Show EXPECTS TO JUMP FEET AGAINST ENGEN J. J J. J L L L L J. J I WirY Viry Canadian I Challenger Is Ready for Duel T Takeoff Raised al at Ecker r. r Hill gill to lo Make Jumps Longer for Tourney If J By Max it Goldberg t Anxious to test tt that big nUl h he t heard so O much about N Nets ls Nel Nd 1115 jas f AA Canadian ski kt ki champion in company com pany pan with Axe Axel J left S SalI Salt Sal f s I Lake early car car- Satur I Y pay jay morning for a n 0 ew practice jumps jump tf ht t Ecker hill i- i Nelsen looks I like ike the goods and andI Y I will probably bear y lout mt aut advance corny com corn y ment that he Is the 1 peer o of Canadian J f I kiers skiers and is Cac ca Ca- c pable of making h I great jumps on t t. 1 any Y hill on which lie e performs J Nelsen arrived A. A J Friday afternoon t.- t. He is 36 years old c 5 feet 6 inches tall tail the and wiry as old ski ki jumpers Un be Stern wern looking but friendly Nelsen k Js not a bit overconfident o but mereb mere mere- b knows and doesn't hesitate to say what hat he can do providing certain conditions arc are present EXPECTS TO MAKE FEET he will be bc able to chen ren believes feet off orr Ecker slide It like a crazy mans man's dream But Butwell we well welI let him tell you ou v My Ii aim is to lo jump feet tomorrow to to- morrow and I think I can do it In Inthe Inthe inthe the first place I will have the advantage ad ad- vantage o of the high altitude here makes ski jumping easier casier That should hould lengthen my jump 30 to 50 feet And Arid j if the hill has been rewired re re- re- re wired red like rye r heard it has hns to lo make Ups limps of feet possible I think that I will be able to do around f feet l How do you rou account for the alti alti- I helping you ou he was asked Well Vell he explained the air pres pres- ure is heavier back in Fhe The altitude there is only 1400 feet f while at Ecker hill its it's around feet fed The lightness of ot the a air r here twill will ill make snake jumping much easier casler z Why did you ou decide to challenge All J lEAD HEAD D OF ALFS ALF'S F FAME AtIE 1 decided to challenge him hint for two tworea rea reasons ns about his marvelous the Canadian papers And AndI I I also read about that big hill bill I haven't harent had much in Rev- Rev winning all my meets there thereby by a margin of ot 50 or 60 feet And much competition a p perron per 1 r- r taiL roil ron doesn't do his best besL And I fig fig- wed wed with such uch competition as A Alf AI If m CU give I can make some really outstanding out out- standing Jumps ij J Regarding the hill the thel r jumps it would permit would be around feet while I II beard leard eard that jumps of around feet I Ican em can n be made at Ecker hill I N Nelien NeISe established the Revelstoke rec record rd with a foot jump in 1925 A week k before he left Revelstoke to tol come tome here the Revelstoke takeoff I wu rn 23 moved mO back 50 feet and now jumps in excess of or feet arc are con con- con I I dmd possible I I I I. TRAINMAN IAN The Canadian star has been skiing I p fA Canada since his arrival there 20 im urs ago from Norway He Is a on the Canadian Pacific railroad and lays off two months out tf t the year to enjoy his skiing I I first started to ski when I 1 was three years old he said Ive won every mry major tournament in Revelstoke Revel Revel- f stoke which Is about 15 in number He invaded the United States in P no when he entered meets at Park Colo Cob and at Denere Den Den- tier ere The Ecker hill slide is now in its st condition and will win permit 1113 of feet or over TAKEOFF RAISED The rte takeoff has been raised five lve ee eel and aid moved back 25 The knoll pew i raised about 10 feet thus g the hill bill wider and steeper carloads of snow have been reed re re- ed front from the bottom of the hill to toa t a landing after alter a foot P p. learly all the Professional entrants Ecker hill hilt Saturday for is inar ankle Fredbo suffered ed a relapse o of Injury in five practice PS Tuesday and will not com corn te Nelsen 5 n will follow in his poon po po- on In the order of jumps o Showing Besides J es Nel Nelsen en n and AI Alf Engen the theS I pros S are entered Tare Sverre ren or Halvor r Hvalstad d T Ted 2 Rex n Sigurd Ulars Ul Ul- Lars ars Haugen Hausen steffen orado ted tournament recently beat Engen in lOSS COUNTRY RACE ski race at 10 a. a m. m ay Y swill WIll Open the two two-da viL tal Magnis two day carof car eo an national Satre of Salisbury in the event champion ion is favored adIng 0 Will ami amateurs of Utah and Cob Colo v vie e for the United States er rr amate amateur lid championship on Nord T J r d and Calto Cal Cal- to St fen top tHoP Utah's entrants Ing tron Huntington Glenn lang I COl 0 bEd burden Ed Chadfield will vill rh It |