The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-02-25
HIGH CLASS SKI EVENTS
 ON SUNDAY

file of spectators at thinner pro- portions than usually seen at the finish of the annual Moller Cup Ski race, those who did turn out aa the Douglas Island Ski Trail Sunday witnessed skiing of a caliore outshining any of past years.
 Heavy snow. well packed, made for fast trail conditions on the weekend and entry of contingent of really expert skimen from An ehorage and Arctic Valley Ski clubs brought a new high of per- IoImance.
 individual laurels of the two day meet were taken in stride by Hugh Bauer. former University of Washington and nationally rated ar now residing at Anchorage. He was pressed by one of his own team members, Chuck Hightower. The best Juneau riders could do in tne mems events was to take second places in the DoWnhill and Sialom along with third and four ta spots in the combined scores. There were no outside entries ilf the womens or Junior events, SO the cups for those races stay at hone. Bonnie Randall, wo- mans class A winner was tossed al added plume when the An- c1crage experts graded her as un- doubtedly the best woman skier now in Alaska.
 Local Men OK
 Though nearly all mems indiv- dual honors went to Anchorage aboard the Army plane from Fort Richardson, local men did fair lob Of holding up their end in the team competition between picked fcur-man squads from An chorage and Juneau.
 Total average combined time of the Anchorage team was four minutes. 341 seconds. Juneau's combined average was 4:46.4. Rep resenting Anchorage were: Bauer, Eightower, George Johnson and harold Hartman. Racing for Ju- neau were: Dean Williams, Buddy Hunter, Norman Bucy and Jim Rude.
 The above four Anchorage skiers competed individually in the Mems Class A events. TEe six remain ing members of the Anchorage party ran with the Class B men. All those coming here from An chorage competed jointly for the Arctic Valley club at Fort Rich ardson and for the Anchorage Ski Club
 Individual winners in the two- day Southeast Alaska champion ship meet, grouped by event and class, were:
 Ciass-A Men, Combined cTotal time for two slalom runs
 and downhilD
 1st-Hugh Bauer, 2nd-Charles Hightower; both Anchorage.
 Me1S SItSS X, cidfohh
 (Total time for two runs) 1st-Hugh Bauer, Anchorage; 2nd-Dean Williams, Juneau; win ner's time-762 seconds.
 Mems Class A, Downhiil
 (Moller Cup Race)
 Course approximately one and one-half miles: 1st-Hugh Bauer, Anchorage; 2nd--Norlnan Buoy Juneau. Whining time regarded as fastest ever made for Moller Cup though no previous record for exact ceurse) minutes. 36.3 sec onds.
 Mems Class B, Combined
 1st- Don Mertz; 2nd- Joe Young; 3rd-Gene Brady, all of Anchorage.
 Mems Class B, SIalom
 1st-Joe Young; -2nd-Don Mer- tz; winning time totaled for two runs: 73.4 seconds.
 Mems Class D0wnhiIl
 Course approximately enc and ene-fourth miles: 1st-Don Mer- tz; 2nd-Joe Young; winning t.me: 2:376.
 Junior Men, Class A
 Combined: lst-Al Shaw.
 Slalom: 1st-Al Shaw.
 Downhill: 1st Earl Grass; 2nd- Al Shaw; winning time 2:53.2.
 Women's Class A
 Bonnie Randall first in Down. hill. Slalom and Combined.
 Wcmcn's Class B
 Combined: 1st--Yvonne Goss.
 Junior Girls
 Combined: 1st- Sheila Mac Spadden- .. Slalom: 1st-Mary Thibodeau. Downhill: 1st-Sheila MacSpad- den.
 Senior Mems Jumping
 lst-Charles Hightower, Anchor az; 2nd-Iver Skattum Juneau; 3rd-Hugh Bauer, Anchorage. Longest jump-Hugh Bauer, An chorage: S2.l feet.
 Competitors keaped praise upon Course Setter Joe Werner for the fine course he set for the A-Men's Slalom, under snow and terrain handicaps.
 Sundays racing climax was fol- lowed Sunday evening by the an-