Show national stars to take part in ski tourney tourne y the cream of the crop of the worlds world a best ski jumpers will make the state ski tourney this year one of the biggest bigge s t skiing events ever held in the western states fourteen world renown ski performers together with about fifteen state 6 ski ki riders will compete tor for honors sunday march 2nd and on the new su ski course on Rasmus sens ranch the state ski tournament was scheduled to take place february but due to the tact fact that by postponing it one week the professional skiers would be able to take part it wa was considered by the utah ski club that it would be well worth while to postpone the annual event in order to have these talented ski artists perform the utah ski club last we week ek joined the american ski association end and by so eo doing the local Ba association can permit professionals fessio nals to enter their in meet beet there ther a Is it a possibility that a new W worlds record will be made at the tournament this year the worlds record Is feet and according to ski exo experts erts the iii Ris mussen ski ekl course Is steep enough enough to leap that far lars haugan hau gan who has been united states ski j jumping champion seven times enthusiastically y told the officers ot of the utah ski club last monday that they have chosen the best site in the canyon and a n d with a little improvement which b by y the way will be done within the next two weeks this same hill will compare with any in the country several other of the national favorites who have seen the hill have said eald much the same thing gaugen has shown the utah ski club officers just what Is necessary to improve tb the hul hill 1 in order ehlt th t it will meet the qua qualifications flee t ons of the american am 0 rican ski association so the improvement work will consist of 0 constructing a platform and lengthening the distance from the takeoff to the bottom ot of the hill all ali this cannot he be brought about by dreaming about it and without financial support the chamber of commerce of salt lake city has offered its support and M A strand chairman in charge of the tournament says that several other sources private a and nd otherwise have promised aid the officers hope to raise a 06 prize of 2000 to the skier who breaks the worlds record strand intimates that this hope may also be realized what A treat the ski lovers of utah will get heading the list of nationals to start will bo be sigurd ulland who won the 0 osden ski ekl meet with a jump of feet and who just recently made a leap of over feet at lake placid new york upon the ski course which will be used for the olympic ski carnival in 1932 and there will also be alt alf engen holder of the worlds sc affolt hill record of 87 feet who came to america from norway only six months ago lars haugen seven times national champion anders haugen former worlds professional champion and first man to leap over feet ted rex present national champion carl hall brother of henry hall who holds the worlds record of feet halvor the most graceful ski rider in the world and all the rest of the professionals fessio nals who took part in ogden lost last sunday the other seven are sverre engen westly wisconsin oliver Ka kaldahl Idahl glenwood 31 enwood minn stephen St omaha bert Wilc keck ironwood mich elnar einar fredbo westby wis halvor wal sted westby wis alt alf Math mathesen lsen omaha the above group will take part P in 1 a ski ekl tournament at lake tahoe california this coming sunday in addition to the professional performance for mance the utah am amateurs a tour 8 will compete lor for the state title which Is now held by kalmar andreason of salt lake those who will try for state honors are law rence and ana jim who won second and third places in the amateur meet at ogden nord john and cart carl bernsten eugene and axel andreason henry wold A late lamo mike onell oneil wedding and bob craver with these some thirty ski artists the state tournament this year Is sure to be the greatest of its kind ever held there Is one thing however which will be an important factor to towards W ards the success ot of this affair that Is the weather by present indications it appears a as a though there will he be none too much snow however the weather may take a change before then and give the course another coat of downy whiteness it if a toot foot of new snow falls and a cold snap follows the storm the skiers are sure to turn in a much better performance than they did in ogden at ogden they were unable to do their best because of the 1 slushy condition of the snow in fac fact there was hardly enough snow for the skiers to jump upon the wet r snow now kept the skiers from sliding very fast and the riders were unable to attain sufficient SP speed eed to make record jumps another big feature of the event Is that all the officials who so efficiently conducted the ogden tournament will have charge of the proceedings on ras cussons mus sens sons ranch A park city feature will als also 0 be had byron jones high school band will play fot for the crowd the ski hill will also be dedicated on march 2nd and governor dern and probably mayor A J gibbons of park city will take part in the dedication exercises tile the time at which each event will start and the prizes to be given will be published next week for as yet the final details have not been settled due to the big expense ot of the tournament m ent this year the club finds ends it necessary to charge a small admission tee fee the charges will be 25 n and nd 50 cents but the affair will be well worth orth that price |