The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-15
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compete with such ski notaeles a.
olsv Ulland Of Portland and SIS
Unand. rs brother. a LAKE, Tahee
Cam Eighty entries are listed
thus far IN the meet
Tournament officials he'd .
drawing for the meet last night
The first number out q the hsl
vas a blank and the first runnins
position VII remain IDLE unless :
late entry shows up.
olax Tlland drew No Is and
sis Inland No. q. Other favonte'
include Hermod Bake. former
national champion. Besvenworth.
Wash. Bert Morrison. Seattle
John stromberg. Seattle and Finsr
Haugen, Tollgate. Ore.
A while we're mp In the air
On jumping. fans Who Join the
caravan via sk-train Ia the
Snoqualmie Ski bowl On
March 2 NAV he interested Ia
know that olNmpian Hill.
,oungster among jumping
hills of the country ss far a.
age goes, IL reputed In he
capable of delivering record
breaking jumps.
II WAS designed for e15 foot
leaps. two feet higher than
Torger rokle's national record
act last Sunday AT leasen-
worth. The take off Itself Is
longer than AT Iron Mountain,
Michigan. previously consid-
cred the largest in the world.
Toxic hoped a plane on Mon
day for Chicago and will jump at
Bear Mountain. Beflins. y. H.
Lake Placid, y. Y. tNashingtens
and Brattleboro. u.
before coming TO the SKI Bowl on
March 2. Hell wind up the busy
calendar at Laeonis. y. H, on
March q at the Eastern United
States championship jumps.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Temple
Of Dash Point and Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell Fish of Seattle
formerly Taroma) are va
cationing nj sun Valley this
week. They'll return neat
Sunday.
The letter written 10 Elliott
condemning women skiers
n competitive fields we know was
not written by Arne Olsen, al
though it was signed A. o. Arne's
been a consistent booster Of compe-
.ition for the gals and has been
On hand more than once To lay
,ut courses and act as official for
hem.
As 10 that matter of the down
with women-on- skis" theorist IL
might be well to point out again
10 him that in spite Of the fact
shes public figure whose sport
ng ability. good or bad would call
or comment, Claudette Colbert's
lime in the race she won at Sun
Valley month ago stacked up
Iourth against the entire roster Of
racers for the course. men and
women included.
What's more. there are
plenty of occasions when
Gretchen Fraser's time In
women's races has been only
seconds behind the leading
men contenders over identical
courses. Explain that II the
gals can't ski
Lady luck took wings and flew
away to Portland Tuesday night
o win for Robert Richards Of
hat city the contest for an
la borate ski outfit which Tacoma
ski club has sponsored the past
month. The winner was announced
It the clubs meeting in the Rose
md Gold room OF Hotel Winthrop.
Tacoma Day Trophy Winners
Iohn Thompson Paul Gilhrsith
md Natalie Smith were present
o receive their awards from the
hub. Colored motion pictures
AIKEN at the mountain during the
arrival events were shown by
I'd Keene, Joe kolesar and Doc
a Gathers.