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Show nated the conference football trophy ever since the conference was organized organ-ized and has expressed the desire to continue to do so as long as he lives. Last year was the first time that a conference championship in basketball was arranged. The B. Y. TJ. team, who were state champions last year, won the conference championship by defeating defeat-ing the Colorado College team at Provo in three decisive games last March. The Colorado College aggregation ag-gregation had won the championship champion-ship of Colorado before meeting the "X" five. Each team won in the first two games played, and it was in the final game that the "Y" boys rallied and defeated the Colorado squad by a decisive score. : B. Y. U. RECEIVES H: McKENNA CUP I 'i' : ' . . '' The large silver cup for the I . Itoeky Mountain conference basket- ; ball championship for last year was ',, ', received Tuesday by the Brighnm Young university, who were confer- j ) enr-e champions last year. I j The cup stands fully 24 inches t ' tnll and is very artistic in design : ' i and workmanship. The inside of the .I" CP is Sod lined. The inscription ( 1 reads. "JIcKenna Trophy, Confer- ' 1 ence Championship Basketball, 1924, ; I won by Brifham Young Univer-.: Univer-.: sity." ' John W. JIcKenna of Boulder, I, Colo., who donated the trophy, is i, - one of the pioneer ruining men of ! Colorado and one of the most ardent , supporters of athletics in colleges land universities throughout the in-pl in-pl 'ermountain country. He has do- |