The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-01-10
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BIZ Ed MEA0HER

Prep schools in the Pacifi,
Northwest, dubious ut first
are gradually beginning Il
take skiing into their sport.
family. nurturing il TO become
full-fledged sport on the
athletic calendar like football
baseball, basketball and all the
others.
Paradise valley. for example
has scheduled AZ least half dozen
high school meets this season,
more than ever before. and scarce
ly a week goes by that park COM
pany officials do not get inquiries
from prep schools regarding dates
fer competition.
That high schools should take
skiing to their hearts Is entirely
natural. Skiing. competitive ski
ing, that is. essentionally IL re-
served for youth. The young seek
thrills and in skiing they find them
In carload lots.
And these high school skiers are
good. Plenty good. Prep school
competition makes them improve
rapidly and such competition Is
already paying dividends at vari-
Gus colleges and universities,
where these preppers have ma
circulated.
Harold (Tass1 Gjolme. who
won the Seattle high school
meet last year, Is the shining
example. All Tass did as n
University of Washington
freshman was win the Brad
ley trophy at the national In
tercollegiate championships ut
Sun Valley recently.
Theren be more Gjolmes in the
future If high schools continue to
stress competitive skiing. Lots OF
them-and that's nice thing to
know.
You might just rs well face
II: No Tacoma skier, except
ing Paul Sonny Sceva, has
prayer of winning The
Times trophy and wrist watch
with victory In the Tacoma
Winter Sports carnival slalom
race. No Tacoman has won
that race, to he brutally frank.
since Carleton Wiegle copied
In 1888 or whereabouts. And
there Is little reason TO be-
lieve q homegrown boy will
take II this year.
All this, as you may have guess
ed. is merely a build-up for what
Is to come. An idea. If you please.
Why not a special prize for the
first Tacoman to cross the finish
line? Well, why not? There have
been years when not a single one
of the half dozen or so prizes has
gone to a local skier.
Bremerton rewarded It's hest
hometown skier with a spe-
cial prize at Its race last sea-
son, although he actually fin
ished in about 30th place.
Such a reward would give the
local boys something to shoot at
besides the knowledge that "Oh,
we'll, I'm the best skier in the
city, anyway"
Speaking of competitions:
The snowy slopes abound,
more and more, these days
with first class skiers, who
never get a chance to take
part In race. They're not
quite good enough to make the
various ski club flve-man
teams and most tournaments
are limited TO representatives
OF those teams.
That's right--it's another build
up.
How about putting on weekly
races at Paradise valley, modelled
along the lines of the now extinct
but popular park company races?
Run straight slalom one week,
say. A no-fall slslom the next,
followed by a class A slalom open.
Such events would undoubtedly be
popular and it's just possible that
the Tacoma Ski club and the park
company might be able to come
to some agreement regarding the
staging of the races.
Pacific Northwest skiers are
spelling for competition, which
they need if they are ever to i'm
prove. Such races would solve the
problem. Some Of today's best
known skiwizzes were developed
in the old park company novice
races. Gretchen Kunigk and
Shirley Mcdonald, for instance.
Polling around: The approximate
5000 skiers who turned out Sun
day at Paradise, plus the more
than a LOCO who boarded Milwau-
kee snow trains, are evidence,
perhaps, that this section Is going
10 have its bumper season In
creased prosperity of the skiers
probably Is one reason for so much
Interest more economical rates
at Paradise might be another
Oryille Stewart. chairman, II con-
WINGED the Winter Sports carnival
Jan. 1873, will be the biggest
ever there II plenty OF logic
IN such a belief business men
and everybody else are showing
much mere than mere passing
interest this time Too DAD
about Dorothy kimball fraeturing
her leg SUNDAY IL was lnsi