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TTnsi5l . Vy Whitney -Martin i Wide Wot Id Sport Columnist ;WVORK, Jan. 8-()-The publicity fiven to -Army's fine football team last fall might lead to the impression that West Point is a one sport school, with our future generals concerned only with" caving- in - some- guy's--ribs with a vicious block or giving him permanent housemaid's- knee with the' same kind of a tackle." ;This impression- would' 'be lightly : in error, i The winter sports schedule for i the a'pproXi-! mately two" months between Jan. 6 and March 3 listsoio less than 103 different-intercollegiate events and encompasses 10 diff5rent ; sports. " . The high- point on this program is Jan. 27," vhen r 15 different team, events are scheduled for the Cadet.".-" ? , The winter program includes schedules for varsity, junior var-t tity and plebe teams, and the sports involved are basketball; gymnastics, hockey, swimming, wrestling, track, boxing, fencing; Title shooting and pistol shooting; t. No., matter what's happening; rover the rest of the country, ap-- parently there has been no sports. ; de-emphasis at the point, whose ' graduates . have shown the sound - value of their undergraduate ath letic training. i 'i And just in passing, the very thought of letter writing, wiring, ! telephoning and conferences in i volved in arranging and carry,-1 .itig through such' a schedule ! .makes you slightly dizzy. With 10 sports to - choose' from . . an( three classes of competition, there Tmiist- be very few cadets who .aren't on one team or another j. whether they emerge with cal . i louses bn their . trigger fingers from the rifle and pistol matches I;. or 'cauliflower, ears from vvres-s Mling. i - - i Thil Helm French. ! Our distinguished colleague; . SSgt. Mark Barron, who covered the -drama" before joining the : armed services writes from some town in' some country where . some of our boys are located: . i "Your 'FOB Berlin' correspond-! ! ent can report this. In one town j I bounded into I saw Marcel Thil I the former midleweight cham-i s pion. He is in good shape, now : i doing athletic training of young stcrs in the French army. ! '"He got a couple of medals foit ; his work with the i French resist-! ' ance. The Germans; chopped down! ! the door of his apartment but I fortunately he was! away. He alscj n in the coal and! wood business! in aN town which xannot be re-j ' vealed. ays tell Mjke Jacobs and Dan Parker 'hello. Li glit hp r Called Aicay Al LJghtner, Statesman sports editor, was ' called away from Salem late Saturday night when word of Illness In the family reached here. Lightner and) wife went immediately to Cali fornia to be at the bedside of Sirs. Llghtner'sL brother who was reported in a critical con dition in a Modesto, Calif., hospital. National Football Biggies "Patch and Pray" Today By Jerry Liska ! CHICAGO, Jan. 8-'UPJ-Con- t fronted by -; its sharpest. I'patch r od-iray" test since Pearl Harbor, 'the National Football league as - sembles here tomorrow for a four s' -day Session of player drafting and i acnedule and rule-making. . j i Commenting little on the possi '! ble results of a federal work-fight : dictj with sharp teeth in it, league j officials generally concur -that on i j ly time will tell rwhether the 11- I club j circuit can go to - the post next;fall.; . - v 1- " ' I . If here is any silver lining in the louds over the play-for-pay ' business, it.' is that ' professional : gridders can dovetail war jobs .and footballing. Actually, ;, this has been going on for two seasons al ready and, last season some clubs ... lutd as many as 70 per cent of ' . their pla-yerf working in essential i industries. . i ; i FOR CERMANY'S VICTIM S A soldier Inspects one of a supply of funeral nrns found - V hen Allies captured, a Gernsa concentration camp la Schinaeck-NatzvUler area cf France. ucks Bow tb Iii Opener, Cougars Knock From 1st Place; PULLMAN, Wash., ' Jan. 8.-JP) -Washington State's Cougars opened their northern division Pacific. Coast conference basket ball season tonight by defeating the University of Oregon 46 to 36, knocking the Webfbots out , of a ; tie for first place in conference)' standings. WSC led . at. halftime i 2 to 19. ;"v ' Mort Joslin, Cougar guard, led, the attack, for Washington State, ' scoring 15 points after' Oregon; concentrated on .bottling, up. Yince.; Hansen, high-scoring " Cougar center. By the same process, Del Smith, Oregon forward; was able to take high point honors with 16 after the Cougars stressed check ing of Guard Bob Hamilton. 'The' Cougars maintained a four to five-point lead through the second period until field goals by Smith and .Wilkin's brought the Webfoots to within one point with five minutes " to play. Starting with a 35 to 34 score, Joslin then scored three quick field goals to clinch the victory. . , - It was the Cougars' first game, in -conference competition ana put them alongside Washington as the only undefeated teams in the, league. Oregon . previously had been tied with" Washington with two victories and no defeats. QHEGON M) . WUkins (f) ........ Smith f Hays (c) ... B. Hamilton (g) .V - fg FT PF TP 2 0 2 4 '7 -t 5 18 2 0.4 1.2 1 4 3 1 2 2 4 10 1 2 0 1-2 1 -15 ' 8 16 . 36 FG FT PF TP 3 2 " 15 r 2 4 4 4 0.8 2 4? -.3 2 1 12 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 : 18 10 9 46 Bartelt (g) Allen (c) Kotmk (g) ........ - Total? . ... w. a. c. ) -Jaegin tf Gregg tf) v-r . ... Hansen Ic) Rennick ( e) G. Hamiloon g) Notebloom (f) ... Waller ic) Totals HalfUme score: Washington State 24. Oregon 19. Free throws missed: Smith. B. Ham ilton 3, Joslin. Gregg, Waller 3. G. Hamilton 3 Johnson. Officials: Elra Hunter and Bill Fraz ier both of Spokane. Leslie Volley Champs Named The Chickenhawks, Buzzards, and Crows won volleyball cham pionships at Leslie in the month's play just concluded. The Chick enhawks (4th period) beat the Pigeons (first period) 18 to 16 in the seventh grade finals, ;the Buz zards (second period) downed the Bluebirds (fifth period) 17 to 9 in the eighth grade, and the Crows (sixth period ) thumped the Con dors (third period) 16 to 7 in the ninth gride. ' The Chickenhawks and Buzzards tangle Thursday noon to see who meets the Crows for the school title Thursday, Jan uary 18. The three grade win ners will play Parrish's cham pions on January 22. Two hundred and fifty boys took part in the sport at Leslie, the fif0i intramural activity to be concluded this year under the di rection of physical education in structor Harry Mohr. Ping pong, basketball, shuffleboard, and box ing are the current activities on the junior high school program. The league had 280. players on its active list last season and about 310 who performed. What ever inroads the proposed crack down on 4-F's . may. make four representative clubs have report ed that 4-Fs comprised 70 per cent of their rostersrr-the league can expect little or no help from a draft list of 300 or 400 collegians to be reviewed. ,!? Manpower will be the No. 1 topic, but there's a strong possi bility that the league may unleash its first retaliation at. the proposed All-America conference which al ready has snatched such stars as Angelo Bertelli of Notre Dame and Bill Daley of Minnesota and Michigan from the National loop's drift list. 1A : -1 This could develop if the league takes from the table the franchise applications ; of three men who now are , committed - to the All- vA Hi' wsc 46 to 36 Oregon Quintet Play Tonight Hunter if " 1 i '' it. i- mm If',:- K -4, - -IS 1 Tea, verily! ; A Duck hunter all ; set fori the ! first game of the, i ' annual civil war seriesj between J Oregon and OSC next Saturday is Bernie McGrath, J sharp shooting Beaver guard. The two team play at Corvallis. : Lt. Cbmdr. Williams Reports, Great Lakes GREAT LAKES, 111., Jan. 8-UP) -Lt. Cmdr. Rollie Williams, who won fame as a University of Iowa basketball coach, reported for duty at the Great Lakes naval Trip of Quints TiedrCity Loop - Three of the, teams "deadlocked for the league lead in the city bas ketball loop moved ahead in last night's; round of games; on the Willamette university maplecourt The fourth member of -the leadership-knot,' Maple's, fell by the wayside j by forfeiting, to TalhptJ when tney couldn t put a lull fiyfe man squad of players on the fldQr due to ; conflicting engagements. Int the two tilts played General America i conference Christy Walsh of .'Los Angeles, i Anthony Morabito of San Francisco and Sam CordaVano of Buffalo. I 'I ' ; i 1 "1 Bieep-Busters Set to Scrap for Revolving Trophy Seven Tusslerin Armory Polio j ! Ifs all-out for the Mario county polio fund tonlxht at the Salem armory when Eltoa Ow en's ligkt'heavies stag a f-maa elimination rasslin toarney, pro. i eeeds from which will g toward 1 the relief; of infantile paralysis. i Sere Itr-popolax perfonn ': era havo donated their services i for tonight's . : tourney. Tough : Tony! Bom will lead six other mat men. in pursuit or the Boss, .trophy, to; be presented the tour ney victor. ,t Coast Champ Jack; Kiser,. Gqst Johnson Back Da ' vidton, Ernie PUuso, Ivan Jones . and Newfomer Frenchy i Belieu, will also vie according, to which-. : ever position' they assume 'after Coaches Polled On Grid Views' j Rule Changes' Brewed i I In Questionaire ; i.: NEW YORK, Jan.S--Ahswers to a 201 paragraph questionnaire will .give the ; national football coaches; association a program for its "first i full-fledged - conventioi since Pearl Harbor in Columbus, Ohio, this week. . . . The questionnau. was . drafted by. Lou! Little, chairman .of the organization's - rules cornrnittee, from answers the Columbia. coach received to a : previous;, letter in which he asked 700 grid teachers, both in the armed .forces and. on the campuses, -what they , thought of the present code. : ' No matter whaf the coaches vote it won't change-the code directly because! their action" will be re-1 ceived as suggestions only by the national Collegiate" rules group, which is headed "by Harvard's Col. William Bingham. Bingham re peatedly has said the NCAA code would remain frozen for the dur ation. . j : . " i i In the questionnaire the coaches were asked to give their reactions to the six changes adopted by the eastern; association last summer, some of which permitted passing anywhere behind the line of scrmW mage, prohibited out-of-bounds kickoff? and okayed running witn an? opponent's fumble. ! i ( f ; l j Other paragraphs dealt with the elbow block, return of the goal posts to tiie goalline, placing the ball 20j yards' inside the ; sidelines after an j out-of-bounds cutting down the two-minutes allowed for the making of substitutions and limiting the gltme to a specified numbef" of plays instead of four 15-minute quarters. The latter j is supported; by mid-western coaches especially training center today as athletic officer; He replaces Lt Cmdr. Paul fTony" Hinkle, detached last October for Pacific duty. Finance downed Chemawa 27 to 8 and! the Willamette "Frosh tip ped Funland 31 to 20 to keep pace with the Minutemen. High poi honors- for- the session ( went ; Jenson of the Frosh . with Counters.! . - . j . j . Next action for the loop is slated for Thursday . night when , the iTosn piay xaapies ui a game pre viously postponed. I I General Finance (27) Yocom 4, Barlow 8, Ullman 2, Clark 6, Farnam 4; Chemawa (8) Ban ner 4,1 Albrich 0, Sanders 2, Wild er 2', Farlow 0. '.'l . ': I ! rrosn m a i; Jensen tz, Seller 8, Crening 6, Hadway 4. Nixon 4, McReary 2; Funland (20) Morris 8, Russell 8, W.-Valdez.4, Dalke.iA. Schwartz, zr. CA' Cliiirchmeii vprai nopping The' city A. Church ieaguers got off to a flying start Saturday niit at the YMCA' as the American Lutherans posted a 28-18 win over ?irst Eyangrikal; the First Baptists swamped. Presbyterians, 66-17; ajnd the Calvary Baptists-edged Salt Creek; 28-21. The 4A church league session for this week wffl be held on. .Wednesday, .njght,. miVx .the Baptist clashCalvary against the First ChurrA headlining a tiiree game'Xrblic.Y - -rK- I first EvaastUcal It 2s Amcrlcia Xtttk. Brown; 14) r . (8) Ramus! M. Hilficker (1) .CZ , (5 Meyei Nash U L G 3 Tumnu. Tint Baptists (M) (17) Preskyterlaa Fox 1S w: V . ....... .!) Brow Cross. (22) ..... r .. , , (2) McOain Broer U31 C 3) McGee Craig (UJt o m Fowler Goffrir m G X) Faught i SH Crek (Xty . (ZS) r Thtenca ) :F . vaiwock (3) ,.,';,; r ;;-, i Fast -.jLa.. X- : t) Hartman . (5) Adams 48) Zahara r HiMebrand G (4) Hoock J (4 Blumc Reieree : Harold Davit- iimnir. Jim Dlmit. - - if ' , - ; , , Baslcctball Scoro s i Washington State , Oregon 3S Kentucky 75. Arkansas State 6 : Iowa State 50. Nebraska 3 : Great Lakes 5J. Valparaiso 38 Georgia 37, Clemson 30 drawing takes place nreeedinr -the opening match. Matchmak er Owen will contribute his ser vices as referee.'-. v,.r -i ; '. Excluding the government tax. the expense for, ring preparations and percentages 'to the boxing commission and the Legion, .all proceeds will be turned ever U the polio fund. Eugene held a 'i. wrestling rally en s similar basis : recently. It was reported a tre mendous success. . .. i : . ' , h Tonight's card .. could easily ! turn Into a scrappy shew, what, .with ' fast-moving, ' onef all-15 t minute matcher scheduled. The rassler who draws position Num ; ber. One - meets Number ' Twoy Home Aftct 26, months overseas, Captain Henry; Singer," former' Salem athletic star, returned to the - capital 'city , late Sunday. Singer starred on the Softball diamonds while in Salem, several times pitchlnr teams to top spots In , the Oregon State tourney. While overseas with the army - he continued his' athletic pnr " suits as much as possible, and played quite a bit of Softball in North Africa, on Corsica, and in Italy. i Tonight! Salem Sophs Host Chemawa While the jvarsity ' bunch; hoops k; up in Albany, Salem high s bril liant sophomore band plays: a dou ble header j tonight oh the villa courts against the Chemawa In dian A and 9 squads. The Chemawa varsity and the Vlk sophs mix it up in a regular Marion county B league game at 8 o'clock. Thus far the Salem out fit has won pne league game, de feating Hubbard and lst another to St. Paul. For a season's total,, however, they have six wins to their credit, only a single loss. I a 'iL ii- . i l a series wiia ine oaiem aacrea Heart Academy, originally slated to begin , Monday, has been post poned until January 23 and 26 when the sophs and the Academy exchange games. ' '. j Headman Frank Beer of the Sa lem outfit win probably open to night with Bill Hill and Dick Alp lison, forwards; Rod Province, center; Roger Dasch and Dick Hendrie, guards. A preliminary bill, between the Chemawa Bees and the sophomore second string, win open at 6:45. I WU-YMCA Vie Tonight A badminton match between Willamette i university - and the YMCA team has' been scheduled for .7 pjil. 4his evening at the Y, The match iwiU consist of four sets of men's doubles and I three sets of women's doubles. Keith ' Brown's -Won three straight frorh t Hartman Brothers, Woodburn copped ; three from Senator Barbers,. Goldies of Sil verton whitewashed PGE, Good Housekeeping edged Court Street Radio Appliance 2-L and Salem Golf Club trimmed Master ; Bread b the same margin in Commer cial league bowling ,on Perfectipn alleys last i night. Frekar, Golf club, took high game honors with a 243, while-Dyer, Keith Brown's, capped high-series," 577. : " Hanaicap i Filler- 150 Gwynn ... , ;j y 179 3 MS 14 137 181 1M 3 39 14 180 485 178456 J69 40 138468 Kistner r , ' T .: ,.:.141 Friesea I 190 Asfoby . .... , ., 176 - Toteh ZlL. .-. 83S 74 H8S S3T3 SALEM COLr CIX'B ?) f - ' Haman 200 188 155-543 Parker - - - m 150 145433 HendriO . 13S 134 US-f-371 Pftrar - . , . 144 154-41 . Totals .B3 751 705 3314 KEITH BEOWS CO. CS) Dver 203 189 176 178 104 167 185577 171496 145483 134300 185574 Finsinger East . Farrar Walters 149 -.ass 142 .-223 Totals . ..... HARTMAN Handicap K. Bark ... Albrich Hartman Welrh McKinnej1 . , ...875 K 30 -.lit 15S Ll43 117 138 814 820 X509 BROS. 30 136 143 148 150 135 . 30 CO 143397 , 148449 150439 125402 120391 2t ToUVf .713 740 715 2168 I AA:::hA , Tourney Number Three meets , Number Four, ete. Mat . Man Number Seven draws a bye and enters the semi-finals. The rewardthe &om cup Is ample Incentive for the grapplers. Only Jack User, Walt Achiu, and Eoss have their names inscribed on the , ehp, which Is to be won three times before . becoming a permanent possession. Previous experience with the elimination tourneys has proved highly successful. Tonight's card, staged for a, worthy cause, should draw a healthy-, sised - crowd. .Tickets are en Vale at Maple's and biffing' sUrts at.10 In the armory arena ' . . i .' ; Vikings Meet uint .-"Tonight's Session r Rated as .Tossup Salem high's . hard-trying cage crew, bent on getting aboard , the Win. 'Band .Wagon before the As toria series Jbere". this . weekend, travel to Albany tonight where they hope to start a victory skein at the expense of the' Hub" City Bulldogs. - :- Y.I The organization of this year's No-Name, league is in a turmoil and whether . tonight's clash is "to be counted as a league ; game or not is still undecided but that's of little matter to either the Viks or the Bulldogs. .Both have met with little success this season in sofar as the win column is con cerned, although both have shown indication of improvement. To night's contest is rated as a toss up. ' ; ; Brown wiU probably open with the same five which went down scrapping 42-26 against Oregon City Friday night. That- quintet consisted of Loren Helmhout and Al BeUinger, forwards; Tom Boardman, center;. Jeff Lowe and Gene Mason, guards. In tonight's preliminary, Herm Schwartzkopf 's unbeatcd Jayvees try for their ninth straight win against the Albany Bees. The Schwartzkopf five wiU be without il the services of Joe Carroll, sturdy jguard, who encountered- poison pax. The opening five win prob ably be Del Herman and Neil Beamer, up front; La Verne Hei bert in the center slot; and Ken neth Albert and Frank Deckebach, guards. Chicago Hurler Fleming in Army CHICAGO, Jan. 8.-P)-The Chicago Cubs reported today that Pitcher Leslie (Bill) Fleming, a nine-game winner last season, had entered the army, club; officials said they", did not know when Fleming was inducted or where he now was stationed, ' A resident of Yuba City, Calif., 30-year-old Fleming pitched in 39 games last season, ,; winning nine nd losing 10. The previous season he had a 10-1 record in 11 appearances. ' Game Fish Bag limits To Be Talked Saturday PORTLAND, Jan. 8-(iV-Game fish iag limits and other regula tions ( wiU ; be considered at the Oregon state game commission's annual hearing on angling rules here January 13. WOODBURN : Handicap Shorey - Austin - Hicks Perd Steel 38 ..181 -137 -172 165 159, 38 189 169. 189. 153 .131 3S114 165 835 107413 154515 17 4M 170460 Totals... 852 868 813 2533 SENATOR BARBERS () Hauser - . J.;J83 181 Welty . 139 in Clhie Sr., ., 171 15 McCun. , , 132 j 15S Dahlberg 198 178 160523 111372 ISO 509 192482 134510 .Totals . 822 797 77T 2396 GOLDIES OF BELVERTON (3 DeGuina . , 7 193 173325 Thrush -.225 191 155571 Klrchmar ... ,148 163 171484 Herr 161 M Benston 140 162 117-419 ToUlS 821 819 777 2573 PORTIAMO G. . Handicap Ralborn ,. ... . Howell - Clark Greene - . Bo tsmaii . C CO. " i 29 -.'tB. 1M 173 . , 129. US 149168 87 150481 152-78 134451 149508 176W503. .193 167 .158 169 Totals .113 821 770 2408 GOOD HOUSEKEEPING (2) Handicap 8 - 8 D. Duncap J22 !H Talbot ... 120 197 Jones . M J65 107 Mills .: : J60 183 McCluskcy . , H38 14S a- 24i 179533 146463 146418, 107450i ISO 483 Totals . 768 818 785 2371 rni PT K KADIO APIL. Ill Curtis I., - -. I3 143 176452; duBuy 1 158 184331 TeUer rH 140 157 153 451 Gustafsoa.- 1 HO 145-50T Kay Wl " t72 183-60aJ ToUls .749 800 799 2348 Albany Q Sam Snead Wins j ' ! . ... . " ji '! ' 1 - - .. 3L. A. ;Golf Open v Comes From Behind to Overtake Four Others; Scores 69 and 71 A By Russ Newland ! ibk ANGELES. - Jan. Mj'rVNonchalantly knocking Li fou-foot putt on tHfe J8th ereen, 1 have to beat in golf, woo the I9th nament today with a 72-hole score; of 283. . , - I i ; 't- ,.'-; . ' s - -: -4 - Winnah! Ik V 7. Sam Snead, who Monday came vp from fifth spot In the Los Anreles' golf open pennant raeej to cop the entire tourna ment with a 7Z-hole score ; of 283.- Rosters, Named For Jr. Wheel Complete rosters for the eight- team Parrish - Leslie . basketball league that swings into action Thursday afternoon at the North Capitol street school were an nounced by Team Coaches' Bob Metzger, Bob Keuscher, and Har ry Mohr, Monday. The accurate list? includes:' Parrish, Catdinals Capt Carlos Houck, Cliff Girod, Ted Covalt, Ron Cummings, Waldo Unruh, Tom Juza, Hunt, Birkes. parrish Grays Capt. Bill Day, Paul Nieswander, Loren Spenee, Ralph Morgali, Ed Baker, Al Sisk, Gordon, Russell, Lawrence. Parrish Greensi Capt Hugh Bellinger, Ed Paul, Keith Far num, Charles Knight, Bill Fas- nacht, Dick Sogge, Davie Cham berlain. Parrish Reds Capt. Ken Gib son, Bill Schieman, Lowell Spa gle, Don Wilson, Corky Shafer, Bruce Harbaugh, Warren Os borne, Frank Garland. Leslie Whites Capt. Bob- Funk, Winston Cobb, Bill Johnston, Bobbie Johnston, Ray Turner, Larry Kleinsmith, Dale Fussell, Carol Graber, Ray Eberth, Joe Mipei, Don Boatwright, Don Clark, Don Brennan. Leslie Blues Capt Don For tester, Mike Glenn, Don' Jones, Don Ray, Ken Wright, Ray Cum mings, Bill Paxson, Duane Bow- en, Delbert Miller, Jack Anun sen, Delbert CabiU, Allan Klein smith, Wallace Nelson. Leslie Golds Capt Jerry He Real, Tom Paulus, Doug Sus milch, Lowell Mikkleson, Chink Blakeley, Ross Cox, Bill Johnson, Darald DaMoude, Don Goertsen, Rollin Cocking, Douglas Rogers, Jim Moore. I " Leslie Blacks -r-Capt Harold Culbertson, Bill Sproule, Bud Mi chaels, Jack Miller, Ray Walden, Frank Campbell, Corliss Light ner, George Frederickson, Gene Garver Wally Wengenroth, Jerry Arnold, Bob Ensminger, Lyle An derson. WaltOns Meet On Wednesday Members of the legislature -are cordially invited to. attend the first meeting for 1943 of the local Izaak Walton chapter Wednesday night in the Eagles halt' starting at 8 o'clock. The ladies auxiliary will serve a buffet lunch. :"v.?l Annual reports for the year just dosed, and new committee ; ap pointments are listed on the pro gram, as well as final team stand ings in the membership drive just closed. - Newly appointed chair men of the game committees in the house and senate are expected to be present . ' Announcing the Opening in Salern jof Piiilxin .Veterinary Dospiial 2360 Fairgrounds Road - Large zzi Phone 6585 If No Sam Snead the man they all- annual LosAngeles Open tour-- fte.. . I i ...... r.jm ' Hm The hitter , from v ' Hot Springs, Wa.', scored ;his t victory the hard." way,"too,v'coming. from : behind to overtake four- others. " He turned the Irick with a 33-36- d, two under 'par 35-38--71 Ri-; viera course. ..' ; He passed up Byron Nelson,' To-. ledo, 0.,' . biggest ' money winner ; and leading golfer of '1944; John' Revolta, Evanston, 111., Ray Man- grum, Los. Angeles, and Sam Byrd, ; Detroit" Mich? Byrd and Revolta ". led the Virginian by two strokes., at the end of the third, round. NeJ- ; son and Mangrum-were . "a ; shot. ahead. . I . . Snead teed j off today on even '. terms with Harold , McSpaden, Sanford, Maine, each with 214 ' strokes for 54 . holes. ' McSpaden, winner of the Los, Angeles Open; last year, made a' stout bid to re-, tain his honors, -He posted a, fi-. nal 70, for a total count of 284.- , Nelson, Xoo, battled it out in a neck and neck race'. . He missed , his big chance' on the 18th green where a 20, foot putt stood " be-. ween him -and a tie with Snead.. He missed the putt j and ' change . to play off for top prize. .-It was a. $1,000" putt. ,T - . Snead .tookj first - money, $2,666 , in war bonds and . Nelsons 284 ( gave him $1,600 in bonds, the same as. McSpaden. --r . - Byrd, 'winning $1,066, followed . with 285. Revolta and' Mangrum shared the-' 287 bracket ' and Sgt . Jim Ferrier, Camp Roberts, Calif., carded a four round total of 288. : It 'was Snead's third victory in" the ' five tournaments played - on ' the current winter open circuit. ' . :' Can't, Play Hiisky V-12ers : Out Friday . r SEATTLE, Jan. 8 (P)- Because navy V-12 regnlations permit bas ketball only ion alternate JFriday nights, the University of Washing ton will be able to use but a part of its strength, against the Idaho Vandals here Friday night ; As a result of the ruling, coach Hec Edmundson said today he would use the civilian half of the varsity "throughout the game, as the standout service fiveDon Mc Milan, Bill Vandenburgh, Bob Lemman, Bob Gill and Art Ander son--will not, be available. The starting lineup probably will include Norm Carnovale and Joe Cremeling, forwards,Dick King; and Bob Jorgensen, guards and Dick; Brooks, center. All but Brooks are freshmen. The civilians are the team which represented Washington at the Astoria bas ketball jamboree last month. The trainees will be available again Saturday night WIL Baseball Confab Plans Are Canceled TACOMA. Wash, Jan. t Western lateral Heal directors will net meet her Wednesday as planned. League president George Abel said the manpower situation made for- wacertalnty and the league will await devel opments at . the -Pacific coast league meeting. - - . V w Elotao Inoalntlon Am VP1 TO 33 ,W FVZL COSTS- ' mil ESTIMATE rooo STORES ; Phone tilt . .. Cer. Liberty Center St' . V Sndl ikiaals Answer CaU.' 2-1593 r