Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-15 | Page 27 | Salt Lake Feminine Ski Star Becomes State Champ in First Year Competition

Salt Lake Feminine Ski Star Becomes State Champ in First Year Competition th pitcher In a baseball gams, with control the key word. "How doss ons obtain control la skiing? ' The ssms as In any other sport by practice and mor practice," . concluded Miss Fisher. And that's what Helen la doing this week at Sun Valley, Idaho. ' ''Hi V ' "' h " ' Miss Fisher Shows Great Aptitude for Sport By BILL.M CBEA From a novice to a state champion cham-pion akisr all in ths brief span of on year that's th amazing record of modest Helen F later, daughter of Frank A. Fisher of 44 North Wolcott stmt. A little over one year ago the "ski bug" bit Miss Fisher and later on a trip to Europe ah obtained flv weeks' expert Instruction at St. Anton, Paris, and at th Hanne Schneider school in Tulle, Austria Learns Control There Mis Fisher lesrnsd what shs appropriately describes as controlled con-trolled skiing" and th ability to stand up and maneuver on what wss laughingly referred to 20 ysars ago as turned-up bed slats and barrel bar-rel stave. A few weeks sgo at Alta, Helen won ths downhill, slalom and combined com-bined events in a tournament where ths best feminine skiers in ths stats were represented. Miss Fishsr, a graduate of Bryn Mawr in ths ctsss of 1447, has complete com-plete assurance and poiss en skis and has now mad a hobby out of what first startsd out te be mere recreation. Th young champion's advlc to women kir la, "Relax and forget th too prevalent Idea that to aki I merely to go up th slide, rush down, and than do It all over again without falling," "Leads ef Fun' This skiing I load of fun." Miss Ftaher explained, "but it's Just like Helen Fisher , . . hhe rises from novice skier to state champion in one year by hard work and a determination te ski properly.