Ruud Brothers Thrill 20,000 at Norge Ski Meet... Fox River Grove, Ill.. The Norge ski club of Chicago held its annual international ski-jumping tournament today. attracting 20,000 spectators who gathered around the bottom of the huge steel slide. Norway's ski jumping Ruud brothers. Birger and Sigmund, competing for the second time at the Cary slide. outjumped leading skiers from all sections of the United States to win first and second place honors respectively. Scarcity of the snow in this section made necessary three carloads of imported snow form upper Michigan to pack the ski slide. Photo shows the two Ruud Brothers from Norway, Birger (#82) won the ski meet with jumps of 172 and 181 feet. Sigmund (#91) placed second with jumps of 161 and 168. by Wide World Photos, Inc.