The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 22

1 January 1 1941 Wednesday Morning- The Datt gakt rtoihttnt 1 Sports Files on 19411- 0 1 etes 11ar 00 Year 1 1 Cart tretti of The Tribune library doses the files on the11940 sPorts season filing away piclures of three 4 F-111 4 'champions who made history during the past 12 mothsThe pictures left to right are of Alf Engen whelp wOn the national ski jumping title Morris Wolf of iravo who captured the state handball title and Mayor Ab Jenkins who set uP another long list of endurance speed records ots1 the Bonneville salt flats Ir77- 4t i 1 06 l' -motenememerem- -o -h- 4- I -I National 4 Spotlight i 1 iltrenal Le ads To Mass i- i 1 1 -1 ty Jimmy Ifodeson r- Associate Sport Editor The endless parade of sport reaches the as Father Time cuts down the final fleeting minutes of the old campaign leav- 1- ing behind another 12 months of memorable competition golden achievements and a long string of deposed and half-forgotten charts- i pions There haverbeen other years in the sports history of the Beehive I state and intermountain region when more has been accomplished on a national scope but probably' never before has there been such a marked trend toward mass par- 1 ticipation More than ever before 1 the sportsters have deserted tho sidelines and started active par- 1 ticipation- in golf tennis skiing skating fishing hunting softball baseball hiking or any other se- tivity that lends to the general participation trend 1- i TENUIS AtID 1 GOLF 4 4- Tops on court and fairways Left to right Zimmerman Utah open golf king And Gene Smith Californian who on both the Mrs A Moore women's state golf Utah singles and doubles net titles Emery champion 1 1 P1 1 1 0 440: 41b- ommommomummommol i 1 HAPIDBALL) AUTO I COLLEGE' TRAcic FOOTBA It of Utah for the Collegiate stars Left to right Rex Geary and Clarence Gehrke University of Utah leading gridder Jack Harvey of ca)tain who broke the record Colorado's title-winning Buffalo basketeers javelin -614mtdi I 1 em km 10a 4tigabisissahoosasiawois4amakie National Stars But the intermountain region Is not without its stars in the Ma tional sports spotlight? Mayor Ab Jenkins rewrote the record book for endurance speed tests on the Bonneville salt flats Alf Engen captured the national ski jumping crown Colorado university romped away with theMetropolltan invitational basketball tournament Sam Sharman won the champion of champions crown at the Grand National shoot: Miss Beverly Beck took the national junior one-meter diving championship John Geertsen and George Schneiter placed in several important professional golf tour- naments the finest skimen In the world competed in the Federation Internationale de Ski tournament at Alta Idaho university claimed the national intercollegiate boxing championships and many other athletes served the region well in bringing national recognition to the intermountain states Colorado university's brilliant basketball squad which won the New York tourney also walked off with the Big Seven champion- ship to maintain their monopoly on the title The Buffaloes also retained the conference track title with as well-rounded an aggrega- tion of stars as the league has ever seen Grid Championship Football laurels In the -circuit went to the University of Utah Redskins who started slow but finished like a whirlwind The Utah Aggies staged the major upset of the campaign by clipping the Red- skins 7-0 in their only conference defeat Probably the greatest game of the season was Utah's 21-13 4 tory over Colorado which guaranteed the honors for Utah Many fine players were uncovered during the grid season but none was sufficiently outstanding to rate either all-America honors or an invitation to the East-West all-star game at San Francisco Utah university again dominated the very limited swimming compe-y------ tition in the cortege ranks white Brigham Young university'sInex 1 perienced team walked off with the wrestling honors -tinder the guidance of Coach Wayne Soft leading the team for the first time Emery Zimmerman was the big name in Utah golf for the season by winning the open held at the Salt Lake Country club It was the third straight year that the title and major prize had gone to the golfing Zimmermans from Portland Dale Andreason a newcomer to the Utah fairway game captured the state amateur title and Billy Korns won Salt Lake City amateur 'honors Gus Becker took the Intermountain amateur title Korns? Vern Bowdle and JuddyWilcot represented the state attthe national public links tournament at Detroit but failed to place Mrs A Moore dominated the women's competition winning the state crnwn Two outstanding golf attractions were held during the season One was the exhibition at the Country club by Sammy Snead and 1 Ralph Guldahl promoted by the I Utah Gait association The other was the appearance of Patty Berg and Mrs Opal Hill playing against Mrs Helen Bertagnoie and Mrs A Moore With the war in Europe keep- ing foreign racers at home Ab Jenkins had the salt flats all to himself lie shattered an records from 50 kilometers to 24 hours of driving giving him a clean sweep of all records over 10 miles up to 48 hours Frank Mehner was the leading figure in the tennis picture win- ning the intercollegiate city and Intermountain Mies He also teamed with Gordon Giles to win the city and intercollegiate doubles titieS as well as some midwestern events The state tennis honors went to Gene Smith and Pear! Harland of Los Angeles Under the direction of the junior chamber of corn- 0 (Continued ea In trlictfing raeo1 I swimmitiG FIGHTS tr ilIZAPSHOOTINCT SC11001 AND i Sparkle In past Campaign Left to right ming honorsi Gene Robertson Utah's Lyman who won the Great Salt lake standing amateur boxer and Sam Sharman marathon and most of the other local swim- Grand National shoot champion They entered sports' hall of fame I Left 'to title Bill Cowley couch of Morgan's grid right Bob Price star Jordan halfback Virl champions in Class 13 circuit Joe Barney Pierson led Ogden to 'state higli school hoop one of state's best pitmen 4 1 List of 14ditidliat ettict In Utah Sports Daring '49 Seettsonl i-1940 Golden Season a For-Basebll Ity l'efarlewe Branagan 1 1 1 The fading 1 figures of 11940's snorts fraternity In intermountain circles have departed the scene of action forever but aomehow on this glad New Year's day 1 their tteds are bound to crop up for one last 1 "showing" before they Lke the 365 sands of time which bate just elapsed go into the closed book- of history From the day little 1940 bou'nded into thus' sphere of action to the turbulent hour of midnight on December 3a which saw hirn bent broken and aged in the short enacts of 12 months followers of ttports In this section of the 'country were entertained and found entertaining the deeds and mis deeds of sports in various fields t' Out of the panoramic picture of 12 months some sports like some people emerged stronger than they were On New -Tears day of 1940 Other sports like other people found 1940 nothing but a year In which jeers were more frequent than' cheers 1 The trail of 1940 proved it golden one to baseball and high school sports In I general It proved a road with detours and bor row pits to softball professional boxing and wrestling and it was lust another year as far as trap- shooters were concerned Boating enthusiasts rwonl exactly remember 1940 bit they also won't i have anything to forget Pioneer club owners--al most without exception --I found 1940 a boom year They didn't exactly etrike gold in their ball parks butthey did find them to be gold mines More than 500000 fans paid their way Into ballyards from Boise on the north Lake Oty on the -south In this city nearly 190'000 fans attended league genies and 10000 morel pur- chased dticats for -exhibition encounters I 1 Amateur baseball boomed in -rnany sections Of the state and showed a decline In Salt Lake City Leaders of the Salt Lake bon of Artateurhaseball gave up holding their annUal state tourney but down at Levan a whIstle stop on the main sports line ambitious -diamond fans tot together and -promoted an Invitational- tourney (coauaaaa aim too Following Pago) 1 i i i i i i 7 7-'- 4 I W011101111 illgi00---MartiYa nr00111)CIL: 301110r Greenhalgti Boys' Warner Junior girls Midget Koch Men's Idehnr ttd Gordon Giles Women's Groesbeck' and Peggy Meagher Junior Bean and Buzz Love State Collegiate (Continued from Preceding Page) 11 State high Antelope Island Lyman Intermountain A A Seabees )00-yard Lyman 4 Fancy Harris 300-yard medley Spencer 440-yard Tboresen 50-yard backstrok--1ohn Carmen 300-yard medley (1)on Thoreserk Heaton Barker Art Van Tussenbroek Kenny Lyman) 220-yard Spencer Rill Huckins--Downhill Ann Utah Mato Downhill and Slalom Mack Virginia Mack Virginia Intermountain Downhill and Platoon Reid Janet Mack Kathryn Reid Kathryn I 'O Tounianwat Bill Elizabeth Dick Durrance--Blalem Nfincy Rill Red Nancy loo'" Waimea 100-yard freestyle-810er Thomas 100-yard backstroke----13ffles Thomas Fancy Madock 1 100-yard I Tennis WMd Western division Lehner-Western division Wenner and Gordon Giles 0 State High Schad Singles Bob Huta) Brigham Young 4 Provo I Dotibles--Dick Bled and Ralph Ashton -Wasatch Academy tilt Pleasant) City high Przo ack and Field RIR toniver ity Atm' Toug Strata high Sad Lake high Intermountain junior Grand Ainetion Colo Individual Ali-around IL'Invitatiou Crookston 1 apanooting 4 stittliast: I TT AA Snits 1 A handlcap----Gas Recker Stm A Allaround-sDean Hurd flttttt: 4: blitptir-zshan Hanued- state A A Sharman State A A KautsMan 4 3 Wrestling ststa State high Intermountain Jumping Skiing Fredbo: chute Bali: elute Burkett Usesiter Logan Kamp Olsen Combined downhill and Olsen Women'a QuinneY Women'e Reek Women' WUttitiPy Rocky Mondial Asemetatioa Jumping cies Krigen Olsen Logan Combined downhill and 01- Intermountain Men's Mehnor Women's Phyllis Lockwood Boulder lien's Mehner and Don 'road Junior Sinnardi Elny's tem' Mat Open Men's Smith Loa Angeles Women's singleaPsarl Harland Los Angeles Junior Sinnard Pa lknberg Los Ana Midget Koch Junior girls Humidor Mena Smith and Jack Tldball Los Angeles Junior Tunnel and Irving Chapnel Los Angeles Boys' and Bob Iralkenherg los A nge leo Women's Harland and Pat Hover Los Angeles Salt Lake City Alens Mattson 'Ll: In 1 r- '4 at SOFTBALL BASEVALL: I Tournament Redlin Durranca Redlin Ecker 111111 Invitational Alt Ivan lila L'estirersity Tournament Dick They show skill on diam' onds Left to right ball circles Ton Robello right 1 ruiaed the Lenore Weight left Springville softball star Salt Lake Bees of the Pioneer league to 1 Jack Stahl center ace hurler In I soft- the title I I- 1- i 1- I 1 1 i i I 1.