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Show Alf Engen Takes Title In Ecker Hill Tourney Roy Mikkelson Noses Out Gordon Wren for Second Place in Final Leap; Hall Wins in Class G Any doubt ai to Alf Engen's claim to the kingship of American ski jumpen were dispelled convincingly Sunday as the talented Salt Laker bettered the 200-foot marker three times in winning the annual Ecker hill invitation jumping tournament from a crack field '. " ..'. a ' V- -V S?' ' iv ' ! .. I : " ' 1 y ' t ' ' ' i m 1 .,-. gt "- -- 'y 'tm . i I A -i- - . i-1 -4 - sv. l?" I- ' - '--X:-'W.-..; ; - . 'TbC. Salt Lake City's Alf Engen mapped in action in hit second jump of the afternoon Sunday, when he soared 208 feet to clinch the Class A title in the annual Ecker hill tourney. Engen's other leaps were 204 and 202 feet. and were the only attempts to clear the 200-foot marker. Roy Mikkelson placed second to Engen with his best jump of 192 feet, while Gordon Wren placed third with a 190-foot effort Ski Meet Results oz iass a emries. Engen's preliminary leap carried him 204 feet his first regular Jump was good for 208 feet and his final effort registered 202 feet Fighting a alow runway all th way, skiers In all classes were hard pressed for distance and only Engen En-gen successfully cleared th 200-foot 200-foot marker In the official competitions. compe-titions. Gorden Wren, Steamboat Springs, Colo, topped 200 feet however. In an unofficial leap after regular competition. Ivan (Ike) Hall of th Utah Ski club and a University of Utah foot- ball player, took class B honors with jumps of 113, 124 and 129 feet after spirited competition from Jack Bundy of th Ogden Ski club and Dav Qulnney and Jack Howell How-ell of th Utah Ski club. Taft Bets Fae In class C competition Seth Taft of the Utah Ski club was declared the winner with leaps of 51, 59 and 56 feet. Keith Anderson of th Utah Ski club was second with 108 points on leaps of 36, 54 and 54 feet, while Bog Craig waa third with 106 points. A crowd of over 2500 ski fans braved a brisk but sunny afternoon after-noon to witness th annual jumps and, although no records were broken, the performances of all the jumpers were above par. Skiers blamed the shorter distances dis-tances registered this year on th fact that th warm sun in mtdaft-ernoon mtdaft-ernoon softened the snow on th runway and cut down th take-off speed. Roy Mikkelson of Auburn, Cal, cam th closest to Engen's 200-foot 200-foot leaps as he soared 192 feet for second place, just a fraction of a point ahead of Wren, who registered regis-tered 190 feet for his best official effort Young Reddish Leds Jack Reddish, who at 13 years of age was th youngest jumper in the meet placed fifth In the class C competition with 94 points on Jumps of 53, 46 and 48 feet off th smaller take-off. Despite the handicap of th slower runway, no serious injuries were reported, although several , class B skiers took sensational i spills and on lad did turn up with 1 a broken ski after his mishap. On the whole, the tournament was ably handled, especially in the running off of events and in the handling of traffic. The new gravel road leading up to the hill not only stood the test of hundreds of automobiles auto-mobiles without "rutting," but also aided the motorists in getting in and out of the tourney site much more quickly. Although the class A jumpers headlined the program, the class . B lads almost stole the show with their dariftg and several received more applause than their higher ranking teammates for their efforts, ef-forts, especially when several of them did well In their first tournament tourna-ment appearance over the giant take-off. With Alf Engen definitely leading lead-ing th celebrities, the battle for second place turned into a real dog fight between Wren and Mik-. Mik-. kelson. The latter finally took th runner-up position with an outstanding out-standing 192-foot leap on his last trial whil Wren was scoring a 173-foot leap. Tom Mobraaten, on of Canada's best young skiers, was off form Sunday and finished fourth, almost al-most two points behind Wren. Sverre Engen of Salt Lake City also had trouble with the slow take-off and finished last In th field of seven with 192.9 points. (Skim an ItoM ki arScr ef Iteltk. mM la Jamete arStr). CIm A Kama Prtllm. rtnt anfaaS Fatetf Jump Jam, Jum, t Alf EnffM. Salt Lak City 201 208 929.1 t. tiny MlkkelMB. Aubura, Cal l:4 1ST lvS SIA.S 3. iraoa Kttl. mtambaat Sprlata. Cola 1 aft 1AO 1T3 S14.S 4. Tom Mnbraatara. Vaaraaver. B. C. . 1KB 1H1 179 SI3.1 5. Klnar Kr-1to, Hall Lakr City 13? 143 1(11 S03.S . BonalS ManCMIh. Aubura. Cal 13ft 147 1HO 1A7.3 I. Starr Knsea, Salt Laaa City Ill 144 14 1S3.S Claaa B lrllm. Plra SfrnaS Petals Name Jump Jump Jump 1. traa Hall. Cask akl Hub ill 134 n9 SIS S- Jark Huaay. 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