Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-04
BRATTlEBORO, Vt.
SEEKS NATIONAL
SKI TOURNEY "a

Brattleboro, VT, Dec. 2.-That Brat
tleboro will rank high among the va
rious ski jumping contests to be held
in the east this winter was made APP
parent recently by the announcement q
events to be held here this winter. This
program, which will be under the aus
pices of the Brattleboro Outing Club,
provides for two competitions on the
Brattlcboro jump Jan. IL and 10, and
on Feb. "a. The January meet, it is
expected will be for the eastern Unit
ed States ski jumping championship
and the February contest will take the
form of All inter-club meet.
Secretary c. Menzies Miller of the
Outing Club has sent letters to various
outing clubs and ski jumpers in regard
to making Brattlcboro the center of
eastern United States ski jumping ac-
tivities and from responses which have
been received enthusiasm has been
raised to a high pitch. 1t is proposed
also to hold cross-country races during
both meets and all events will be open
to amateurs in good standing.
The club has invited the National
Ski Association to hold the national
annual ski jump in Brattleboro in 1924.
The club also plans to affiliate itself
with both the National and Eastern
Associations with the expectation Of
having the Brattleboro jump become
the best known in the east.
After making comparisons Of already
existent ski jumps throughout this sec
ton of tho country, experts agree that
nowhere in the east are there better
facilities for ski purposes than exist at
the Brattle boro jump.
Measured horizontally, the Brattle-
boro jump is 735 feet long, including
wooden trestle built at the top of the
hill, from which point the jumpers
make their start. A vertical line, meas
ured from the very top of the course
perpendicu1arly to the same plane on
which is located the bottom of the
jump is 26S feet. During the summer
| more than $1,000 was expended by the
club in making improvements, princi-
pal among which was the removal of q
small hummock on the jump near the
| bottom, which last winter was the
cause of many ski jumpers topping
| over when they struck the course after
HldhlHS the DARING leap III tue ak iIoiii
| the take-off.
| The take-off is located approximately
two-thirds of the distance down the
course. 1t comprises three wooden sec
| lions, eight feet long, which are hinged
| together so that they may be raised or
| lowered at will, so that the element of
| danger is eliminated when the junior
| contests are held The club has just
| completed an underpass Immediately
! below the take-off so that spectators
| may pass from one side of the course
/ to the other without danger. At the
same time, this underpass has eliminat-
| ed the mental hazard so often expert
cnced by jumper whom in the past they
have viewed the immense drop beneath
! thcm just as they left the takc-off. A
/ small building is being built at the top
Yof the course, where the Jumpers may
rest and warm themselves while wait
| ing for their turn.
Some idea Of the magnitude of the
| Brattlcboro jump can be estimated
when it is mentioned that ski jumpers
art travelling better than mile a min
ute when they leave the take-off. FRO /
! records made at last years tournament
! the entire course was covered by
! jumpers at an average of nine seconds.
The jump comprises what is known
as a one-man course and in one stretch
| of GO feet runs through solid ledge of
| rock six feet deep. It averages eight
J feet in width for the entire distance.