The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-24
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The Washington Ski club,
realizing that its Frasers
Amicks and Gilbreaths simply
can't go on winning tourna-
ments forever, is even now
considering a program which
should set the mittened palms
of its members to humping
in rampant eagerness and
their hearts to rumbling like
mad.
TIL re unsung, inexperienced
ekiuubs. hundreds OF them. will
soon get the break they cockeyed
well deserve-the chance to gain
experience and to develop ability
as ski racers.
The WSC, we understand hap
!. PLY, Is soon going to stage a series
: of intra-club races, designed saga
ciously to include all of its men,
hers who ski fairly well. but
hardly measure up as class A
racers.
Teams of 10 skicrs each will be
chosen by Don Fraser, Don Amick,
Paul Gilbreath, Bruce Kehr, Dick
Nelson and a number Of other top
notch skirunners. who haye
drenched the WSC in prestige and
glory at races everywhere.
These scmi-tyro squads. with
their skiwizz captains. will COM
pete against each other practically
every weekend during the season,
except when important tourna-
ments interfere.
Nothing definite has yet been
decided; the teams have not been
picked But II the plans 20
through as outlined, here's three
lusty huzzas for the WSC. The
carrying out of the program would
shoot new vim and vigor into the
WSC and Pacific Northwest ski
ing In general.
Since the Rainier National Park
Co. was forced to discontinue its
novice and class A championship
races this season, skidom's great
majority has found itself utterly
without opportunity to race.
Only one or two competitions
notably the Tacoma Day SALONS
are open to everybody. All the
others are invitational affairs.
Only so or so of the fanciest skiers
are mailed bids.
There are numerous skiers.
many of them members of the
WSC, whose ability just misses
being in the top-drawer class. All
most of these neeC is more prac-
tice, a little more polish and ex-
perience at racing-they are the
stars of tomorrow.
THE wsC plan, provided It is
carried through, is only the
first plank in platform to make
membership in the club more cozy,
friendly and worthwhile. Look
any place on the globe from Ia
coma to the Tyrol, or from Siberia
to Seattle. and you won't find a
larger skiing organization than the
WSC.
Its more than 500 members
make 1t pretty cold and unwieldy,
and its value TO the ordinary skier
has often been questioned.
Quite aware of this. WSC big
wigs are scouting about for ways
and means Of better justifying the
clubs existence, of drawing its
members closer to each other. The
intro-club competition is one pos
kible answer, Another would see
that beginning skicrs and semi
tyres are given free instruction by
the more expert club skiers. such
rs Fraser, Amick and the other
smoothies.
A FTER delighting about 500
skiers Saturday with the finest
skiing weather-powder snow and
sunshine--seen at Paradise this
year. Old Man Winter. in pretty
truculent mood, dished up a minor
blizzard for almost 5000 skiers
Sunday.
QUEEN PEGGY MASON, who'll
Y rule over the eighth annual
Tacoma Winter Sports Carnival,
Feb. Hip, was there. SO were
her eye-filling attendants the
Misses Jane Carlson and Mary
Meinert. They all took a whirl on
their skis, posed patiently for pho
tographers, ate turkey dinner
and, even as all the common peo-
pie, walled about the weather.
They couldn't do anything about
It. either.
OLD MAN WEATHER didn't act
any better at Naches pass,
despite q record crowd of skiers
for the season. There were APP
proximately $500 ski enthusiasts
tipping down the various courses
there. Cars lined both sides of the
road for considerably more than
. mile.