the meet in a praiseworthy manner. There were few delays. The names of the contestants were announced as they made their jumps and the distances were given immediately immediate-ly afterward. At the close of the meet the judges did not fake more than live minutes to decide the winners. It was such an affair as would encourage visitors to come again. The spectators showed their approval of the meet and the method in which it was managed by contributing a good sum toward the expense of holding the tournament. tour-nament. Hats were passed through the crowd, into which nickels and dimes were showered. At one time it was thought that an accident had marred the meet, when n ' toboggan carrying several youngsters hit a big boulder which was barely covered by the snow. One of the boys received a bruised leg, but was able to go home alone. The judges were Abel Paulsen, Hyntm Straaberg and Alfred Denstad. The decisions de-cisions were based on the distance jumped and the skill and grace with which the feat was done. No jump was counted If the contestant failed to remain on his feet when he landed. |