The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1914-02-27
Virginia Stars viii Compete
With Worlds Greatest
Riders for Hill Honors.
ITALIAN AND FRESHMAN
FACE SCANDINAVIANs
Secretary Krogdahl Thanks Business
Men for Their Support in Making
Meet in This City success-An-
other Tournament Here If Weather
. Permits. =

virginia Shl I1uoAS cApeCt 10 give d
good account of themselves in the big
tournament to be held Sunday after
noon in Duluth. Among the Virginia
stars who have entered in competition
with the worlds greatest jumpers are
Ole Feiring and John Evenson in the
professional class, and sigurd Berge-
son. Al. Forti, Bernt Hanson, Adolph
Nyland, and Marvin Olsen in the anna
teur division.
At the Ironwood, Mich.,. meet last
week, Bergeson secured sixth place
among the amateurs. Although he
had not completely recovered from his
recent injuries, he made an excellent
showing, according to those who wit
messed his work. He is expected to
be in better condition for Sundays
hill contests.
Evenson secured fifth place among
the professionals at Ironwood. The
longest jump made at the meet was
1853 feet. il
A unique feature of the forthcoming
competition at Duluth is that the
Scandinavian jumpers will be pitted
against an Italian and an Irishman
in some of the most important events.
AL. Forti of Virginia, perhaps is the
only Italian to be classed with the ski
leaders of the northwest. The Irish
will be represented by Barney Riley
from whom much IS -
Thorleif Knutson, holder Of the
European championship, will attempt
to defeat Ragnar Omtvedt, holder of
+ the worlds record.
Great preparations ARE being made
for the tournament at Duluth. The
Zenith City has been out of the Ma
and means to make it's return an oc-
tional Ski association for two seasons
casion to be long remembered by fol-
lowers of the sport. Considerable
work has been done on the slide and
it is expected to be in the best of con-
dition when the first event is called
The entry list as announced by the
officials of the tournament follows
Professionalism Haugen, Chip
pewa Falls; Barney Reilly, Mt. Horeb;
Harry Hall, Ishpeming; Carl Hail.
Ishpeming; David Lind, Mt. Horeb;
j. Brantlund, 1ronwood; August Nord
by, Superior; Simon Erickson, Super.
ior; sigurd Hanson, Chicago; Thorleit
Knutson, Chicago; Anders Haugen
Milwaukee,; Carl Lindberg, Duluth;
Axel Hendrickson, Blair; Ole Mang.
seth, Coleraine; Ragnar Omtvedt
Chicago.
Amateurs-A. Gustafson, Iron.
wood, H. Fieldseth, 1ronwood; sigurd
Bergeson, Virginia; Bernt Hansen
Virginia; Marvin Olsen, Virginia; A.
Tori, (Italian) Virginia; A. Nylund
Virginia; Alf I'm, Ironwood; J. Jobe
Ironwood; J. Fieldseth; Ironwood
Nels Floan, Duluth; H. Landree, Du'
luth; Jenning Riley, Coleraine; Ar
thur Blair, Coleraine; Walter Peter
son, Coleraine; Anders Olsen, Lola
Wis; Ben Rasmussen, Duluth; Louis
Rasmussen, Duluth; Nels Nelson, Du
luth; Joe Clark, Duluth; Mike Hor
nick, Duluth.
A large number of Virginia SIX
fans plan to attend the tournament.
J. Krogdahl, secretary of the Vir
ginia Ski club, said yesterday tha
another tournament may be held herr
next month if the weather permits.
"The Virginia club desires to than]
the business men and citizens of Vir
ginia for their hearty cooperation
in making the tournament here such
pronounced success" said Mr.. Krog
dahl. "The visiting riders were wei
pleased with their treatment here.
think the tournament was big boos
for the CITY,"