The Ely miner., 1925-02-27
SPORT CARNIVAL
HUGE SUCCESS.
THRlONGS GATHER AT RINK
AND SKI-SLIDE TO WITNESS
ENTERTAINING PROGRAM.

Two thousand or more citizens of
Ely abandoned their homes and
firesides for the invigorating Arrow
head Country air to follow the
sport program which the Legion had
prepared for them Sunday after
noon. The fresh air advocator
would have heaved his breast with
sigh of content had he been able
to observe the large mass of resi-
dents, clothed in warm holiday garb,
first gather at the skating rink and
then wind down to the imposing
ski-jump when that structure was
ausplciously and appropriately in
itiated by youths from Duluth and
by a daring native son.
The ice competition, the ski rae
ing and jumping marked a very
pleasant Sunday afternoon and gave
promise of even greater possibilities
of similar kind in the future.
The sk-jumping proved so novel
and absorbing to the crowd that it
will no doubt become one of the
major winter sports here. A ski
jumping tournament among local
talent for next winter is not a
vague possibility but almost an
assured fact. Each day a number
of boys are venturing down the
slide and by intensive drill should
become accomplished jumpers.
But the way for local jumpers
was paved by IA year old Einard
Nykinen who was the first Ely boy
to descend the slide. In recognition
of his deed the American Legion
has presented him with pair of
regulation jumping skis. Young
Nykinen fell in his first attempt
but got up smiling. He drew the
plaudits of the crowd when on his
next descent he made a perfect
landing.
The day was cloudy and the air
crisp but no. biting enough to pro-
duce uncomfortableness. In the
speed skating for high school boys
Tony Lenich broke the trail for all
others. Emma Yadlosky broke the
tape first among the girls. Waino
Maxi and Catherine Grahek won
the grade races. Wilbur Jeffery
with j. Zupancich on the sled
pushed his way to first place.
Emma Yadlosky and Rose Kaplan
paired to win the next event. The
relay team composed of J.. Zupan-
cich, John Mayerla, Tony Lenich
and Wilbur Jeffery won by handy
margin. The band played several
spicy selections at the rink.
In the skiing events held on
Conan street John Heikalla won
premier honors in the high school
boys race while Matt Skantze
showed the way to the grade boys.
In the distance sliding contest Rus
sell Lowry nosad out Jimmy Mad
dern and Matt Luhtanen. Walter
Nappa made his skinner shoot over
the snow to outdistance the large
number of boys entered in the
event. In the one dog race John
Bacher spurned his dog to first
honors.
The ski-jumping was the event
which met the decided approval of
the crowd. Carl Holmstrom was
awarded first place with 2O9h
points. His fellow members Of the
Duluth Ski Club had the following
number of points: Lawrence Ander-
son ITO, Erling Grinden 1861 and
George Clark 1541a The Savolain-
en- Company gave Holmstrom belt
and buckle, and ths William Mills
Clothing Store contributed a hat,
the Ely Hardware Company, leath-
the Ely Hardyare Company, leath-
er case, and the Tom Harri Grocery
five pounds of coffee, to the others
in the order they placed. Carl
Holmstrom with the longest jump of
the day, 81 feet, was also awarded
a handsome hunting knife by the
Ely Hardware Company.