Show My Two Cents Worth BY LEGRANDE YOUNG If It a basketball team ever liv liv- lived lived ed up to its nickname the Fighting Utes from Uintah high did Just that last Friday night in their victory over Du- Du chesen high Coach Wright deserves a lot of credit for bringing his team to the proper mental peak tak for the Eagle game After Alter the Utes defeat at the hands of on the previous Wednesday and after the way the Dukes had steamrollered all the competition they had made in the district the psych psych- psychological stage was set for FYI Fri days day's upset and Coach Wright and his charges made the most I of it If It Duchesne can come back strong now and defeat tomorrow night the league will go into a three way first place tie ti between the Utes Duchesne willi and the Spartans From the spectators point of view one of the outstanding at at- at attractions tractions of the basketball sea sea- seaOn season son On should be Saturdays Saturday's tilt be be- between between tween the Vernal and the Springville Kiwanis n s team The r 1 tt boast a team corn com c posed of ot some of the greatest crowd pleasers ever to appear in Utah basketball circles La La- La LaVar Var Kump Don Overly and Maynard Bailey were all Seven All Conference stars star Kump rates rate right along with El Eli El- Elwood wood Romney and Cat Thompson in all al time popularity among Utah's collegiate basket ball fans Overly was one of the th finest set shot sho artists and andone andone one of the cagiest field generals ever to perform at BYU Bailey It h ye va vee fast end nd a tricky player He lie was rated as conference all rt BYU in 1945 Accompanying Acc thai these the stars tars to complete the Kiwanis line line- lineup lineup up will be Don Whipple Mah Mah- Mahlon lon Ion and Huck Dyer most ol of ofhie Whipple hie his basketball b who b played tY In Uncle Same Sams Sam Nay Navy is ill big six fe feel ee four foW inches che and a clever anil al handler handl and end passer He H specialises in I such luch tricks trick as asbell ball bell palming palm lg behind the back passes and uncanny u c n nl nh na hip h shots O was all al l state date a at Provo high and later played t at BYU Dyer was ruled inel for scholastic athletics when a at as a Junior in high school he signed a professional baseball buban contract centred c Before going to press last week someone apparently in the papers paper's makeup department robbed me On my prediction concerning the Uintah Duchesne game the last sentence of the copy cORY copy I handed to the editor read Ill 1 11 string along with the under under- underdog underdog dog Utes to upset the dope dope and down the mighty Eagles That sentence was omitted from my column and so it sounded as if If I were on the fence afraid to Jump lump either way Without counting the Ute- Ute Duchesne game my average is still 1000 with a record of at nine correct choices and no misses Here are this weeks week's choices |