Show Selects All-Conference By Clint Barber The Big Seven this season produced probably more outstanding basketball stars than in any previous For that it was a tough job picking an all-conference VERN GARDNER FLOYD VOLKER Eleven members of the Chronicle staff recently polled their all-conference and a composite was based on two points for first team and one point for second The stiffest competition was at RANDY CLARK All-Conference FIRST TEAM JIMMY F Wyoming RANDY F BYU VERN C Utah FLOYD ARNIE G Utah SECOND TEAM F F Utah C Wyoming G Denver Jimmy Ev Shel-ton's pint-sized is one of the best forwards ever seen in the Wyoming fans say he is every as good as Kenny Reese's biggest assets were his his fancy FERRIN JIMMY REESE floor and his sensational two-handed push which usually made from remote Randy Clark of BYU won the other post after terrific over Jim Cleverly of Utah State and Leon Watson of Utah Randy probably received most of his plaudits for his performance against the Utes He has a quick one-hand shot which is hard to stop and he's awfully He was a high scorer for the second-highest scoring team in the Cleverly and Watson both were Cleverly was especially hot against and even though his total scoring average was not he was one of the scrappiest players in the Watson was one of the most steady performers the Utes would probably have been on the first all-conference team had it not been for his Gardner and Watson recently set a Big Seven scoring record for the year with and ended up third highest scorer in the Vern Gardner was an easy unanimous choice for the center post Although he had Mike of Wyoming as his closest there was no doubt in anyone's mind that Big Vern was the leading center in the He led the league in scoring with an average of 16 points per and was effective on the His one-handed pivot shot was his would have made a lot of all-conference His and agility made him a great man on the and fourth highest scorer in the Arnie all-American in 1914 had no trouble making this year's all-conference was one of the top scorers in the despite the fact that he played in fewer games than most of the top His play-making as a man and a was Floyd Vol-ker of Wyoming demonstrated well his ability in the Utah-Wyoming when he repeatedly took the ball off both and joined in the Wyoming Jack Hauser of Denver and Brady Walker of BYU gained second team positions mainly through their scoring abilities and great floor Hauser was second high scorer in the which is unusual for a Walker was high scorer for BYU in the recent Utah |