| Show ""if faytSSWyil CThc Salt Cake iTrUmn a ! ji® Alf Engen wins Ski ping Crown 10 Joust Big 7 Scramble To Op en Tonight Narrows to 10 ipw iJiVISlOIl Monday Feb 18 1946 Five Games at Murray High Match Top M Men Quintets Two Quintets : Colorado Drops Utah BYU sweaters The ski jump comes down the shady side of the mountain however and was in perfect condition for the contest was 22955 a shade better Four of the first 10 winners exings Sunday with a jump from HoweLson hill at this snow-pile- d than Arthur Devlin of Lakelacld ceeded the course record and three N Y who came in second with tied it "Merrill Barber who was mountain town thir'd with 2282 points and EuEngen’s best leap wa3 30 feet 22945 points and a leap of 255 A bright sun shone from a gene Wilson of short of the national record of 289 fifth with feet set by the late Toger Tokle cloudless sky and 5000 spectators 227 points eachChicago 252 feet leaped at Iron Mountain Mich in 1942 watched the Jumps clad In light Walter Bietila of Ishpeming Mich STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Colo but was 11 feet better than the LP) — Alf Engen veteran course record Sun Valley Ida ski rider won the Engen’s point total based on national ski jumping champion-sho- p distance form takeoffs and land- Feb 17 Five battles are in prospect Monday night when sixteen of the best M Men cage squads in division 10 square off in the Murray high school gym to ply the opening round of the tourney which will determine at least two entrants to the tooth-and-na- From Spotlight il The sixteen-teabracket includes two former champions Grantsville and Taylorsville while two other strong fives are Valley View and Grandview which placed first and second in the district meet last season Wayne Player is directing the big tourney which will play its first" game at 5:30 Monday night when South Jordan trades shots with Grandview followed by a 6:30 battle between Magna all-chur- ch m By JIMMY HODGSON Last week there were four little hoop teams sitting: on the fence in a deadlock for the Big Seven conference basketball lead but along came Colorado — and now there 259-fo- championships next month all-chur- ch Mgr ninwi n rmiia-iit-ainnnT-irw- ot 248-fo- ot Ttre two - Utah and Brigham Young tum- and Taylorsville bled to Coach Frosty Cox’ Monday night’s schedule: Buffaloes and now the 5 :30 p m — South Jordan vs Grandview title race becomes a scrap between 6:30 p m — Magna vs Taylorsville the Colorado and Wyoming 7 :30 p m Bennion vs Tooele cagers 8:30 p m — Grantsville Second vs Draper Second Colorado put on a remarkably 9:30 p m — Valley View vs Smith hot-shooti- Alf Engen flew off the takeoff at Colorado Springs Sunday mighty leaps’ of 257 and 259 feet to capture the United States ski jumping championship for the third time But that’s only half the story Just a little more than a month ago Alf underwent a major operation He had been out- of bed only a couple of weeks and on skis only about one week before the national tourney In fact ngen had decided that he wouldn’t be able td compete But at :he last minute he couldn’t resist the desire to try again ’or BIG SEVEN STANDINGS - Jumps on Borrowed Skis 4 4H nr fil ido 6S I tab 42 Brigham Noting 03 romiBf 64 Colo 4 AM 43 Denver 35 tbU week: at Jener tab HyvsuM vs ft Hirna at Laramie W I tab NUte 62 tome Irida) t Irm t fcatardar : rth 1 sutf TI B T r t Pmo A k M it Ft Collin th ii vs(ok fblft Mat at Denver H ywnlBK Tft 1t Warren at Saturday before the meet he broke his skis in his final practice leap and had to borrow some He got in a couple of trial jumps on the new skis But in his first jump the trial leap Sunday he broke his slick slides again Desperate Alf picked up another pair from a ski pal on the sidelines and without even the benefit of a practice try on the strange slick boards he climbed the steep slope to go after the McAdams and Burke To Battle Tonight 46 Laramie Professional boxing which has been threatening to y accurate display of shooting: the half with in first night sack to Salt Lake for some time definitely makes its reappearUtah but Saturday against BYU the Buffs kept it up both the first ance on the local sports calendar Monday evening at the Fairard second halves as they rang grounds ring up an important pair of victories A promising card has Coach Cox admitted that hia been lined up topped by a pair of so never been d had features quite charges promising eight-rounwarm at the backboard all season The top bout will match Jackie Jf they can continue to pot ’em the Burke of Ogden against Jimmy iwiy ifcey did in Utah last week a powerful puncher McAdams rd Colorado can whip Wyoming B C The two Vancouver from nd clinch the title when they meet are in top condition welterweights Laramie the in at and a great scrap is predicted by game on March 8 Impressario Jim Downing Takes Easy Ones The other headliner will match Paul Davini Salt Lake favorite While Colorado was kicking in Utah and BYU Wyoming took a against A1 Garcia the fast and tP&ir of breathers in Denver and fancy fighting little Mexican from Los Angeles Colorado A & M Wyoming still has to play Utah Aggies at Logan To round out the card Tommy and Colorado A-- & M at Fort ColPaul and Andy Davini will mix it lins while Colorado meets BYU in a and Mike Romero at Boulder and Utah Aggies at and Bobby Peel will match punches Logan in another fight This puts the Utah Aggies In d Two will matches to do some terrific Ihe position Bill Reed start the with program — and after the way the upsetting trading socks with Jim Poppe and "Farmers have picked up the last Joe Rivers facing Paul Gonzales Week or two neither Ev Shelton The show opens at 8:30 p m of Wyoming nor Frosty Cox are too confident about that trip to Fights are planned every other week at the fairgrounds ring for "Logan right now Coach Beebe Lee’s Farmers hit the remainder of the season their peak Saturday when they Jerry McAdams lie’ll fight "smothered Denver under a barheadliner tonight 5 From now Fairgrounds Logon Earns Nod — rage of baskets can be rated a on the Farmers HAVANA Feb 17 CP) Joe match for any team m the circuit Legon 150 Cuban welterweight BYU played some colorless champion wpn an easy basketball against Colorado and decision over Izzy Jannazzo 149 "were completely outperformed by Brooklyn at the sports palace last the fast and alert Buffs Utah night before a crowd of 5000 in played some ragged C basketbaU U but did the first half with SATURDAY RESULTS a good job of fighting back The LATE 60 UCLA 43 use absence of Mel Atkinson and the New Mexico Highland 49 New Mexico 24 illness of Fred Sheffield made a Military Little Creek Amphlblou Bate 50 to N Utah T S 35 lot cf difference the squad Niagara 64 Bonaventure 54 title Kn-Ca- six-mat- ch six-round- er six-rou- nd four-roun- 62-3- BASKETBALL 10-rou- SCOREBOARD rfr fir 4 i 4triViigiieV-iia- rftti-t- Alf Engen Leaps 257 and 259 feet to capture third national He did it on borrowed akis ski jumping title at Colorado i Nelson Edges Ben Hogan For New Orleans Win new Orleans n wpi — Feb Byron Nelson of Toledo O defending Champion fired a sensa66 Sunday for tional a total 277 to come from behind and beat out little Ben Hogan of Hershey1 Pa by five strokes for the New Orleans open golf championship) Hogan took 282 total Nelson’s total 277 was one off the tournament record set by Henry Picard in 1941 and his 66 Was one higher than the course record which Picard set that year and which Nelson equalled beating Harold McSpaden in a playoff for the title last year Byron had nine birdies and three bogeys on Sunday's round and won largely by virtue of some remarkable putting He sank a on the first a on the nine and one from 45 feet on the 11th Sunday’s victory wa3 Nelson’s third in four starts this year and the $1500 prize money lifted his 1946 total to $6500 ar ! 35-foo- er i Go on Road The Utah Pedskins go on the road this week playing Denver Friday night and Colorado A & M cn Saturday The two leaders Wyoming and Colorado have no league games this week so they are going to heap tay tied atop the so Feature game far as Utah fans are concerned will be the tussle between Utah State and BYU The game will be played et Provo Saturday night After the improvement of the Aggies the contest at the Garden City promises to be an interesting and tnabe a close affair e Nevada 58 California Aggies 30 DePaul 69 Long Inland 48 Camsius 53 C C N Y 40 Rorkhurst 51 St Benedict 14 P t'sburgh Teacher 43 Washburn 41 Amherst 36 Williams 30 111 Wesleyan 45 North Central 38 Louisville 61 Morehead 50 Pluckv Flas Wins By TED MEIER NEW YORK Feb 17 UP)— Dartmouth and California are the first of the 1946 major college basketball champions to be crowned The Dartmouth Indians regarded as a pushover at the start of the season but who executed a right about face after losing to Yale on Dec 22 won the Eastern Intercollegiate league title by whipping Columbia Saturday 7 It was Dartmouth’s night 11th straight victory in an overall season mark of 13 wins against three defeats Cornell favored to win the title because of its veteran five finished second beaten twice by Dartmouth California trounced Stanford twice on Friday and Saturday to win the southern division of the Pacific Coast conference with 11 victories in 12 league starts The Golden Bears with a season mark of 22-- 3 lost only to Southern California who finished runnerup at 4 Baylor which departs this week on an eastern invasion of Buffalo 47-2- MEXICO CITY Feb 17 UP) — Bo Plucky Flag ridden by Victor vine of New York Sunday won the stakes $6000 ' added featured Jockey Club Mexicano at the Hipodromo de las Americas The $260 for $2 favorite Plucky Flag was clocked in 1:39 for the mile event- - Primus finished second and Pemojo third NORTHERN P C C RACE By THE ASSOCIATEI Idaho Oregon Stat Oregon 9 FRKS 8-- 7R008&S? Breaks tlie Record Twice But the confident and courageous Engen was not to be stopped In a sport where caution is unknown he put everything he had into two mighty leaps to set a new hill record of 257 and then broke it at 259 Considering all the handicaps Alf’s performance Sunday was n a remarkable achievement — added proof that he’s the greatest in U S history Here’s a little added proof too: Engen is the only skier to win all four U S championships ‘ Alf won the ski jumping honors in 1937 1940 and 1946 He also won the Canadian and North America jumping hon y ors to sweep the field in 1937 He took the national and jumps combined in 1939 claimed the national ski jumps and four-wa- y combined in combined in 1940 claimed the four-wa- y 1941 and was champion of the U S open slalom and downhill Their score and winning Nelson Toledo O 211-61500 209-7— 282 Ben Hogn Hershey P 1000 — Sam Snead Hot Spring Va 315-7i 286 750 Me 215- Harold McSpaden Sanford 72 — 287 600 — Fred Haas Jr New Orleans 218-7289 475 9 475 Dick Metz Chicago 216-- 7 4—290 Jim F rrier Cmcago $333 3? Picard Pa 217-73Henry Harrisburg 290 $333 33 Georg Schneltei) Salt Lake City 217- 73—- 290 33333 — 291 Toney Penna Xlsyton 0 219-7265 217-74O aFrank Stranahan Toledo 291 265 216-7- 6 — 292 Jimmy Hlnee ' Chicago 225 Charlotte N C Clayton Heafnerj 167 50 Detroit Sam 3yrd 167 50 Denny Bhute Akron 0 i 167 50 — 293 Ky Laffoon Orlando Fla 167 50 — 294 Todd Daliaa Tex 222-7Henry 1 to f Usaorth Vines Chicago 105 N T Virgil Shreeie White Plalna 224 73—297 $105 Herman Barron White Plain N T 224-7— 298 $100 Herman Kelser Akron O 224-7- 5 — 299 33 33 III 225 74-John Revolta Evanston 299 A a ih were-Bvro- 6 3 1 1 I 2 ' 22-7- 1 2 i 4 cross-countr- combined in 1942 No American skier can come close to that record Shorts on Sports Roger Langley president of the American Ski Assn will be He will come here from a visitor in Salt Lake City this week the national ski jumps and will visit Alta Snow Basin and Brighton Utah There is more than four feet of snow at Ecker hill Ski club leaders are predicting a great show this week end It will be the first major jumping tourney in Utah for aout five A class B lift was prepared Sunday for the tourney years of the stars from the national tourney will come here for Many the meet 1- Steorts Corners e Honors Tri-Stat- JACKSON Wyo— Lee D Steorts of Salt Lake City skied to the lion’s share of championships of scenic Snow King hill Saturday as this Wyoming mountain town wound up its annual two-da- y ski tournament Sponsored by the Jackson Hole Mason Dixon—Baltlmore Loyola Ski club and open to skiers from took over the lead as American Utah Wyoming and Colorado the university fell before Gallaudet tourney’s final events were run off and Randolph-Maco- n in two upin perfect weather and before a sets Midwest Athletic — Beloit re- record crowd of more than 500 places Coe In the lead as Cornell spectators Steorts put together a second 5 of Iowa registered victory over Coe after two extra periods in the men’s open downhill and a Big Six — Kansas still leads at first in the open slalom to cop the 0 Oklahoma second at Title open combined title He followed will be decided when they meet on this with first in the downhill and slalom to annex the Feb 28 combined in that class Southeastern — Kentucky and two way y combined Louisiana Btate tied for top at 0 crownthree-wawas won by Glenn ChamAnnual tourney will determine California arid Dartmouth Capture College Titles j Idaho 40 Washington 38 California 53 Stanford 37 Oregon State 54 Washington State 33 BIG SIX STANDINGS Anyone who has done any skiing at all knows how important tt is to have the “feel” of the skis And on a takeoff 'the size of the new giant trajectory at Colorado Springs where only brave men dare to jump it was even more important ski-ma- TWO CHAMPIONS CROWNED Bain-bridg- fourth 22735 points tied the mark The second five with their best Jump and points were: Sixth Crosby Perry - Smith Steamboat Springs 248 feet 22125 seventh Barney McLean Lowfy field Colo 248 feet 218 2 eighth Gordon Wren Winter Park Colo 242 feet 21705 ninth James Lawson Ishpeming 237 feet 212 and 10th Harold Sorenson Stowe Vt 235 feet 212 points In the class B event Wahlde-ma- r Fahlstron Lake Placid N Y soared 240 feet to claim top place with 2238 points Fahlstron and New jYork assured Itself of at least a tie for the Southwest conference championship by de0 feating Texas Christian Saturday night Baylor beaten only by the Oklahoma Aggies and Arkansas in 23 games is favored to win the title outright by beating the Texas Aggies on Tuesday Colorado State snared the Rocky Mountain Conference (Little Five) championship by squeaking past 3 Colorado college State won seven of eight league starts Montana State finished second at 2 and Colorado college third at 3 The other conference races shape up as follows: Missouri Valley— The Oklahoma unbeaten in six starts Aggies shoo-in seem a but there still is a possibility Wichita may spring a surprise Big Ten— Iowa leads at 1 and is favored 'to retain championship by beating Illinois Indiana and Minnesota in its last three games Big Seven — Colorado and Wyoming tied for first at 2 as Utah and Brigham Young fell deadfrom last week’s four-wa- y lock for the top 54-4- i 35-3- 6-- 5-- 8-- 7-- tri-sta- te 67-6- 7-- 6-- 1 tri-sta- te I tri-sta- te 6-- SPORTS TODAY IN Local Division 10 M Men Tourney Murray High School 5:30 p m — South Jordan vs Grandview 6:30 p m — Magna vs Taylorsville 7:30 p m — Bennion vs Tooele 8:30 p m — Grantsville Second vs Draper Second 9:30 p m Valley View vs Smith SKI CLUB TO MEET M A Strand president of the Ski club called from Steamboat Springs late Sunday night to say that all members of the Utah Ski club are urged to attend a meeting at 8 p m Tuesday night at the New house hotel to assist with arrangements for the big ski meet to be held here Friday Feb 22 a Norwegian merchant marine veteran who had four ships torpedoed from under him during the war racked up 77 points more than his nearest opponent Ralph Bietila of Ishpeming Mich bettered the course record by one foot when he leaped 249 feet for the longest jump in class B competition Bietila fell on one of his jumps however and lost out in the point scores Other class B winners included Second Charles Sedivic Chicago 2155 points third Don Johnson Duluth Minn 2128 fourth Kenneth Christenson Seattle 20935 points fifth Maurice Burkett Steamboat Springs 2058 points sixth Roger Morse Lebanon N H 2036 points seventh H Devereaux Jennings Aspen Colo 2025 points eighth John Pauley Minneapolis 202 points: ninth Ivan Hall Salt Lake City 2019 points tenth Charles Wenger Seattle 2011 points Devlin took the amateur crown and was followed by Walter Beiti- la of Ishpeming Mich with jumps of 247 and 248 feet and 22735 points Third place in the amateur contest went to Eugene Wilson of Chicago’s Norge Ski club with 227 points Crosby Perry Smith of Steamboat Springs and Barney McLean of Denver placed fourth and fifth Class B jumping honors went to Waldemar Fahlstron of Lake Placid who recorded jumps of 240 and 234 feet and won 223 8 Other class B winners points were: Charles Sedivic Chicago 2154 second Don Johnson Duluth Minn 212 8 third Kenneth Christen Salt Lake City 2093 Maurice Birkett Steamboat Springs 2058 Robert Morse Lebanon N H 2036 Dev Jennings Aspen Colo 2025 John Pauly Minneapolis Minn 202 Ivan Hall Salt Lake City 2019 and Charles Wanger Seattle 2011 Boys’ Club BasketbaH Rotary Boys’ Club vs Kiw'anis Felt Boys at police gym 7:30 p m Boxing Fairgrounds arena 8 fM4Ni p m Whea National Leading college basketball same elude 8t ‘Louis Wondav— Alabama at Tulane at Bradley Tech Georgia at Florida Wisconsin at Hamline at Great Lake Illinois Kansas State at Iowa State Toledo at Marshall Northwestern at MinTennessee at Vanderbilt nesota In- - yo reearvt'L - travel WO Wy “9ewy" year WO WAITWC - teal is PfUT las JUyeies 175 430 bers of Jackson champion von Veadoww fialt Phvlll Steorts of Lake City Ely 370 slalom hile Doris the woman's Southern —North Carolina beat Jackson of Jackson won the downhill aa la Saa f s—cma 1390 Aaftles las aaj 4 Bauer Mt to take over lead but Duke Mens open downhill Hush 37 seconds Lee D Steorts Wsh BOXING Waatbeewd NATIONAL annual tourney will decide cham- Baker 2 SrtiMes Day seconds Sait Lake City 41 Duffy Atkin — New York (9t son unattached :43 2 Monday Nick’) —Joe pionship v Hudson New Cecil Cuncio Haven Conn Glen Steorts slalom 58: Men's open Middle Atlantic — LaFayette up- Chambers — Freddie Schott va Nathan Mann BaltiJackson Hole 601 Dean more — Freddie Russo va Frankie Carto set Muhlenberg during week and unattached 644 Boston — Buddy Hayes v Men’s open combined: Pteorts first Spider Arm now can tie the Mules for first R I — Ralph Zanelli men’s downhill: Steorts aver- strong: Providence — Eiz&rd vs Maxie Cincinnati place in northern division Ursmus age two runsmen’s:41 slalom: Steorts average Charles va A1Berger: Sheridan: Newark N J — vs Grant Miami two runs :58 has won southern division Billy Teddy Randolph LaRover vs Cotton King jumping: Wetzel 5Ineson first Fla —George Ohio conference — Akron leads Jump S3 feet 83 second Montreal — 'Ralph Watson vs Chico Barado feet combined First Steort Holvoke Bass — Kid Chicken vs Jerry at 10-- 1 followed by Wittenberg at combined: First Glenn Ftorello Trov N Y — Danny William v 10-- 2 and Toledo 5--1 Chambers Jackson Women's open down- Freddie Wilson New Britain Conn Pacific Coastl (northern divi- hill: Doris Wilson Jackson Hole Ski Hub Women's open slalom: Elli Bauer sion) — Idaho and Oregon State Mt508 Baker :86 6 Two Wash Fill Bauer first Women’s tied for lead at 4 but Idaho Is bined open: Doris Wilson Jackson downhill favored because its last three 50 8 women’s slalom pftyllis Women’s Lake :971 one y? tit wtAuLd games against Oregon and Wash- Steorts Salt combined TflfUJ Phyllis Steorts while are home at State ington is on the road Oregon State Border — Arizona New Mexico and West Texas State have won various division titles but annual tourney will determine league Have Your Automobile champion — Vermont Title will be decided SERVICED HOW with amazing post-wa- r feature' this week when St Michaels plays Vermont Motor Tuneups In two major upsets Saturday Y Teachers beat Cortland (N Motor Overhaul 8 and Marquette Colgate 9 This humbled Notre Dame Brake Adjustment jfcThe scientific grate principle causes evaporation ofleaves the leading independents as 11 18-1 Brake Reline Harfollows: West Virginia juices before it an retch tobacco-therc- by keepvard 13-- 1 New tYork University ing bowl and item free from "goo" and 14-- 1 Ignition Checkup Rhode Island State 14-- 1 Yale 1SO to 1000 2 (season over) 25--14--4 1 Navy 10-Body and Fender Work De Paul 15-- 5 Bowling Green Holy Cross (season over) 11-- 3 Nevada 22-- 4 Louisville 22-- 5 Notre Dame 14-- 3 St Syracuse 19-- 3 John’s (Brooklyn) 14-- 4 and Tem! 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