New-York tribune., 1922-02-12

1t was this same Carleton who GOV
cred the greatest distance in the ski
jumping contest, covering the great
spread of l21 feet, which overtopped
the nearest man, Dick Bowler, OF Dart
mouth, by six or seven feet
At the end OF the third day Of com
petition, after hours Of intricate figur-
ing Of decimal points and loearithmic
problems by the board of judges in
convention assembled, it was found
that Dartmouth had piled up a total Of
2o12 points. with McGill close behind
at 90 u. Mddichury was third. with 3.
and Vermont fourth, WITH points.
Carnival Feature
The feature OF thc carnival was the
Ski jumping. Upward Of three thou
sand spectators lined the edges and
dizzy slopes Of the huge natural anphi-
theater into which the jumpers de-
scended after leaving the final take off
on the tower-like steel stand. The
crowning point of the carnival was
reached, however. when Dick Bowler
and Bishop, another wearer of the
Green, risked life and limb by per
forming that most hazardous of all SKI
teats, the sOmersault
Three thousand men. women and
children held THEN breath when first
Bishop, and then Bowler, starting from
tho topmost pinnacle of the steel run
way, Shot down the incline a mad pace.
turned in a whjrling gyration over the
Eawnlng abyss below and came era sh
ing down on the finish of the incline,
sixty feet distant
BON fell heavily, Bowler on his
back, Bishop on his side. and tumb bed
tne rest Of the way TO TIE bottom.
When they arose, covered from mead to
foot with snow. and brushed themselves
off, the silence was broken. Where. a
moment before. you could literally
have heard snowflake drop, now the
valleys ard mourtainside rc-echoed
with tremendous roar Of tribute to
the hardlhood and cool courage Of these
young men Of Dartmouth
This particular stunt did not count
in the final score, nor was it an Official
number on the program. but both
B!snop and Bowler volunteered to DO
TIC trick for thc entertainment OF the
carnival crowd
Began With Ski Dashes
The days activities began with the
final heats of the 220- yard dasAcs for
ski and SHOWS noe 1nen, and Carleton
marked up the first triumph Tor Dart
mouth by winning the ski race The
giant d. B. Foss. Of McGil. was &
close second, and d. II. Forbush. OF
Dartmouth. third. The winners time
was 0:44 .. Duncan Anderson, o.
McGill, plowed home IN the lead II
the snowshoe dash covering the dis.
tancc in 0:42, and followed bv Robin.
son. Of Middle bury, and Davis, of Nc.
Gill.
Sherrard. of McGil, won the ski pro-
ficiency test, with the reliable Carrie
ton second. and Glenn, Of McGiu and
Stewart. Of Dartmouth, in a tie for
third place. These boys from over the
border handle their long blades with a
skill and an a,l-around mastery that
are treat to see. The most graceful
of jumpers was George Laballe. Of OF
tawa University, that university's lone
representative
La Belle drew thunders of applause
on each of his three leaps from the
lofty runway. In lis best jump he
covered 104 feet, some fifteen feet
short OF Cartoons top performance
but whereas Carleton fell immediately
after landing and rolled to the bottom
of the incline, La Belle kept his Is e.
superbly, went racing down the slope
to the level and ended his jumps with
the picturesque "Christiana" turn
1t was impressed upon my mind
soon after the jumping began that the
Canadians generally showed better
I form in their leaps. Their take offs
were cleaner. their landing more fin.
ished, but our boys sacrificed every
thing else in their determination to
cover the greater distance, and in this
they were successful.
Was Thrilling to See
Such utter recklessness as these
Dartmouth men displayed in hurting
themselves into space was thrilling tc
see. Little did they think of the con
sequences of their leaps, with the pos
sible broken head and broken bones
so long rs they could clear their dis
tance fir. l.
Carletri was pushed hard by Bowler
his college mate, each proving as dar-
ing as the other, but Carleton was the
more skillful in his work. and this
gave him the extra distance needed to
win. The old Dartmouth carnival
record Of 90 feet was held by Carleton
but these figures were bettered half
a dozen times to-day, mainly as a re-
suit of the new and loftier jumping
tower.
Carleton, a senior is one of the most
popular men at Dartmouth. Small of
stature and slight in build, Johnny
seems tireless when once his feet are
bound to a pair of skis. He showed
this on Friday, winning the eight-mile
cross country race, and again to-day
in the dashes and the jumping. Garlic
ton is also one of the high ranking
men in his class and will become a
Rhodes scholar next year.
A brief description Of the scene Of
the ski jumping may give you a clearer
idea of the scene that the carnival
spectators witnessed this afternoon.
The steel tower supporting the runway
is mounted on the crest of a hundred
foot hill, upon which tall pine trees
rear their snow covered branches to a
height Of sixty or seventy feet.
To make a path for the inclined run
way, it was necessary to cut a thirty
foot wide opening through the trees
to the bottom, of the miniature noun
tain. Thus when the jumpers took
their places at the top of the tower
platform, preparatory to beginning
their slide at railroad speed, their fig
ures showed dwarfed in the distance.
AS If from Giant Gun
As they came rushing down the in
cline, through this narrow gorge cut
through the pine forest, TO come out
on the take off" platform just before
the actual leap, they appeared to be
propelled from a giant gun. AS they
rose in the air, their figures outlined
against the cold gray background, like
the flight of an eagle, swooping to
earth. Next came the crash as the
landing was made. ending with the
final ruch down the fat narrow
straightway, to either miss their foot