3 Swiirageffs (Pace A"&0(Q)ini5 Snead,Furgol, Ben 10 Strokes Back; Final Round Today By Sou Newland PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., Jan. 14 -FVSlammin Sam Snead, tb big favorite, lost ground and two less er lights sprinted even with him today to throw the Bins; Crosby $10,000 invitational golf tourna ment into a three-way tie of 141 at 38 .holes. i ' Three-under-par scores of 69 for Marty Furgoasof Albuqtuerque and Smiley Quick of Culver City, faUf trmxrm thc ton m vi-ln rat the lead along with Snead, who toured the course today in par 72. Snead set the pace alone in yes terday's opening round with a sub- , par 69, fashioned in distressing ! weather conditions. - Meanwhile, Hope faded.com- " pletely for the slim Texan every body had been pulling for Ben Hogan. Bantam Ben, playing in his second tournament since his near fatal auto accident eleven months ago, fired a two over par 74 today to give him a two-round total of 151. . . ' : pace as the field prepared to com bat the third -and final round of the 54-hole event tomorrow. Ho gan, incidentally, won the Crosby blue ribbon links derby last year. After Hogan's deadlock with Snead in the Los Angeles open this week, he teed off here as the co-favorite with the latter. Snead had to come from behind to tie Hogan then. This time, Hogan was so far behind there was only the remotest chance of him catching the front runners. The Hogan story took its dram atic turn yesterday when Battling Ben carded a five over par 77 on a course he always conquered with ease in the past Cold, . wind -and a soft course combined with Hogan's fatigue to check the little ex-champion. He was eight ; shots - behind Snead yesterday and in spite of today's 74 lost two more strokes to the front runners, na poor cnips to . the greens today cost him many strokes. . . , . Crooner Crosby's personal tournament, for which he puts up all the money and prizes, annually . is played on the ..three beautiful course sin uus resort area cypress ' Point provides the first round competition; the Monterey Penin sula country dub course furnishes the second days test; the players tackle par on the championship Pebble Beach layout on the final day. .'-''f., iv . U.S. Open Champion Cary Mid dlecoff and Jackie Burke,' Jr of White Plains, N.Y;- finished to day's round only a stroke behind the leading trio. Middlecoff had scores of 74-63 and Burke racked up his total 142 with rounds of 75- 67. Burke's 25-32 was the best for the day and five under par for the Monterey peninsula layout. Fred Haas, Jr., .New Orleans, was well up on the. pace with his 143. four others- Dave Douglas, Wilmington, DeL, E. J. Harrison, Little Rock. Ark-, Ralph Blom quist, Glendale, Calif ., nad Sher man Elworthy,,' San Francisco, were tied at 144. Mulloy Moves Up, Net Meet ST. PETERSBURG, Fla Jan. 14 -Hy-Defending Champion Gardnar Mulloy had to call on all his tennis weapons today to edge Ricardo Balbiers In the semlfin- Jus of the. Florida West Coast tournament ' today. : ' Mulloy' started slowly and lost the first set to the improved Chil ean star A Rollins college stuv dent Then ' the ,lliamian had to go oil out to overcome Barbiers. whose usually weak volleying was outstanding today. The score war 3-6. 6-3. 7-5. 6-4 It was the first time Mulloy lost a set either here or in the 'Dixie tourney at Tampa last week, v In the other men's semi final Tony Vincent of the University of Miami, upset Biddy Behrens, Fort Lauderdale, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0. 6 More Cards Ink Contracts ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14 -ff)- Six more St. Louis Cardinals have signed on the dotted line for 1950, leaving Just five to go, President Fred M. Saigh announced tonight The six were second baseman Bed Schoendienst, outfielder Har old Stamey and pitchers George Munger, Alpha Brazle, Jim Hearn and Cloyd Boyer. - Saigh said the veterans Schoen dienst, Monger and Brazle receiv ed "substantial increases' under the new contract. The only Cardinals still unsign ed are pitchers Howard PoCet, Bill Reeder and Erv Dusak; catcher Del Rice and outfielder Harry Walker. Walker, a veteran who returned to the Redblrd roost In a trade that sent Ron Northey and Lou Klein to Cincinnati, tradi tionally has been slow signing and occasionally has been a holdout Quick Leaders IT YOU ABE DITERESTED Cf SHEET- snbomiG CONTACT Braaih HardwiirD 3S2 Slot Fh. 3CS2 I Kl(D)gaini Hews (Up Would Hop Cliff Wednesday v -it , . . f '. i - ; 1 Sagged Indian Dick Wolfe (above) has his work cut eat for him la one of the two armory mala events Wednesday night when he tangles with the hard-working Portland necro Al Cliff. But the redskin, classed aa the top welterweight In the Northwest, intends showing Cliff Jast why in their eight-roaader. Leaders Coast Both divisions of the City Bas ketball circuit, after five weeks of play, have distinguished leaders now breezing along toward the championship playoff in mid- fCRT LEA GUI STANDINGS (American dnrtston) X. Pet e 1.000 X .000 2 J00 S .500 Pact Woolens Capital Port No. S 12tn Street Market Knights of Columbus Warner Motors t .400 West Salem Merchants S J50 Zapping Lumber S .250 (National division) W I, - Pet. 1.000 Naval Reserves Burroughs Inn City Transit Lines National Guard Poat Office S 1 .7M t MO 1 J00 S 450 Capital Business Marine Reserve CoL S .250 4 J0QQ March. In the Monday night Am erican circuit the Page woolens, with four straight conquests, are a full two games out in front of their nearest rival. And in the Wednesday night National league it's even worse with the Naval Be- servies perched high on top with five consecutive victories, p This week's schedule is as fol lows: Monday night, American loop: West Salem Merchants vs, E p p I ng Lumber, Woolens vs. Knights of Columbus and Capitol Post No. 9 vs. 12th Street Market Wednesday night. National loop: Burroughs Inn vs. Capitol Busl ness College, National Guard vs. Marine Reserve and , City Transit Lines vs. Post Office. Table of Coastal Tides (Complied by V. S. Coast At Geodetic Survey, Portland. Oregon) TIDES FOR TAJT. ORjEGON JANUARY 1A50 ETCH WATER LOW WATXH Time Height IS :13 am 7.T Tlsse Height 3:00 am 2 4 11:47 pm S.l 10:U am f J 424 pm -J II 17 U It 4M am sj 1:43 pm -1J 19 am S.4 S9 pm -1J I -54 am SJ 12:30 aaa 11 am 1:17 -m 11:4S am 1:54 am U:3S pm tae am 1:1S pm SS am i pm JS am 1:47 pm 4:19 am SJ pm 7 .11 pm -1.1 9 At am SS 7Ji pm -as 1M am SJ 27 pm -44 37 am tJ pm .: 31 am 2. ii Ji pm 10:11am SJ 102)4 pm 1J You can buy Johns Manvill lnufation,at low a 7Vic por tq. loot... '.,.;.. ';. InGty Loop A. B. C. Insulation Co. 63 No. High Fh. 3-3713 iresfey J At Armory WednesJjfjty Double Mainer To Top Show - Wednesday's fifht card has been listed as a "March ef Dimes" event and a pereent age of the proceeds will re Into the polio fond, according te Jerry Stone, chairman . ef the sports committee of the Mar lon eeanty drive corps. The double main-evented fistic program snowed out week before last Is on again at the armory Wednesday night. The VFW spon sored, Tex Salkeld . promoting shindig will feature two eight roud special and a trio of four masters, first of which will com mence hostilities at 8:30 o'clock. Indian Dick Wolfe, the rugged redskin who believes he has no peer in the northwest in the wel terweight division, and Al Clifx. the hustling Portland Negro who never has had a bad fight in the local ring, are to mix in the ton eight-round scrap. The fast-mov ing jerry Strvtz takes on an op ponent yet to be named in the other eighter. Joey Ortega origin ally was to have faced Strutz but couldn't make the weight. Strutz only last month returned from a sojurn In the middle west where be fought 10 bouts in Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois. Since being dis charged from the army at Fort Lewis, to which he was attached when he first began boxing In Sa lem, Strutz has improved greatly and is now figured as being in the same fistic class as the clever Ortega The veteran Portland "slugger. Johnny O'Day will go postward against Johnny Huckabay, a new comer from San Jose, in the six- round special. Huckabay is expect ed to give O'Day all the light he wants. This one may well end in a kayo one way or the other. . The top four-round prelim will pit Gordon Nordstrom, Portland heavyweight hopeful, against Johnny Rebel, gamester out of At lanta, Ga. The curtain-raiser will be between Duke Dixon, Portland and Bill Carson, Vancouver, Wash., welterweight. ' Ticket sale for the card will start at Maples Monday. Stripp Gives Boot. To $40,000 Kid Ace ORLANDO, Fhk, Jan. 14 -(AV Jee Stripp said today that Joe Andrews, yevng Massaehasettes cstcher-e-ntflelder for wnem the Boston Braves had reportedly paid ever $41,001 to sign, had been dls missed from his school of baseball for a training Infraction. Andrews, Stripp said, missed the 10:30 pjn. bed cheek Friday night Stripp last rear dismissed his own nephew for a similar Infraction, 2 Softball Factions Wage Battle "Hit PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 14 -(AP)- Rales ef the National Softball congress are consistent with requirements ef the Na tional CoUegiato Athletic associ ation, Larry Walker, NSC execu tive secretary announced today. That's the newest development In the off-the-fleld softbsll bat tle! The NSC rival organisation of the Amateur Softball associa tion of America which Is recog nized by the AAU, came Into ex istence three years ago. At Its 1I4J meeting la Chicago, It drew p a new set of rales and submitted them to the NCAA. Walker Quoted from a letter received from H. C WiUett of the University ef Seathern Cali fornia, chairman of the NCAA eligibility committee. "We do net find la year eli gibility rales anything Inconsist ent with the rules ef the Nation 7i kbz Burma ail grades TO? PBICES FAIDON ALL GRADES CASH ON DELIVERY Also Walnuts la & Shell LOEIFEII iZO Norfli Front SL OpsjB Eraty Dot Excp4 Two Lea Wins Arcadia 'Cap AKCADIA, ' Calif- Jan. 14 (VTwe Lea wen the S50.OO Saata MargariU handicap ever a Held of mares and fillies at Santo Anita la the mad today. Grabbing the first major stake at Santo Anita for the Calamet Stable, Two Lea trav eled the mile and ene-elrhth in 1:5245. The Fexeatcher Farm's Gaffery was seeead. The King Kaneh's Bat Why Net third and Honermoon fonrth in the eight-hone field. A erewd of 1201 braved a drlxxle ef rain to see the card. Twe Lea, the favorite, paid W and $2.71; Gaffery $S.4t and S&A0, and Bat Why Net $4. The .win was worth 125,700 net to the Calumet Stable. Bearcats Top Pioneers Again (Continued from page 12) Gengler broke the LCs away from a 24-24 tie Into their 31-28 midway, margin., Van Pelt, the Pioneer's six feet, eight eincher, hit for 10 points in the opening 20 minutes, and Loder was close be hind with nine. ' Four minutes Into the second period, Loder banged in a close one to put the WUs out front, 33-34 and Doug Logue immediate ly followed with a lay-in to put it at 37-34. The 'Cats kept a bare two points above the foe up to the 15-minute mark, then began to pull away with Guards Lou Scrivens and Hugh Bellinger pro viding the spark. Bellinger hit for his 13 points in the last 20 min utes. - Nine Infractions were whistled In the last two minutes and In that small space of time, with the help of the two-minute rule, no less than four men left the floor via fouls. Chuck Robinson exited for' the WlTs and Downey, Pol lard and Wahl were Pioneer in fraction victims. The .Willamettes had a snappy shooting record of 22 field goals in 60 attempts while the LC's were getting 22 in 67. Effective ness at the foul line was the de ciding factor. Willamette sank 26 gifters In 33 tries while the Pioneers holed out 17 of 30. Loder built his big total on six buckets and nine free tosses.. Lou Scrivens was next high for the 'Cats with 14 and Bellinger fol lowed with his 13. Van Pelt's 12 was best for the losers. Wluaaetto (7) (11) Lewis anS Clark e'er 40 Brouwer4 113 4Pollardi till Locuex 4 10 si Van Pelt.e 6 0 1 12 Scrlvns.f 4 014' Downey ( 0 9 10 Bellngr MonUfJ S 7 413 Wahl.f 2 15 9 0 0 1 0 Gengler 2 2 0 10 UMillsi MM 4 4 Henry 0 10 1 0 0 0 Paulson 0 S 1 2 0 I OPaul 0 1 MUUlej Robinan.e Evans.f Bryant i IMlsley 0 2 2 2 Totals 22 28 22 70 Totals 1127 6? lYea throws missed: Wlttafoette 7. Lewis and Clark 13. Halfumo scors: Lewis and Clark 31. Willamette 28. Of ficiate King and Fawcett. Lighttceight King In Seattle Bout SEATTLE, Jan. 14-W-Ike Wil liams of Trenton, N. J, the world's lightweight boxing cham pion, will fight a 10-round non title match here Jan. 27 against John L. Davis of Oakland, Calif., it was announced today. EOCE BOXERS WIN LA GRANDE, Ore., Jan 14-G9V Heavyweight Bob Terry won by a decision over College of Idaho's Ed Niau tonight to give Eastern Oregon CoUege of Education a 5-4 boxing . tournament victory. Their fight was the hardest slug ging : and fastest of the program. The coUege teams meet at Cald well next month for a return match. al -CoUeriate Athletic associa tion. Tea understand, I trust. that ear NCAA rales concern only national meets held under NCAA ausnices. and tnas psra- ci nation In such meets must meet not only the simple basic eliribilitr rales ef the associa tion, bat also the rales of their . swb institutions and eonfer- .eneea. "Tea may find that participa tion In seftball contests under year rales may render the par ticipants Ineligible In some In ter-eeUegiato conferences, hot It womlir be quite hopeless for any organization Uxo years to estab lish a set of rules that would agree In every particular with the rales ef the many eellere eeafereneee throughout the country. The NSC. betiamlnjr its fourth year ef operstione, hae active organizations la 31 states, Cana da and Mexico, Walker said. PilCIOIIG CO. fbonsT 3-7633 Sunday, t a. m. to 6 p. m. Ducks, leavers Look to NexSt Gage Tilts . By tW ait dated Pm The first ef their fear Intra state clashes new ever, both the University ef Oregon Webfeeto and Oregon State Beavers cage teams new leek to their next tasks In the northern division race. Beth teams bit the read Into Waahlngtea this week as the straggle for supremacy gets ap a full head of steam. Ceaeh John Warren and his Webfeets, downed by the Bea vers at Corvallla Friday night and new possessors ef a one wen, two lest record for league Tag Teannieir Tops Airmoiry Mai Show Another of the always liked and equally stormy tag team scraps tops Matchmaker Elton Owen's weekly mat production at the arm ory Tuesday night, same to follow a pair of preliminaries starting at 8:30 o'clock. Owen announced Saturday that one of the appetizers would feature George Strickland, the popular blonde and Cowboy Tommy Heinz, newcomer from Cheyenne, W y o. The other will be assigned' Its gla diators later. The main event has as lis fair beaded clansmen Seorge (The Mu scle) Dusette and the newest sen ution Owen has brought to the local mat wars, Ted Bell of New Jersey. Bell and Cr,t his assortment of tricks have made a big hit with the fans since his arrival here 'two weeks ago. He has one of the best as a partner in the always welcome Dusette. They'll go against nasties Leo WaUick, of the pile-drive "hold" and none other than The Great Atlas, whose tremendous muscles are exceeded only by his ego. The loquacious Atlas has been on a vacation from these parts for the past few weeks. Same holiday didn't last nearly long enough, in the opinion of many customers who have seen Mr. A. in action. But he is nonetheless a right ca pable operator and should make a dandy crony for Wallick. The latter was considerably irked over the inefficiencies of Jack Lips comb as his pal in last week's squabble with Al Szasz and Maur ice LaChapelle. Harry Elliott will referee the card. Scarborough Howl Brings New Pact WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -UPh- The Washington Senators sent a new contract to Ray Scarborough, their star pitcher, today to re place the one the North Carolin ian tossed back at them Friday. Vice President Calvin Griffith declined to disclose what amount the Nats are now offering their ace righthander, but it is believed to still be below his 1949 salary of approximately S 17,000. Scarborough, who won 13 and lost 11 last season, became the club's first holdout when he re- Scarborough ???? 18-2 Spts 2 jected a sizeable pay cut in the original contract sent him this JSlSSW'!W(SPBSSj' You Cam Build. Repair or Remodel Through P!LAK' Our Own Independent Financing Plan is Available to You Stop In and Let'e Talk H Ore Material Monthly Payments Cost 12 Me. 24 Mo. 38 Me. SaOO 4.391 oi i-co lOO-OOj 8.87 J 4.191 X2Q 200.001 17.55 0.18 091 C00.00 1 4381 22.851 15.07 1 700..001 6141 32.121 ZLZ3 1000.001 07.72 45.C91 31.04 j 1500.06 1 131.581 COJn 47.0 l"j 2500.001 219.331 114.71 1 70X31 Can be eetnplete job. Material and labea. play, travel to Seattle to play the Washington Haskles Friday and Saturday nights. At the same time Coach Slats GUI's Beavers wm be at Fallman to play Washington State la the final two games el their annoal ser ies. WSC anal OSO split their first pair at Cerrallis. Following the Friday - Satur day dates at Fallman the Bea rers lay ever util Monday and then tangle with the Idahe Van dals In Monday and Taeeday night tuts at Moscow. These games will be the first for Gal Swingers Await Tourney TAMPA. Fla.. Jan. 14-VThe fourth annual Tampa women's golf tournament opens Thursday with probably the finest field of femin ine golfers ever lined up for a Florida event. All three former winners Babe Zaharias, Betty Jameson and Pat ty Berg have entered the $3,500 tourney. Louise Suggs, women's national open champion, will play. So will Marlene Bauer, 15-year-old CaU fornian recently named the out standing U. S. woman athlete for 1949. In addition to Miss Bauer, other high ranking amateurs entered in clude Grace Lenczyk, 1948 nation al amateur champion, Betty Mc Kinnon, Peggy Kirk and Polly Ril ey. The tournament is a 72 -hole medal play event, with 18 holes a day Thursday through Sunday. Hi-Y Hoop Results Englewood No. 2 won a lop sided Gra-Y basketball game at Salem YMCA Saturday, and Gard ner and Doggett teams won in the Junior Hi-Y league. Play in the senior Hi-Y league, with five teams. Will begin next Saturday afternoon. Englewood beat Swegle 42 to 2. with Michaells' 11 points leading scoring. In the Junior Hi-Y league Gardner club beat Ostrander 45 to 12. Wilson scored 18 to lead the field. Doggett club edged out Edwards. 28 to 21. Friese .and Engle each scored T points for the winners. .' For Heal Trucks ana. Stakes. Pickups Do Your Own wwnf, Save M Packing Fads and Band Tracks Furnished. Ccalral Serried Garage Cor. Ferry and liberty Phono 2-8082 DOIIT BOB JUinOR'S BAITK! YAW rj S3, izih The) Statosanon, Scdem. Oregon. . - Ceach Chock Ftnler'a Vandals stnee they dropped m pair to Washington at the start ef the leep cantpalgn. T Next week the Webfoots re tarm to Cogens ea Friday and Saiarday nights to play Wash ington la the retarn games. Fal lowing their aeries at Meeeew, the Beavers will be Idle tmUl Febraaxy 3-4 when they play Washington: at CervsHls. The next Oregon Oregon State rame win he played at Eageae Febraary 10 and the final two tuts at Corvallls Febraary Z4 and Eagene February 25. Harfa Agent? Scares Colts BALTXMOIE, Jan. If -(A?)-The Baltimere Celts said today they went seek Notre Dame's Leea Hart because they "dent think he's Interested la playing pre baU. ' '.r: . - The Colts had made the 250- peand AU-America end their first draft choice la the AU-Asaerlea conference and the Detroit liens held the same tab en Hart In the National league before the two loops eeneelldated. Abraham Watner, Celt presi dent, said today he had notified Detroit it will not contest the Lions for Bart at the organtiattoa meeting of the National-Ameri can football league next week In Philadelphia. . "We made Hart a salary offer and Instead of giving us a reply he told us to sea Us agent," Wat ner reported.' "It decent look as If he wants to play pre ball. We arent going to deal with any player through aa agent." Frier to the merger. Hart had announced ho would consider 525.009 a. year "as a starter" In pre baU. : ..: UoGOULD Siraioblcn Bent Hails Bd, V7H do Idler iHsn ihsll - : la fact our intorast la your hornet ownership plans la ao great that we bar stablished a now department at Uiat convenient KZTTH BROWN locaflon, lis called fh F JUL ADVISORY AND ASSISTANCE department. What It do la help you plan, ewumat and organize proper conatruo Hon gaonrinq tor your new AskL...iherelsnoahcirge. May wo help yout ComfcsQulddv Tho LA SALLE Fan-GIo Ocsloiro delivers: cbundant rafleded Infra-red rays abundant ian-forced healed dr three speed overall heat cosdrol largo safety grUIo prolecflon 19.85 LUMDnh CO Sunday, Jcmnarr IS, IS MnaJlqcge, Sid Show Set Americans, Norwegian Aces to Test Talent CHICAGO, Jan. 14 -W- The 44th annual Norge Ski club Jump ing meet apparently is destined to be conducted on man-made snow at suburban Fox River grove to morrow. Predicted snow failed to faU to day, and it looked certain, that the meet, with a strong American vs. Norwegian flavor, would be jumped off 230 tons of ground lee sprayed on the run-way and hllL The field' Includes last year's , winner, Norway's Petter Hugsted, and American Champion . Art Devlin of Lake Placid, N. Y who set the Norge Hill record of 203 feet when he won the 1947 meet Olympic Champion Hugsted paces a nine-man Norwegian team which is captained by one of the sport's great performers, Blrger Ruud. : j The Norge event is something of a preview for the world title competition scheduled later this month at Lake Placid. Stayton Schecls Amateur Boxing STAYTON Sponsored by the) Santiam Bean Festival committee an amateur boxing card will be presented at the civic " building . Tuesday night, 'January 24, at a o'clock. Some dozen bouts will be staged, all under AAU rules, i Pairings will be made as far as possible, on a. basis of weight and experience and matching of, the contestants wiH not be made until the sluggers have arrived. - Mickey Pease, director of the Pal club of Portland, will bring a number of boys to the affair. A three-round exhibition bout will be put on by two Golden Gloves champions from the Pal club, it was announced. noma. " IUI4I II If I I I