Show COLORADO AMATEUR JUMPS FEET FEEr FOR NEW REd REC Rb 19 Year ear OId Lad Lad Rides Big Slide With Fine Skill Sets New lull Hill Marlof Marl Mark of Feet but Halvor Hvalstad I Wins fins Meet By BJ Max jUa Goldberg A eyed blue modest amateur 19 1 years ears old American born added an m entry in the book o of records when f he sailed feet fee off oU the big bi takeoff for a new United f Sl States amateur record rec y ord in the ski ki finale Monday at Ecker Hill HUI While G Glenn I 1 e C n ran n I Armstrong of C Steamboat Springs I Colo Cob was accomplishing accorn pUshing this feat AI Alf Engen established a new professional pro tournament 1 ment mont record for forthe forthe forthe the hill with a n magnificent mag foot leap Halvor Rex Hvalstad however won the pro professional laurels for the meet with a total of 12 2 points I 8 2 1 more than Alt Alf Totally contrary to the Sunday Sunda weather it was an ideal da day The he sun was WilS shining The wind barely rippled the flags marking the takeoff The tr track ck was fast making jumps of feet reet and over o a n common sight A AMATEURS RIDE BIG HILL Confident and courageous Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong along with his two Colorado mates Evan Hudspeth and Sterling Huntington invaded the territory of the professionals and jumped from the giant takeoff On his trial leap Armstrong hurled his agile bod body through feet reet of space He increased his distance to feet on his next effort cHort Then followed his supreme achieve ment Getting Getling a fast start ot off the runway he sailed sailed sailed-sailed-sailed sailed sailed and after he was no longer able to extend his yardage landed on the foot root mark He was very cry graceful His manner of propelling his arms for or more distance dis dis- tance lance while in the air was indeed spectacular The jump shattered the foot record held jointly b by Peder Falstad and Paulsen which was wa's was made at Steamboat Springs in 1930 It was the biggest thrill of m my ray life iCe said Armstrong after the meet OLYMPIC OLY QUALIFIER He has been skiing ever since he hel was a small boy at Steamboat Springs Colo Cob Outside o of Colorado and Utah he has competed at Redwing Minn and Canton S. S D D. D where he finished eighth in the tryouts this month for forthe forthe forthe the U. U S Olympic team only to be deprived of participation at Lake Placid by injuries He declared in an emphatic voice oice that This Ecker hill is the finest Ive I've ever seen or skied over On a basis of 80 points for a maximum maxi mum Armstrong Armstron won the U. U S. S west western em ern amateur championship with a total of points Hudspeth was second with points and Hunting Hunting- Huntington ton third with 31 Hudspeth's jumps measured and feet while Huntin Huntington ton fell rell on jumps o of and feet Engen's best effort was five feet short of his recent new worlds world's rc record ord of 25 feet at Big Pines Cal and 14 feet less than the greatest jump of or his career feet last December at Ecker Hill It was D Dynamite Hvalstad's second sec see ond end straight triumph over the hitherto hither hither- to unconquerable Alt Alf Halvor de defeated defeat eat ed cd Alt Alf in a meet at Homewood P Park rk Colo Cob February 14 He rode in his usual taking breath fashion for 28 feet Adding his leap of Sunday to this m mark and 34 2 1 points for form byrne he barely nosed out Alt Alf who received a Longines watch from the thc Leyson Co for or the days day's longest jump The rest finished in the order named S Engen points Ted Rex 2 2 12 Steffen 2 1 Lars Haugen 1 NELSEN ELSEN F FALLS AILS Nels Nel Nelsen en Canadian champion Incurred an m ankle injury on his first c effort rt which l kept ept him out of com corn petition for the remainder remander of or the I day dav He spanned feet feel when he fell tell Mack Corbett junior at nt the University University er sity ity of or Utah exterminated Calmar Andreasen's state record of or feet when he jumped feet Although this was the longest jump Jn in class B Corbett finished second to Calmar who scored points because of his more grace graceful ul style Corbett had points Taking advantage e of the wonderful weather the professionals mounted the takeoff takeo for exhibition jumps All Alf Engen topped the group in this effort with a mighty foot 2 excursion ex cx- Alf's Alfs total for tho day was feet when he averaged feet feel on jumps of and Hvalstad and calculated feet reet each excursion o of feet was the best in point o of style st Continuing in their merriment several sev eral cral twin jumps were made Halvor anti and AI Alt Alf setting a new record in this event at rat feet reet bettering by seven feet the twin jump record of or feet fee held by Binder and SI Sigmund mund Norwegian ian Olympic stars who made the mark at Kon Kongsberg Norway A marvelous of form orm took Ted Rex Hex and Steffan over the giant takeoff on a twin jump in which the they v locked hands immediately on landing Billy Boyle Doyle won class C honors with witha a jump o of 57 feet Boyles Boyle's s form Corm gave him more points than Walker who was allotted 6 69 points for or 62 feet BorIc le had points Vern Nichols was first in class D ID IDith with ith a l foot 50 jump The skiers skier and fans climaxed theIr thel activity with a n jovial banquet and dance Monday night at nt the Newhouse hotel |