Show I fl t Driving ving m- m 1 f. f Flip Flops on Skis Thrill of Thrills I u tu FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Ever heard of Bill BIU Ro Robes s Nol No Well hes he's the daredevil who plans pans to do doR a some somersault ault on skis hill February 22 22 for lor the entertain ment of Utah ski fans A A on skis Is ISmy my Idea of the colossal In sports thrill Ive I've seen human files Ue hang by their knees from front an airplane doing a hundred miles mUes an hour Ive I've watched swimmers dive ot off a 50 foot 50 foot ladder Int Into a tank covered by blazing oil Ive I've gaped with the others at a trapeze trou troup doing flip lip flops under the big top Maybe Its It's simply because my thrill saturated heart has already skipped a a few beats at seeing such stunts Maybe Its It's b I wonder deep down In my heart if tr a ski somersault really can be done Whatever Whatever What What- ever it is is a somersault on skis skis particularly particularly at gigantic Ecker hillL hillIs hill hill- L 1 Is my idea of the bast st taking breath performance possible Ever since Alt All and Sverre Engen started twin Jum Jumps I Io o wondered tendered when some oni fellow would try n R flip flop on purpose Its It's common at R a ski tournament to see a fellow come hurtling down tho the hill bill at SO 80 O miles an hour lose Jose his Ills equilibrium and land on the tho b back backof ck of ol his neck My ly first Impression is one of wildly thrashing leIs legs snow mow snowdown snowdown down my neck and skis hitting me In the he head d. d If getting tied into Inton a n knot without trying trying- was so easy cosy I refuse to imagine what might happen to a Do fellow who miscalculated if U be he deliberately l tried to do doa a somersault somewhere between the takeoff and tho the landing place Robes is fr from m Hanover N. N H. H He Is supposed to be a past master at the flop flip-flop business Alf AU Engen who is in inthe inthe inthe the east cast now writes M. M A. A Strand president of the Utah Ski club that Robes pl plans ns to come t to Salt Lake for Zor the Washington's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's bigton's birthday tournament Anton Lekang another nationally prominent ski rider may come to Salt Lake too oo But Bu Robes and his s somersault is 18 the man I want to see I hope he comes to Utah as planned S Odds and Ends of Interest From World of Sports seven Forty let left pitchers will go Into int training with major league clubs this spring The me Red Sox Yankees and Phillies each will have five The Athletics ere the only team without a southpaw Jimmy Dykes always addresses Al Simmons by his real name name Mr o S The champion prIma donnas of sport are billiard bUllard players during an Important match a check is 18 made of the temperature a ab frequent Intervals as it is claimed that a variation of four degrees Will speed or slow the action of the IvorIes most of the stars will lt hl a game when they consider the room too cool and will refuse to COon go CO goon on until the proper level Is attained S Wh When n Willie Hoppe Boppe was world billiard champion he frequently declined de St dined to shake hands when introduced explaining courteously that he be hefe fe seared reared d injury to his fing fingers He claimed they were Insured for lor Gabby H fl of ot the Cubs Cabs may get another chance to bat against S Lefty Grove in the Star All int ga game next ext July 10 On a train one day dry last July Pat lal 1 Malone ne was being hooted booted for lor his statement that Grove Grov was the best living pitcher and asked a aS S scribe cribe for the record book Just to find ma material to substantiate his argument Gabby Gobby was wal sitting across the table and chirped up S Why bother about the record book why dont don't you ou ask me Gabby his has batted against Grove in three games and has yet to get Jet as much as aI a foul loul ball |