Show worlds ski jumping record shattered by FRANK the worlds ski jumping record after having stood the test ot of time for or ten years was finally broken by alt alf engen a flacon haired youth ot of norway when he h leaped to tame fame on his daring foot j jump um p on the ecker ski hill in parleys park new years day his tremendous leap smashed the recognized cogbil z ed worlds mark ot of teet feet made in III 1920 by henry hall ot of detroit nt at revelstoke Revel stoke canada by the distance ol of 18 teet feet A big ovation from the colorful crowd of 2500 greeted erected the lad when he made the successful srul landing ot of the record breaking ride to bring tame fame to himself and to utah the marvelous performance won the fair complexioned engen a prize ot of the reward of beating the world mark which he did twice in succession his spread of teet feet followed upon the heels of a foot jump in his second trial sharing honors with alt alf engen was halvor halsted halstad who also surpassed the worlds mark with a superb jump ot of teet feet ills his effort to reach dengens leap almost met with disaster however tor for he spilled after making the landing when he be hit a groove in the snow enow the tall fall which knocked the big fellow out 10 for several minutes tailed failed to detract from his upright he would have placed his name beside that ot of dengens and halls other class A riders who won honors were halvor bjorngaard ogden ski club and captain elnar einar fredbo ot of the utah uta ski club they each completed three jumps from the thrilling heights of the 15 foot takeoff take off at ecker hill engen made his leaps in perfect form and as a result he polled high of bjorngaard followed points his farther leap being feet hvalstad was third with points fredbo was fourth with points and a foot best effort sverre engen brother of the new years jump winner took one try negotiating feet but an old ankle injury prevented him from competing further alt alf mathiesen Math lesen ot of ogden the sixth pro skier to compete leaped feet from the small takeoff the amateurs also put forth a wonderful exhibition of skiing their marks did not compare with their more talented norwegian brothers however but their efforts were heartily cheered by the crowd paul a newcomer to utah snatched the honors from state champion calmar andreasen by successive leaps of and feet Andrea sens best efforts were and feet but he tell fell in the first jump which brought his point average below that of christian pens ns who tallied to the state champs nord gave one of his best exhibitions to finish second place among the amateur leapers leaders jumps ot of and feet without falls gave the utah ski artist a point average eugene andreasen was fourth with his bis farther jump being lawrence a local boy took fifth honors with a longest leap of feet many of the amateur participants took exciting spills one tall fall almost disabling young earling wedding U of U student skier when he made jumps or of 92 and 90 feet and on his bis second ride he splintered his left ski and received a bad shaking up in the subsequent tall fall there were several young new mew ski riders in the amateur class new years day which Is a very good indication that skiing Is gaining favor among the younger set many of them had bad spills but nevertheless they were all willing and glad to try the bill besides dengens great leap the greatest individual performance was halvor hval scads jumping he was hurt seriously the day before the tournament in a practice leap and no one expected to even see him on the scene new years day let alone perform but ho he managed to trudge painfully up the hill three times during the day and made three long jumps each ending in a very bad spill the last fall knocking him out for several minutes he Is a man with a 96 very stout heart or be would never have made the last two leaps he was given a big hand by the crowd tor for his display ot of courage alt alf engen declared after his breathtaking ride that the ecker ski hill Is one of the greatest ski courses to in the world land and the only course at on which the present record can be broken he says also that he expects some one to better the foot m mark ark on february when the utah S ski ki club will hold the state championship tournament it if weather conditions are favorable members ot of the utah ski club expects the best ski riders in america to be present on birthday to try the g gigantic gantle I incline public interest having been stimulated by the new years day entertainment will certainly grow and future tournaments will be attended by increasingly large number ot of spectators pue credit must be given mr orsen blanard and his road crew for the manner in which the tournament crowd was handled there was no congestion in car parking the spectators were able to leave immediately alter after the meet with hardly any delay ski records record the official worlds ski jumping record was made in 1920 by henry hall of detroit at Develet Devel oke canada distance feet an unofficial worlds ski jumping record was made in 1923 by nels nelson ot of norway at revelstoke Bevel Revel stoke canada distance feet the official worlds amateur ski jump ing record was made at steamboat springs spring colorado in 1930 by 0 poulson ot of denver distance feet alt alf engen outdistanced all records with his foot leap ills his new mark will ur undoubtedly be accented d as official by t the he national ski association now HOW SKI RIDERS class A p poa 0 name club try arid and try 3rd ard try pis junior chamber I 1 elt elf engen 2 halvor bjorngaard ogden ski 3 H halvor alvor hvalstad utah ski utah ski C 4 einar fredbo 1 5 sverre engen utah ski I 1 6 all alf Math leaton leston ogden 0 I 1 class 33 ogden 1 paul utah ski 95 2 nord Nora quist utah ski 13 3 calmar andreason almar utah ski I 1 74 93 A dreason andreason 4 r eugene 1 I one 81 60 90 utah ski 5 lawrence 1 other amateurs who took part and their longest leaps leap sJohn i john bernsten 75 I 1 lawellyn luwellyn leigh 95 harold kimball erling wedding 92 |