Show LETtS SKI I i Thousands of Americans Will ViII Desert Old Fashioned Holiday j And Follow Ski Trails Across Winter Snow-Laden Snow Slopes Winter Slopes Is Spreading Vacation Idea j ft Like Wildfire 1 I a r t f 4 t ils I I j a t 5 A f l-J l u it N X 4 A Ai W 0 T u uDy By Dy JOSEPH W W. La LaBINE INE WARMING over the nations nation's highways clogging railroad SWARMING S J stations and airports with a tangle of skis and tennis rackets rackets rackets rack rack- ets Americas America's sports-mad sports public is ch changing nging The Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas Rush from a store department-store headache to a winter travel slogan This year as never before the holiday season will see sports addicts scattering to all points of the compass Between Between Be Be- Between tween and persons will desert the Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas tree and join the winter vacation stampede From thousands of at villages and towns will pour a steady stream of ot cars to New York Chicago San Francisco and ad other large cities Holiday shows special Christmas services in to famous churches and ca- ca r t 3 0 s y r rk k k x g a V 1 IM ter t V jI Skiing Is ms for or youngsters as well as grownups This young lady appeared appeared ap ap- last season at Adelboden In Inthe inthe the Bernese Oberland Switzerland and the Countless s attractions attractions i of a metropolis will lure many manya a family Outdoor Enthusiasts Increase An even greater number will be deserting their homes in the cities for an on out doors holiday While most of ot them will turn their backs backson on the chilling winds of ot a northern winter each year brings hundreds of thousands of ot converts to the snow sports skating Ice sledding bob and tobogganing have outgrown the status of ot amusements for youngsters young and devils dare and are now taken up by the whole family Definite nite nits increases in winter tournaments tournaments ments and snow carnivals indicate the popularity of ot white while holidays It is difficult to believe that three years ago a skiing census showed only rabid fans Since then the number has at least doubled each winter whiter Beckoning to winter who take their exercise in the snow are such familiar resorts as Lake Placid Deerfield Hanover Tuckerman's Tucker Tucker- I mans man's Ravine and Rutland In New I England But Dut this year there are I scores of ot new ski centers which promise to spread the thrilling sport across the entire northern half haU of ot the country New Ski Capital At Aspen Colorado a short distance distance dis tance from Denver skiers in the western tier ot of states will have anew a anew anew new ski capital In the Middle West Westa a modern skiers' skiers paradise s cs s set let into the rolling snow covered hills near Warsaw Wis while the glistening slopes around Ishpeming Mich will be dotted with hundreds of ot ski ski- shod athletes In the Far West Vest skiing ski ski- ing enthusiasts will have a choice between such resorts as Sun Valley Yosemite park Lake Tahoe and Arrowhead lake in California With new skiing centers springing up in such widely-scattered widely sections of ot the country followers of the sport are not only planning tp to o pack the usual snow trains but take to the air as well Huge transport I planes are being groomed for the heaviest winter flying schedules In Inthe inthe inthe the history of aviation anticipating swarms of ot holiday The airlines in fact are planning to Inaugurate snow planes to take the more rabid ski converts to any glistening hillside in the country Leaving from either coast on a Friday Fri day evening snow planes will deliver deliver de de- liver skiers to their favorite resorts resorts resorts re re- sorts for two days of ot skimming the snow banks and still have them back to their homes for work Mon Mon- Monday Monday day morning even if the ski trails they choose are miles away Railroads Benefit In railroad offices dispatchers are pouring over elaborate train schedules designed to keep the green signals flashing for the holiday ex ex- presses They are doubling the cay capacity ca y of ot the snow trains as they have been doing almost every year since the first special ski-carrier ski snorted out of Boston Doston just seven years ago headed for the White While mountains Altogether it iI is estimated that sports fans this winter will follow in the ski trails cut by Tor Tor- gas and Mikkel two Hemmestvedt two Norwegian boys who lived in RedWing Red RedWing Wing Minn and who Introduced the raising hair-raising sport to this coun coun- try Furthermore the ski army will put approximately into circulation in exchange for equipment equipment equip equip- ment transportation and incidentals inci inci- dentals Instead of ot spending for Christmas presents of the conventional type the shod hickory-shod fraternity will put 4 4 U- ers will tuck away in their safes as the hilarious skiers jam all available lodges rodges Ski instructors will get half a million dollars for pointing pointing pointing point point- ing out the way to avoid cracked heads and bruised shins Still More lore Money Ioney This however is only a fraction of ot the amount spent by bythe bythe bythe the millions who prefer palm trees to fir trees and who would rather lie on a beach than in a snowbank At the same time snow plows ar are being put in working order maintenance maintenance maintenance nance crews are re-fitting re special cruise cars which will be attached attached atto at at- to Florida bound trains i in n preparation for the rush of ot wear weary y workers who will take advantage a athe of ot f the growing popularity of ot winter va va- va- va Lured by the prospect of ot spending spendin g Christmas out-of-doors out millions will 1 pack their bags with the summer cI clothes thes that are required on th the e warm side of the Mason and Dixon line mine Deep sea fishing in the Gu Gull Gulf stream and the Gull Gulf of ot Mexico willbe willbe will willbe be the goal of thousands of ot ardent arden t sportsmen Others will jam th the e rails of the race tracks in Southe Southern rn California and the Greater Miami Miam i area where the blue bloods of th the e turf continue the racing schedule e during the winter months Christmas In the South Many holiday will wil 1 clamber aboard the Florida specials specials bound for tor Palm Beach Daytona Daytona Daytona Day Day- tona Beach and other resorts resorts ea ea eager ger to enjoy the thrill of ot sunning g themselves on the beach in hi December Decem Decem- ber The prospect of ot meeting sue such h fairway stars as Ralph Guldahl and an d Denny Shute in the flesh will sen send d many an ardent golfer goUer to Miami t to o take part in the Florida Year Year Round Roun d clubs club's sports program for these two tw o stars the stars the open and national professional professional professional champions respectively are respectively are are home-club home pros at the Miami Billmore Butmore But Bill more country club the mid winter mid winte r rendezvous for divot addicts Others will plan their vacation n calendars to include the winter ten ten- T- T 1 mn r f Xi A A t- t L V d' d r t r. r z tg I w H l r i w T ye Lei w a g 9 fr I Skiing fans ans one million strong are preparing to In rush i sporting roods goods stores to spend clothing f an and d on equipment Joy this newest winter craze Scenes like ike these necessary r to lo e enJoy en en- n will across the northern half halt of the United States Slates soon be C common mm n al aU all 1 on the counters for cigarettes cig clo liquor and other incidentals A tidy fortune of ot will be spent for transportation although thousands this winter will be able to use their own cars for transports tion to their favorite skiing trails for according to engineers of the B D. D F. F Goodrich company rubber fit nt tings for a new ski rack will make it possible to put skis on the tops of closed cars without damage damase to the roofs At least will be spirit spent for skis and clothing and ami hotel keep keel nis and golf goU tournaments of North Nort h Carolina and the ball intersectional foo football foot foot- t the clashes-the Orange Bowl Dowl cla classIc clas- clas s sIc scat at Miami the Rose Bowl game gam e a at Pasadena and the Sugar Bo Bowl Dowl wl tilt tilt lit at New which Orleans-which the wind u up p gridiron season Both the sun seekers and the fiends snow snob v however serve to emphasize C the he growth of the away horne hom e. e for Christmas r idea which is fink mak I ing n skis L and surfboards surf as appet I for Christmas pre presents a fur coats and sleds I Western Ul |