Show T 1 Additional Sporting News I Intrepid Ski Riders Test Wings In Iii First Tournament of Season I I Att Engen Wins Pro ro Prize Year Seventeen Kaare I y En Engen en in Duel With Calmar Andreasen I T Alf Engen and the r the ski ki riders began finding their winter Sunday at Ecker nil hU in a thrill studded tournament 5 Daring the treacherous slide for br their first rides over the yawning takeoff the intrepid boys boS from professional to amateur got their own pills and chills while a a small but appreciative crowd thrilled at the way vay the boys defied the laws of or gravity U Mother nature n has been reluctant this season to let the ski riders out from beneath her protecting wings m M Mo o X v With 1 b but U t 1 e i now mow In the moun kt f bins Jains th the youn young young- fi have had little lit bt rN 5 tIe tle opportunity to WI 1 test their thell ability to take care of J 1 elves f ea e- e i a This lack of practice was par par- noticeable notice notice- able among the amateurs Everth Ever Even n f p pt t th the h professionals had to be unusually unusual i ly Iy careful Jn In what was their first com competition competition petition of the seaS sea ea ion Lea which was restricted to the Lars all takeoff But even a ft small aU crowd and nd the theone hone one too good conditions failed to ampen the flaming spirit of Salt Lakes Lake's own Alf AU Engen This daring rider der plodded to the top of the gigantic gigan tic tie slide the thc the worlds world's largest by the and way and came hurtling hurting down do over the jump at nearly 80 miles an an hour careful o of the icy hill he jumped feet It was the spice that satisfied the Understanding crowd crowd- and it was the stimulus that enabled AU Alf to c come comeback comeback me back in hi his last trial with the necessary sary zary distance to take first honors honor among the professionals But All Alf was far from being the whole show Lars Haugen who is already already al ready on the side of 50 years nearly hearly took the laurels away from Alt Alf Instead of sticking to his house clippers and bath robes like year 50 1 old men are accustomed Lars Lus is still out having his fun with the young I fellows Jumps Feet Fed Except for an unfortunate spill on on his second ride of the day Lors Lars might have stolen the show completely As AsIt Asit it was as he scored 16 feet on his last trip to fo tie All Alf for distance And if its it's grace the fans wanted Halvor Halstad the husky Californian Califor Califor- n nian Einar Fredbo the Salt Lake stylist and Stefan ld came in for a bi big share o of Halvor's final ride in particular was wac a gem His body almost horizontal in theair the theair theair air and his skis exactly parallel he drew points out of ot a possible 20 from one o of the judges on form Most promising of future ski thrills was the introduction of Kaare En Engen en year old brother of AlL Alf This youngster who has been in this country country coun try less than a year turned in two Jumps of feet eel to nose out Calmar Andreasen state stole amateur champion for first place among the class A amateurs ama ama- Walker Tops Class C The Thc individual duel between these two amateur aces promises to be as 35 exciting as any by tournament time Jack Walker won class C laurels but it was tiny David Quinney who stole the h hearts of the fans Not as astall astall tall or Of husky as Tuffy Kennedy the Colorado youngster who thrilled ski fans last season David rides with comparable confidence On his first ride for instance he landed on anI only one ski with the thc other six or eight inches of off the hill bill Careening Careening Careening Ca Ca- dizzily David righted himself him self elf and rode it out like a 6 veteran |