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Show . 7 " : -3 i m i Oh A Young 'U 9 Hits High Scoring Stride To Crush A, C, 66 - 34 BIG SEVEN STANDINGS W L Pet. Brigham Young 1 0 1.000 Denver 1 0 1.000 Colorado State 1 0 1.000 Utah State 0 1 .000 Wyoming 0 1 .000 Colorado 0 1 .000 Utah 0 0 .000 THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE Friday Brigham Young- at Wyoming; Wy-oming; Colorado State at Utah State; Colorado at Denver. Saturday Brigham Young at Colorado; Colorado State at Utah U; Denver at Wyoming. FRIDAY'S RESULTS Brigham Young 66, Utah State St. Denver 86. Wyoming 34. Colorado. State 41, Colorado 89. By LaVERL CHRISTENSEN Young university's point parade par-ade against Utah State and stunning stun-ning upsets by Denver and Colorado Colo-rado State over favored Wyoming and Colorado U quints set the 1941 Big Seven basketball race off to a spectacular start Friday night. The Eddie Kimball-coached B. Y. U. cagers, putting on as phenomenal a shooting exhibition as witnessed here in many seasons, sea-sons, completely routed the visiting visit-ing Aggies, 66-34 and stamped themselves as a championship contender. Cowboys Fall Led by a rangy sophomore center, cen-ter, Harold Peterson, Denver put the skids under Wyoming's tout-eft tout-eft Cowboys, 36-34, despite brilliant bril-liant work of Willie Rothman and Bill Strannigan of the Laramie contingent. Colorado State had to overcome over-come a nine-point deficit in the last 10 minutes to conquer the defending champions, Colorado university's Golden Buffaloes, 41-39. 41-39. Colorado had spurted ahead, 31-22, following a half-time deadlock dead-lock of 21-all, but the Aggies went to work, and on the crest of a magnificent rally, Walt Bergman, Berg-man, CSC guard, tied the score with a charity toss and then slipped in for a set-up just before be-fore the gun sounded. Cougars "Hot" Twenty-seven field goals in 57 shots a 47.5 per cent average tell3 the story of Young U's crushing defeat of its traditional rival. Utah State, i After starting out slowly, being held to a 6-6 deadlock at the five-minute five-minute mark, the Sons of Brigham Brig-ham warmed up to their chore and sent a dizzy procession of baskets through the strings for a 215-15 half-time lead. The assault continued in the second half, and Mentor Kimball removed his regulars with the score reading 46 to 25 and nine minutes to go. The reserves didn't seem to weaken the scoring punch and 20 more points swished through the strings before the gun halted the massacre. It was withal one of the most severe shellackings an Aggie team ever suffered at Provo." Although indiviciial stars were many, Stan Nielsen and Don Overly, B. Y. U. guards, were probably the outstanding men on the floor. Big Stan was all over the court as he held the Aggie captain, Roland Reading to five points and swished in 13 himself him-self for top scoring honors. Overly Over-ly started most of the Cougar scoring drives down the floor and tallied 8 p"oints himself. Dwane Esplin, who shoots seldom sel-dom but is deadly accurate when he does, let loose, made six goals over close guarding by Evan Baugh, Aggie mite guard. Dean Gardner's rustling was effective, and Dale Rex, center, made an 1 ' I'VE WAY I 7 VK BUY VMI A Actually all I had to do for credit ras to present my license certificate and I drove away in ten minutes on a set cf Miller "Geared-to-the-Road" tires And I made my own terms too. That's what I call a really friendly credit plan. AUTO RADIOS BATTERIES on Easy Terms MILLER TIRES 127 West Center St. -Provo improved performance that was one of the game's highlights. Frank Fullmer and Lloyd Brink were sensational in reserve roles at hitting tile hoop, each making eight points in about that many minutes. The strong reserve line was something to behold. The Aggies, making only 18 per cent of their shots count, were never in the game after the first five minutes. Grant Cullimore, sub forward, was the most effective effec-tive Aggie performer. Three of the upstaters John Putnik, Reading and Jack Mayne, the latter an American Fork boy were ejected for . excessive fouling, foul-ing, Putnik going out before the game was 10 minutes old. Keith Trane, former Dehi high flash, did some nice work at guard. The Cougars this week invade Wyoming and Colorado U courts Friday and Saturday night, respectively. re-spectively. B. Y. U. G T F P PF Esplin, f . . . . 6 2 0 12 0 Gardner, f . . 1 -3 5 2 Rex, c 4 1 0 8 3 Nielsen, g . 5 4 4 13 2 Overly, g 2 8 4 8 2 Brink, f 3 3 2 8 1 Fullmer, f ..4 1 0 8 1 Wiemer, c ...0 1 0 0 0 Giles, g 0 0 0 0 0 Orr ,g 1 0 0 2 0 Hunt, f . . 0 0 0 0 0 Snow, g 1 1 0,2 1 Christensen, g .... 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 27 25 12 66 16 UTAH STATE Baugh, f 2 1 1 5 1 Reading, f. 2 2 1 5 4 J. Mayne, c 2 4 2 6 4 Drakulich, g 0 1 1 1 2 Putnik, g 0 0 0 0 4 Ryna, f . 0 11 1 1 Maughan, c 1 2 1 3 1 Hughes, g . 0 0 0 0 0 Cullimore, f 3 2 1 7 0 Trane, g 1 2 1 3 2 Simpson, c ...12 1 3 1 Totals 12 17 10 34 20 Score at half: B. Y. U. 29, Utah State 15. Officials: Woolley and Smith. VJIieekr, Former T Gridder, Bis JEROME, Ida.. Jan. 11 (CP.) Melvern S. Wheeler, coach of the Buhl high school basketball team and former captain of the Brigham Brig-ham Young university football team, died during a basketball game here Friday night of an ap parent heart attack. Wrheeler was refereeing a game between Buhl high schools when he was stricken. He is survived by his wife and daughter now visiting vis-iting in Grand Junction, Colorado. After playing at Salida, Colorado, Colo-rado, high school. Wheeler played on the B. Y. U. varsity squad for three years at center and cap tained the team when a senior. Billiard King Is Hospitalized CHICAGO. Jan. 11 (U.P) Willie Hoppe, who insisted upon attempting attempt-ing to defend his world billiard championship in a challenge match although influenza had sent his temperature to 104 deerrees. todav was taken to St. Luke's hospital. His physicians, who attended him at his hotel room after he collapsed attempting to play the eighth and final block of his match with Jake Schaefer, Jr., of Cleveland, said the transfer was a precautionary measure. i FOUND THE EASIEST IN THE WORLD TO TIRES ON CREDIT" Wot) ' ' T ' ' i- i rt- SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1941 H PCS' hi) Provo, Lehi Bow To New Contenders; A. F. Wins Alpine District Standings W L Pet. B. Y. High . , 1 0 1.000 Pleasant Grove 1 r 1.0O0 American Fork 1 0 1.000 Lehl 1 1 .500 Trovo 0 1 .000 Lincoln 0 2 .000 FRIDAY'S RESULTS li. Y. high 81, Lehl 26. Pleasant Grove 29, Provo 27. American Fork SO, Lincoln 28. Flashing the stuff of which champions are built, ' Pleasant Grove and B. Y. high two teams that have been starved for basketball bas-ketball recognition in recent years today usurped the spotlight spot-light in Alpine district following their victories Friday over Provo and Lehi, respectively. Pleasant Grove, victor over Provo, 29-27, and B. Y. high, surprise conqueror of touted Lehi, 31-36, clash Friday in the Women's Wo-men's gym in the feature battle of the district schedule. American Fork shared the league lea-gue lead with the Vikings and Wildcats by edging Lincoln, 30-28. 30-28. Supporters of Pleasant Grove and B. Y. high were deliriously happy following their team's triumphs. tri-umphs. The winner of the game Friday will be the team to beat for the district title. Other games this week pit Lincoln Lin-coln against Provo on the latter's floor, and Lehi at American Fork. Game stories follow. P. G. 29 Provo 27 In a rough, thrilling game that would have been a fitting climax to a great season instead - of a first-round game, Pleasant Grove further established itself as the team to beat for the district title by nosing out a gallant band of Provo Bulldogs in the provo gym. Making a good per cent of their shots and controlling both bank-boards, bank-boards, the Vikings took an early lead and increased it to 16-12 at half time. After dropping six points behind their foes, the defending de-fending champion Bulldogs staged stag-ed a desperate rally, .led by Mali-ton Mali-ton Rasmuson and Walt (Pete) Prusse, and went ahead 22-20 just before the end of the third quarter. quar-ter. Kelly Giles tallied from the siue to tie the score, 22-all, as the final quarter began. With Giles and big Elwood Sundberg scoring. Pleasant Grove took a 28-24 lead with a minute and a half to play. Junior Preece tanked a foul pitch, and Grant Richins added a field goal to move the Bulldogs to within 27-28 of the Vikings. Sundberg "sank a foul pitch seconds before the final gun to clinch the victory. Sundberg Shines Sundberg was the big gun for the winners, breaking through the Provo zone defense for 16 points. Kelly Giles picked up 10, and Lloyd Walker played excellent excel-lent ball, controlling the Provo bankboard. Provo had more shots than their rivals, but only Prusse could connect. He rang up 12 points a"nd played a great game. Mahlon Rasmuson and Grant Richins played their best games of the season, fighting to keep their team in the game, passing well, and coming through with baskets when they were needed the most. PROVO G. T. F. p. Itasmuson, f 3 1 0 6 Preece. 0 4 3 3 PruHse, c 5 4 Z 12 Richins. gr 2 2 1 B Coleman, g o 3 1 l Phillips, gr 0 0 0 0 Totals 10 14 7 27 PLEASANT GROVE G. T. F. P. Carter, f : 1 0 0 2 Giles, f 3 4 4 10 Kumihcrs, c 7 4 2 16 West, gr 0 1 1 1 Walker, g 0 1 0 0 Baxter, g 0 0 0 0 Totals 11 10 7 :9 Score by quarters: Pleasant Grove 7 16 22 29 Provo 6 12 22 27 Officials: F. P-ixon and Swenson. 4Y' Hteh 31 - - iLehi 26 B. Y. high, the team that supposedly sup-posedly didn't have the drive to last a full game, staged a spirited spir-ited rally that carried the Wildcats Wild-cats to their most glorious victory vic-tory in five years and established them as a strong title contender. Lloynell Harding, who has been trying since a sophomore to lead his team into hoop prominence, accomplished the feat Friday at Lehi by sparking a third quarter rally that brought his team from a 11-15 deficit at half time to a 23-21 lead at the end of the third quarter. Harding Stars-Harding, Stars-Harding, rustling the ball and playing a smooth floor game, tanged the hoop for 19 points in an excellent exhibition. Don Hansen Han-sen tallied eight points, and Paul 77 p. a Watch These Flashy "Y" High Cagers This Year I 1 1 s They are front row, left to right," Coach Dave Crowton, Bruce Dabling, Glen Godfrey, Jim Old-royd, Old-royd, and Don Baum; back row, Lloyd Rasmussen, Lloynell Harding, Don Hansen, Bud Harmon, and Paul Smith. John Huish, Dick Dabling, and Bob Clark, reserves, were absent when the picture was taken. " . : : ; . p - j? ;; " : - ' amakos ts Easy Uictim For Zaic CHICAGO, Jan. 11 (ill?) Sam Pian, co-manager of the N. B. A. middleweight champion Tony Zale, was ready today to consider "any good offer" for Zale to defend his championship. . The Gary, Ind., champion wound up his non-titla campaign in the stadium last night, thumping out a 10-round decision over Tough Steve Mamakos of Washington, D. C. Zane dropped Mamakos with left hooks for no count in the fourth and again in the ninth rounds. . i Zale injured his left hand slightly, it was learned after the fight, but it was expected to be healed in a couple of weeks. Smith playe"d a good defensive game. Reed Nostrum led Lehi with nine "points. Jack Mitchell also played well for the losers. u. Y. HIGH G. T. F. P. 9 1 119 Hard int.. f Harmon, f Hansen, c DahllnK. g Smith, k Godfrey,- t 10 0 2 2 8 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 7 3 31 Totals ............... ...14 LK1II ' G. T. F. P. Evans, r 2 5 "4 8 Nostrum, f .4 5 1 ! Robert, c 1 3 0 2 Mitchell, g 2 7 16 Ash, g 0 2 2 2 Hall, t 0 0 0 0 Totals -. 9 2 Score by quarters: P.. Y. Hi?h 6 11 Lehl 5 15 Officials: Buttle and Collins. 8 23 21 A, F. 30 - - Lincoln 28 Lincoln high school, coming from behind to take a 22-21 lead at the end of the third quarter, fell before a final quarter American Amer-ican Fork rally that netted the Cavemen nine points. The Tigers scored three more field goals than the winners but maTIe only four in 11 foul tries while the Cavemen were sinking 12 in 19 tries. Lincoln was handicapped handi-capped in the last quarter by the loss of two key men. By holding the Forkers to a two-point victory, the Tigers gave indicationthat they are on the up-grade and will be a major factor in the title race. American Fork displayed a spirited team that may develop into a championship contender. Captin Earl Holmstead paced the Forkers with 11 points, while Bob Foutin and Nolan Brown with eight led the losers. LINCOLN' G. T. F. P. Farnworlh, Foutin. f . . Brown, c . . Wells. K .. Bylund, g Ponder, f Trotter, f Aiken, c Penrod. g . , Peterson, g Totals 12 11 4 28 AMERICAN FORK G. T. F. P. Hansen, f i g Holmstead, ' f .. 5 1 3 S 1 11 Mwarni), c 0 3 2 2 rean. 1 j l 3 Pierce, g 1 3 3 s Muir, c 0 4 1 1 Crystal, t 1113 Totals 9 is 12 30 Score by quarters: Lincoln XI 22 2S American Fork 4 15 21 0J Officials: Jones and, Sabey. VI iu Features A3 . . V r n -v h D. Y. ligh Ranks as Title Threat In 1C41 Alpine District Campaign Little B. Y. high, question mark of the Alpine district prep basketball basket-ball race, became an exclamation point Friday by walloping the touted Lehi team on the Pioneers floor. .t ' Boasting a tall, experienced team, the Wildcats should be a powerful championship contender in the current hoop race. With a possible title threat for the first time in many years, "Y" high supporters are shouting for a tournament berth, and Wildcat players have the fighting spirit that may carry them a long way. Ianky Team Coach Dave Crowton has one i of the tallest teams in the circuit, cir-cuit, averaging over six feet tall. Don Hansen, center, towers six feet seven inches tall, and several other players top the six-foot mark. All of the players are returning re-turning lettermen making an experienced ex-perienced squad. At forwards, Coach Dave Crowton Crow-ton has Lloynell Harding, who is starting his third year as a regular, regu-lar, and Bud Harmon, also a let-terman. let-terman. Both are seniors and stand just over the1 six-foot mark. Harding i3 a steady player a fine rustler, shooter, and team player. He is one of the. best in the region. Harmon is an excellent shot, and with a few more games behind him, should be a leading scorer. Glen Godfrey, a slim sparkplug, standing five feet 9 inches tall, Lloyd Rasmussen, accurate-shooting transfer from North Sanpete, Dick Dabling and John Huish, juniors, are reserve forwards. Towering Center At center is big Don Hansen, tallest eager in the region. Only a junior, Hansen shoulders a large share of the "Y" high scoring attack. Constantly improving, Hansen has developed into a fine shot he averages about 50 per cent of the shots he takes and an excellent passer. Bruce Dabling, small but accurate ac-curate at the basket, and steady Paul Smith, a fine defensive player and bankboard specialist, are Crowton's regular guards. Dabling and Smith Dabling, a third year regular, is five feet eight inches tall, while Smith stands six feet tall. Both are good ball handlers and scoring threats. Bob Clark and Don Baum, a pair of rugged defensive players, and Jim Oldroyd, smooth sophomore, sopho-more, are fine reserve guards. In winning four of nine preseason presea-son games, the Wildcats averaged 27 points per game, one more than their opponents. Maybe "Y" high will not win the Alpine district championship, but don't count the flashy Wildcats out of the title race until the season sea-son is officially over. EX-GRIDDEIt DIES INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 11 flJJ? David Allerdice, 55, former Michigan ail-American football player and father of David Aller dice, Jr., Princeton backfield star, died yesterday, third victim of a fire which swept his home, killing hiu wife and a younger son. PAGE THREE yi )l h I UTAH STATE DELTA Pin TIPS "Y" CILPTEU, 88-28 The Utah State chapter of Delta Phi returned missionary fraternity Friday defeated the B. Y. U. chapter basketball team, 38-28, in a game in the Women's gym. The visitors took a 21-9 lead at halftime and then staved off the defending champion's rally to cop the tilt. AND SEE HOW MUCH MORE YOV GET! i lOO-HOKSEPOWER 6-CYXINDER ECONO-M ASTER ENCINE 119-INCH 119-INCH WHEELBASE BIGGER, ROOMIER FISHER BODY NEW INTERIOR LUXURY COIL-SPRING COIL-SPRING RHYTHMIC RIDE FAMOUS OLDS QUALITY THROUGHOUT! THE CAR j J 862 West Center mnon lib rM.rT,,7g, : . H g "'ia'out notice Juab, Tin tic Capture 'Nebo District Games NEBO STANDINGS W. I Pet. Juab 1 0 1.000 Tintic 1 0 1.000 Payson 0 1 .000 Spanish Fork ...... 0 1 .000 Springville 0 0 .000 Friday's Results Juab SI, Payson 27. Tintic 29, Spanish Fork 23. While up3ets were featuring prep cage schedules . throughout the state, Nebo district teams came out as expected in opening round contests Friday, with Juab high of Nephi tipping Payson, 31-27, Tintic downing Spanish Fork, 29-23, in games at Payson and Spanish Fork. ) By virtue of their victories, Tintic Tin-tic and Juab became favorites in the Nebo district race along with Springville, which drew a first round bye. Games this Friday pit Spanish Fork at Juab, and Payson at Springville. Juab 31 - - Payson 27 Juab's Wasps were forced to come from behind to defeat a rug- ered Payson crew. Trailing 11-13 at the half the Nephi team staged a rally in the third period to take a 19-18 lead at the end or the ! third quarter. The taller Juab team increased its advantage in the final quarter, staving off sev eral attempted Payson rallies. Eldon Liddiard, six-foot four center, with 12 points and Dean Worthington with 10 led the Nephi Ne-phi outfit to its victory. Lynn Powell, clever guard, was high for the losers with 13 points. J UAH fi. T. F, P. Worthlncton. f 3 4 4 10 Wankter. f 1 T.lilriiarrt, c Walker, g 0 Harncs, g 0 ItichardKon. r 0 I 3 0 12 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 Newton, BelllBton, Totals 10 13 11 31 G. T. F. P. ,15 4 ft . 1 0 0 2 .onoo 13 13 7 5 2 lfi 0 0 0 0 PAYSON. C Heath, f , McMullin, f . Hanson, c Amos, EC ... Powell, g . . D. Heath, f Totals 10 13 7 27 Score by quarters: Nephi 11 19 31 Payson 8 13 1 27 Referee, D. Dixon; I'mplre, Bullock. Tintic 29 - - S. F. 23 A Spanish Fork team that was hardly expected to extend the touted Tintic crew, made the Miners battle for their victory. Spanish Fork took a 7-6 lead at the end "of the first quarter, but fell before a Tintic onslaught that was good for 10 points in the second sec-ond period. Erwin Hickman led the winners N OW vou can steo rieht uo into the fine-car class at a price well within your budget! Just compare de luxe models of lowest-priced lowest-priced cars with the beautiful big Olds Special. You'll find but little difference in price. And you'll find that Olds gives you operating economy econ-omy that compares with the best! BWMM. WASDEN MOTOR SALES Phone 1542 with 14 points, while Bill Sterling paced the losers with 11. TINTIC G. T. F. P. Gear, f 2 4 1 5 Held, f 2 6 2 Hickman, c ' t 3 J 14 Taylor, g o 0 0. 0 Thomas, g 1 2 0 3 Sorensen, g 1 0 0 2 Totals 12 15 5 23 SPANISH FORK G. T: F. P. Allred, f 2 4 2 6 Arpyle. f T". ... 10 0 2 Brimhall, c 0 2 1 1 Brock bank, g 10 0 2 Sterling, g 4 4 3 11 E. OlKen, c 0 1 1 1 A. Olsen, f 0 0 0 0 TotalB 9 10 7 23 Score by quarters: Tintic fi 16 21 29 Spanish Fork ..7 8 13 23 Officials: Lambert and Greener. Meetings Called For City Leagues, Court Officials Indicating that there might be city-sponsored leagues this year a fact which has been in doubt E. Reed (Lob) Collins announced Saturday that representatives of city loop teams would meet today to-day at 1:15 p. m. in the Provo fire hall to outline p'lans for the coming season. Some time ago, Collins announced announc-ed that as no gyms were available, the city leagues would be disbanded. disband-ed. Under a proposed set-up both leagues will now probably play their games one night at the Third ward gym. According to Lee Brooks, Lincoln Lin-coln high coach, an Orem group will sponsor the city leagues at the Lincoln high gymnasium if Provo city does not hold them this year. Orem will enter a team whether the leagues are played in Provo or in the Lincoln gym, he said. Immediately following the meeting, meet-ing, college and high school basketball bas-ketball officials are urged to meet with Mr. Collins, president of the Region Three officials organization, organiza-tion, at 2 p. m. in the fire hall. A. P. Warnick, high school arbitrator ar-bitrator for the region, will explain ex-plain how he selects prep officials, and how they are teamed up for best results. All officials should attend the meeting, which is very important, Collins. - SUSPENSION LIFTEI PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11 (IXE Jimmy Londos was eligible to wrestle in Pennsylvania again today to-day after the state athletic commission com-mission lifted his suspension for failure to defend his title against Sandor Szabo in Los Angeles . ALSO AVAILABLE WITH 11 YDlt.P, lAi 11; UlilVkjl Drtv without a clutch! Drive without hifting gears! Try mn Olds with motoring's newest thrill! it Optional at Extra Cost Provo, : Utah |