Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-02-20 | Page 14 | Utah Skiers Take Third in Carnival in Nevada

UTAH SI p ERS TAKE THiRD N CARNIVAL iN NEV NEVADA t DA RENO Nev Feb 20 UP The UP-The The University of California California California Cali Cali- fornia came from behind Sunday to win the annual Nevada winter carnival ski competition by a narrow two points The Bears scored points for first place in the three-day three meet Portland university was second with points and defending champion Utah was third with California won the victory by its performance in the jumping contest after losing ground to Portland in the slalom Other finishers included Stanford U UCLA C L A Nevada San Jose State 2935 California 2451 2 and College of the Pacific 2206 Dick Ervin of Portland and Herb Platt of San Jose tied for first place in the slalom with times of 1 1576 They were trailed by Jon Lie California Dave Taylor Stanford and Lee Wight Utah in that order Longest leap of the day was made by Ernest Petterson of U C L A. A He jumped 97 feet for a score of 2134 points