Show Los Angeles Manufactures Snow for fo r Its Own Little Downtown Ski Meet By ROBERT MYERS l LOS ANGELES Feb 24 UP RI- RI PIn It n verges on heresy to talk about it but Memorial coliseum in the heart of Los Angeles a place that has never never seen real snow will be the scene of a ski jumping contest Sunday Once a few years ago transplanted transplanted trans trans- planted easterners swore they saw snow in the coliseum but the local chamber of commerce i i i hastily explained that the stuff was merely some strange white matter possibly blown down from front San Francisco and the ugly rumor was squelched The ski jumping affair is a fact tact however with man made snow sprayed out of an ice machine machine ma ma- chine supplying the effect A steel skeleton slide has been erected towering above one end of the coliseum and gliding gracefully down dowa into the pit of t r. r the stadium A host of professional ski jumpers jump jump- ers including Norway's famous Birger and was signed for the contest Tom Gallery who has promoted a lot Jot of things here for many years but who admits he doesn't know a ski from a warped bed slat heard about bout the success of ot the sport in the east and decided what was good enough for them might pay dividends here A ti t J. J Judging by the advance de demand demand de de- mand for tor complimentary tickets I the show will be a success Los Angeles advertises that legitimate snow sports are within easy reach of everyone meaning the mountain resorts of Arrowhead Arrowhead Arrow Arrow- head Big Bear and Big Pines an hour or sos so's drive from town Gallery studying his own ideas thought there might be a lot of people who would like to see a aman aman aman man sail through the air ot of skis h si but not to the extent that they would drive up a mountain slush in the cold all day and come home with wet feet and the sniffles He argued that skiing could be enjoyed with all the comforts of summer summer and and for general admission If folks really like to climb mountains that can be easily arranged All they have to todo todo todo do is plod up the steps to the top of the coliseum t i i. i I |