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Show 1 1 Backseat Driving Ski Jumptrt Form Tm All American Falter Picking GrlTofflcl! Bp rKANK ft. BAKU Tticirar Rpert Edlter Tam Competition to Splc Pro Ski Season The Und of Utah's four profes-lonI profes-lonI ski jumper! against i quirtet 'of California representative! will idd lot of spice to the current ski ce-ioii, ce-ioii, both for the skiers themiclvM and alao the fans. The stale may look on thla little content with considerable intereat, for If our team of Alt and Sverre Engen, Einar Fredbo and Steffan Trogstad triumpha In this little race, Utah will get comlderable recognition recogni-tion aa postering the world'! out-alanding out-alanding quartet of profeaalonal akl riders. Then boya will have some formidable formid-able opposition In Halvor Halstad, Lake Arrowhead; Lara Haugen, Big Pines. Sigurd Ulland, Mt Shut, and Ted Rex, the 1930 champion of Mineral, Cat. Halstad bea( Alt Engen In the final two tournaments last season and is regarded as Engen'a most formidable threat for Individual honors this year. The Californians were ahead 1724.1 to 1711 In the New Year'! meet here. The ski wise, however, are expecting expect-ing fine things from Einar Fredbo. who wu inactive most of last season because of an Injured ankle. The ankle is in fine condition again and these critica would not be aurprised to see him leap to the front ai he did two yeara ago at Ogden when he defeated de-feated Engen in a tournament Despite De-spite his 4 years, Haugen of the California Cali-fornia group is far from through and la expected to score quite a few points for that team. The professionals will keep a running tabulation of their scoring In all tournaments thla seasonprobably sea-sonprobably totaling seven or eight In all and the Idea should add much Interest to the single meets. Star Hav Tough Luck in Rom Bowl Cam AM-Amerlcan players have had their dismal moments in the annual Rose Bowl classic. Coach Jock Sutherland Suth-erland Indicated his fear of the Jinx when he aked that the diplomas emblematic em-blematic of ail-American rating b withheld from two of his Pitt players Warren, Heller, halfback, and Joe Skladany, end until after the Rose Bowl clash with U. S. C. The Pitt coach has especially vivid memories along this line, since his team that took a 47 to 14 lacing in 1(30 had no less than five men who placed on first second and third all-American all-American selections. Uansa, Parkinson, Park-inson, Montgomery and Donchess ' were four of the brightest of Pitt stars of the 12 season, yet they were almost helpless against Southern California teem that did not sport man with reputation! equal to the Panthers. The list of all-Amerlcans who failed In the New Year's day contest la long, -starting with Fits Pollard, Brown's great colored halfback, who waa unable to do anything against Washington Bute In lfl. when the Rose Bowl series waa inaugurated, Washington State winning, 14 to 0. MulUr Shon Bafor, but Not After Hi Selection Pete Stinchcomb. Ohio State's halfback, was another great star who failed to go places as expected at Pasadena, His team waa beaten, 2 to , by California, while Harold "Brick" Muller, then unrecognised except along the coast played one of the best end games ever seen. That game focused nation-wide attention at-tention on Muller and he waa picked as an ail-American the next season, but the Jinx hovered over him then and he did very HtUe, while little Washington and Jefferson held California Cali-fornia to scoreless tie. One of the exceptions to thla so-called so-called Jinx which. In the opinion of some, proves the rule, waa Russ Stimm. W. and J. tackle. He waa an ail-American and his play that day still brings out many glowing reminiscences. remi-niscences. Ernie Never!, coast critics contend, waa another ail-American who lived up to hia reputation at the Rose Bowl, and this touted Stanford player did It while hia team wai losing to Notre Dame, 27 to 10, in 1925, aa Knute Rockne'i famous Four Horsemen and Seven Mulea wound up their brilliant playing career. Official Influence is now assured against the policy of coachea picking pick-ing the officials tor football games now that Walter R. Okeson has been elected chairman of the naUonal football rulea committee. The new chairman, who replaces the late Id-ward Id-ward Kimball Hall, Is believer in commissions for that purpose In each conference. In fact hia most important im-portant contribution to football was the Okeson plan for that purpose. Mr. Okeson is a civil engineer, commissioner commis-sioner of eastern football officials and has been an official himself for 25 years following his graduation from Lehigh In 18S8. He has a capable capa-ble background tor his new duties. |