Show Cowboys Launch Drive to Hold Hoed Big Seven Lead By WINTHROP CADY While the Wyoming Cowboys are in Utah seeking to or pr their Big Seven conf conference rence lead Utah and Colorado in m se ond and third spots will battle battle to catch the Cowboys the ha way on the Boulder court 1 The e Buffalos who would like to retain their conference crown and the Indians Indiana who will be trying desperately to lift it from them Will viii meet in a game which virtually virtually virtually vir vir- vir- vir will eliminate the loser from title consideration The Cowboys face a fairly easy game In their first of the week weekend weekend i end a matinee performance with the Utah a at Logan O On Saturday night how however ver Bill Ken Sailors and their Cowboy mates will l be e forced to do some fancy riding to keep from being bucked out of the lead when they meet B BY BYU Y U on n the undersize Cougar court The Utes will face Colorado State at Fort Collins Colllns Saturday and Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver after playing BY BYU U on Friday Fri Fr- day will meet the Utah on Saturday The Utes entrained on their eastern eastern east east- ern em trip Thursday night without two of ot their best players Val players Val Sheffield Sheffield She She- field who Is nursing an injured ankle and Elaine Blame Openshaw who was counted on to do reserve duty in Sheffield's post Openshaw was declared ineligible for having played with Ecker studio of Salt Lake City last fall fail before the collegiate collegiate col col- campaign opened Wyoming is favored to take the into camp with an easy margin but the Farmers have de developed developed de- de the disconcerting habit of dropping the games that look easy for them and winning the hard ones The have the further advantage of a two weeks' weeks off lay-off to prime for the tilt tm The chips really will be on the theline theline theline line when the Punchers meet B BYU Y U for there is much doubt that the Wyoming club can work its tricky man five-man attack on the tiny Y court To beat the Cougars they probably will have to win as Utah and Colorado did with long shots Stopping the Buffs on their home court court court-a a feat which has not been accomplished in league play in the new Colorado fieldhouse looks fieldhouse-looks looks like too much of ot a task for the weakened weakened weakened weak weak- ened Utes On the other hand Colorados Colorado's ace Leason Lesson McCloud who le leads ds the conference scoring race has ha been suffering with a cold and probably will not not be in top form e Frank Skinny Fullmer expected to start at forward hi tor Brigham Young university's Coo Ces gars ars against Denver Denver's cage Fr Frt da day night at Provo Pro Denver only league team learn to d df f feat teat Wyoming must halt its ill ii i JD game losing streak this week c t find itself without a chance to fl fir ish in the first but Is U t e to bow to the Cougars in Fridays Friday's game Stan Nielsen BY BYU U guard w s missed a practice session bettor of a lumbago attack apparent will be in good shape for the Del Dei Delver ver game Don Overly will be ti Ii other Cougar guard with Dale R Re Reat at center and Dwane Esplin at it o 05 g forward post and either Dale Ht HOB Ha of ot Frank Skinny Fullmer at tt C other Coach Vadal Peterson will start Ken and arid Oil Got Anderson at forwards forwards- Vaugh Bennion at center and Bill J hI hIson son and either Deb Smith or Mj hi ft Atkinson at guards for the |