Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-31 | Page 7 | Record Breaking Performances in Ski Tournaments Mark Season One of Greatest in History of Utah

s S SIMMONS 4 44 4 4 s 4 t p e- e ri RUTH J 4 I IS S 'S w u Y 7 9 r I w FRISCH GEHRIG SAFEY GRIMES Here arc are the diamond heroes of 1931 with Pepper Tepper Martin shown In action in the center sliding home with one of the runs that enabled the S St St. Louis Cardinals to dethrone the Philadelphia Athletics In n the world series Record Breaking Performances in Ski Tournaments Mark Season One Of Greatest in History of Utah Alf Engen's Leap of Feet Stands as Outstanding Outstanding ing lug Achievement Without one ounce o of Hon lon the skiing season at Ecker hill during the past year was the greatest greatest great great- est in the history of the tam ain country and can an rightfully be called ailed one of the greatest in the for r two rca rea- Sons ons The Tho breaking of three globe rec The establishment establishment establish establish- ment of an tidal i c i a 1 time all time alI record ecord d Thus in a nutshell nut nut- shell hell did Axel Andresen An- An dresen vice president president dent of the Utah Ski club Engen Ize ski riding activities as he pointed out the making of All Alf Engen's worlds world's record jump of feet made on New Years Year's day of 1931 and his unofficial leap of feet the longest on record record rec rec- ord executed on December 19 1931 Ecker hill was the scene of both jumps On January 1 Engen leaped feet which exceeded by two feet the world mark of feet held since 1921 by Henry HalL Halvor Hvalstad soared feet for a new mark The life lIte of these records however were minutely short as Engen year old Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian Nor Nor- leaper conquered feet of space Engen's record resulted in a flood of inquiries from the United States and Europe concerning the conditions o of the hill ski interest in iii Utah etc His supreme supreme achievement however that stunned the ski world was his foot jaunt which eclipses the longest jump in the world made last winter by Sigmund o of Norway Norway Nor Nor- wa way figure was feet set at Germany This to never performance performance performance per per- occurred on a calm peaceful peaceful peaceful peace peace- ful Saturday with only 12 people present Ideal weather and good slide conditions added to the atmos atmos- phere The jump lasted five seconds and it was estimated that he attained a c speed of 90 00 miles an hour I His first jump was second third and his fourth was the theU U Those who witnessed the feat fea are Frank and Lawrence of Park City Orson Bleazard of Salt Lake E. E L. L Moore o of El Paso Tex S S. L. L Moore of Madera Okla Calmar Andreason leaped feet for a new amateur record sma smashing sling his old one of feet on 22 date of the Utah state ama eur championships and windup of the Western America Winter Sports as assocIation association association as- as circuit competitions Nord was second ith itha a foot and Eugene broL brother cr of Calmar was third feet Einar Binar Fredbo and Sigurd Ull nd were also en route to le performance when injuries In spills halted them Six months of reconstruction m made mide de Ecker hill one of the finest in the world Its width of 60 feet was doubled doubled dou bled to The hill was lengthened feet making it the steepest in inthe inthe inthe the world The takeoff was move moved back 40 feet A I 1