Show i f Driving ng I III B By Frank Fran K Baker Editor Native Mountain Lads Excel on Skis CIS r The Rocky Rock mountain region is taki tak- tak I i skiing to its bosom and promises or even excel Norway as the C sidle adle of the hardy hard sport that has so o been dominated by the stalwart long ant oa I Tuesdays Tuesday's spectacular tournament Lt t Ecker h hill ot offered convincing proof hat th the mountain lads are arc adapting cs to the sport with marvel- marvel w success when two youths born id d reared here in the set ew eVI jumping records The Thc University of or Utah supplied OB t e of the record breakers in the 21 old rear Mack Corbett when he hurled hur hur- led ed himself over the amateur takeI take- take f I for feet to defeat deleat the three three- ie e state slate amateur champion campion Calmar dreasen native of oC Norway and tl a state record for that slide Colo Cob do o contributed the other other other-a a mild mildd d t colorful star in the old 19 Glenn Ienn Armstrong who Armstrong who set a new United ailed states amateur record of or et t over the giant slide orbett Wins Title n First Year of Jumping Corbetts Corbett's achievement even defies 11 rules rules' of oC skiing hat only young young- who don their skis the moment hey climb out of or their cribs can star start at t the sport port for lor this is the first year Se he be has tried his hand at jumping All the other stars have been skiIng ski ski- Ing ig ever since they can remember A fond land father or a doting uncle usually gave them a pair of ol skis beare before be be- fore ore are they could even pull themselves up p to a chair and answer boy boyre boye tre re e you Not i Not so with Corbett Born at ProvO Prove he lived in the southern part of i E the the state for lor eight years and came cameto cameto to Salt Lake twelve winters ago without with with- out ut even dreaming of oC catapulting himself oil off into space in open delance de- de lance ance of or gravity cravit and md equilibrium He played basketball with West high hiSh for foree three ee years captaining the Panthers to o the state tournament in 1927 and leading the team at the basket each Kason eason as on Four years yens ago he bought ht a pair J Gt Clr t maple skis and tumbled and around some of ot the mole molehills hills for want of ot anything better t te t. do This winter somebody su- su SUE SUE- tested rested he try jumping and he got ot pretty prett good until he fell ell and busted one of his skis Less than thana 1 a month ago aro he treated himself I t. t to it a new pair of greased sla slats 15 andI and I handled them yesterday like a aCt vet vet- eran seran eran And his record breaking 1 jump Jump was the greatest x thrill Mack ever experienced In any I oj I port W Armstrong Promises es est t to To o Be Great Star I Colorado and Estes park in parIt par- par It has ever every reason reson to be proud of Glenn Armstrong Armsrong 1 i Tackling the giant slide slide so so breath taking that only the professionals had hitherto due dared its yawning abyss abyss- the Ithe pound US-pound youngster proved him him- I id lf to be a growing threat to the best talent that ever rode a pair of or skis t 1 He lie seemed to be entirely unaware tl of the steps that had been taken tomake to tomake make nake the hill more spectacular That 1 th the h. h takeoff had been moved back 25 and asid rai raised ed live feet so Engen Could answer Nels Nelsen's Nelsons challenge meant awn little to him That one has to rocket bt at least feet out over a ai i lar ii to reach the thc near perpendicular fini dc that offers safety even in falling WUng undaunted him Armstrong simply proved he Is a coming Engen a rising Hvalstad He X could uld gIve either cither more competition Clan ihan J a the touted Canadian did He Hew filth ith foJe w the slide sUde with confidence leaped daring and brilliant form Arm Arm- Was born at nt Steamboat Colo Cob and has skied from rom pardon from babyhood be better for lor hes he's not yet Jet out f his teeDs any Other OtherY Youngsters I Rising to Prominence hetter still the aptitude of or the these e Sons SODS of the west fc is not limited if to a few scattered stars for the events e Yesterday h lads rf included most of ot them still stul In their t as but l lYes CaB eagerly r y developing them them- Into The good jumpers end nd canyons are dotted every weekend week ae nd during the winter ter with 8 good od bad bado skiers tasting the thc o of tryIng COUple y ng to stand UP on n a of of Sf Ice fec greased cas and boards over a sl slop slop- P- P snow Tournament nf or a Course is a n sPort at which tew a so o can r really a ly star but as long lone longe uc e SPort n many yh by are arc the beIng inspired Aspired to try he e Utah excellent work of or ort ore Ski club the t tho those development e creat stars Is assured roo oo the often the dressing rooms ot of victors are Invaded after alter t thrilling b basketball lie iti of game and the ke place real p that 1 tern among amonI the disappointed 10 untold Coach Coh flick DIk Romney of ot U. U A. A C C. C provided one of ot them Saturday night ht after the Ales had dropped the heart stop plug ping 42 12 to 40 10 epic to the thc Redskins Redskin Im proud of you ou boys he told his Aggles You fou fought ht your hearts out and I dont don't want you 1 to take lake the thc too hard It was anybody's ball bali game Iame and we might have hwe won on It had we got aw with a tumble |