The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-20
Skidaddlinq
BY ED MFAGHER


Those University of Wash
ington Huskies are favored
to cop the Pacific Coast con-
ference ski championship this
Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day at Snoqualmie summit
and Paradise valley.
But they'd better not start howl
ing before the trophy is awarded
because Washington State college
Cougar skiers are liable to get the
last howl.
The Cougars, who never have
COPIED the conference title. have a
couple of ski-wizzes in Elton Blaz-
Ter and Ring Thorgerson. who, with
a little help. might easily give the
Huskies a thorough clawing.
But, until further notice, the
Husky team, sprinkled with
such stars as Carl Neu, Bob
Bartc> the Gjolmie brothers,
Paul Sceva, jr., c Tacoma and
Tom Cushman, must remain
the team to beat.
The two Washington schools
likely will battle 1t out for the
title, but other conference insti-
tutions are sending teams that will
certainly pick up a few points.
Other schools which will be rep
resented include Idaho, Oregon,
Oregon State, California and STAN
ford.
After jumping at Snoqualmie
summit Thursday, the collegians
will cross-country Friday and
downhill and slalom Saturday in
Paradise valley.
POLLING AROUND: Don't take
your eyes off this young Tacoma
Ski clubber, Al Robinson along
with Wade Perrow and a couple
Of other young ski-wizzes, is liable
to 60 places in the ski-racing whirI
Shirley Mcdonald, Tacoma's
only class A feminine skier, has
been taking her practice ticks at
Sun Valley for the last few days
In preparation for the national
championships there next Friday,
Saturday and Sunday she
might surprise spring vaca-
ton week for University OF Wash
ington students and dozens of
them spending II at Paradise val
ley, including most Of the Husky
ski team members Imagine
Marsh Perrow and Al Robinson
beating out such hot shots as Tom
Cushman and Harold Smith In the
Olympia slalom race Sunday (.
No wonder Wade Perrow didn't do
better than 18th In that same race
during the morning he had
made the long haul to Camp Muir,
$500 feet above the inn "Son-
N.Y. Sceva probably uses the long
est skis among Northwest kanonens
seven feet six inches long
Burr AndersOn's are only three
inches shorter John Gamrath,
a Paradise habitue from Seattle,
always wears a white shirt while
skiing -. nothing over IL, no mat
ter how cold Three huzzahs
and a hip-hip-hoorsy for the olym-
pia Ski club -. they put on n pip
of carnival =. for red-hot inter-
est in skiing, though, give your ski
daddler the Longview Ski club +.
every week its members turn out
In droves at Paradise Betty
Raab, who paired with Nettie Rad
maker TO win the costume slalom
Sunday, is really a Tacoma gal
graduated from Stadium, now
works in the state department of
education at Olympia the
Lewis Sh club gained a good skier
when Tacoma's Charley Hyde es-
tablished his abode In Chehalis
Marsh Perrow was going to quit
racing II Little Brother Wade beat
him in the Olympia race Sunday
so what: So Marsh won
=. Racers in the big tournaments
are required to use skis no less
than seven feet long and they
have to use the same skis for both
downhill and slalom events :.
officials check this closely Bill
Berdhardt. the new ski instructor
at Paradise, knows his snowplows
and christies -. came here from
Wallace, Idaho before that he