Show I Four Split First Place Dough uh in hi Crosby Opera Open B By Russ land Newland PEBBLE BEACH Gal Cal Jan 16 Bing uPi UP Bing Crosby's personal golf I tournament the one for which he puts up all the money and has as much fun as any was one of the most unusual in its year nine-year his his- tory The hole 51 invitational affair which the professionals and amateurs amateurs amateurs ama ama- fight to get into ended Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day in m a way four-way tie for first place among the pros There willbe willbe will willbe be no playoff They split the money for the first four places equally Among the pros Slamming Sam Snead national P G A champion putted himself out of undisputed first place by missing an eight- eight footer on the final green His for the three rounds was equalled by Dave Douglas Wilmington Del Jackie Burke Jr White Plains N NY Y Y and Smiley Quick Culver City Cal Douglas las Hits nits The quartet each p pocketed o 0 c eke k e t e d for their individual indi pro I efforts Douglas b grabbed an extra I for finishing third with Johnny Johnny Johnny John John- ny the Hollywood Tarzan in the pro-amateur pro with a best ball of In the pro-amateur pro competition there was a way two-way deadlock for top money Amateur Bud Moe of Spokane Wash and pro Ralph BlomQuist of Glendale Cal tied Don Edwards San Jose Cal and Marty Furgol Albuquerque with best ball ban scores of for the three rounds In the passing golf parade was one whose rearward position was I strange to the gallery of thou thou- I I sands He is little Ben Hogan former triple champion national champion national ChamPiOn national open P G A and western open open open- who is fighting hi his way back after I a near fatal auto accident 11 months ago I I Also Rang Ran I Ithe Hogans Hogan's g s dramatic comeback inthe in inthe the Los Angeles open last week when he tied for first place with Sam Snead was still fresh in the minds of the onlookers who saw him trudging soggy fairways here e e. e I Hogan will twill meet Snead in m the I playoff Wednesday in Los Angeles But he was only an also ran in inthe inthe inthe the classic Eing Binh Crosby scramble Hogan couldn't conquer cold rainy weather and three tough courses Cypress courses Cypress Point Monterey Peninsula and Pebble Beach Beach Beach-as as ashe I he has in the past He had scores I of 72 77 for a It didn't even land him among the the 15 winning money places Ironically Hogan Hoban once invincible invincible ble bleon won on the Crosby event a year ago o with an eight under par I This time he was seven over O 72 Par Tar I IPar I Par each for the three courses courses' Is 72 Snead posted scores of 73 72 t for Cor his 21 1 Dou Douglas las went for I 71 73 Burke took 75 67 I Quick made it with 72 69 I If Snead tossed away his chances j I Iby by missing missing- an easy putt Burke year old comer was equally guilty by three-putting three the green grcen He was one under tinder par up to there with a chance to win top money moncy I Second Spot I Douglas Dougla counted a lucky break I to grab his part of the tie Coming Coming Coming Com Com- ing up the fairway his second i shot h headed to the ocean beach I but the ball hit a rock and bounced I Iback back to the fairway Douglas Dougas shot shota a par 5 out of oC it J After the way four-way place first I tie came two other sUed at I They are Fred Haas Jc Jr J. New Orleans Orleans Orleans Or Or- leans and E E. J. J Harrison St. St Andrews Andrews Andrews An An- drews Ill Cary Gary U. U S. S open champion tied with two others at Former champs Byron Nelson Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son Lawson Little and Lew Worsham Worsham Wor- Wor VorI sham finished with 27 all out of I the money ney |