Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-02-24 | Page 1 | Coach Roberts Slips One over on University

I COACH ROBERTS SLIPS ONE OVER ON UNIVERSITY B. B Y U. U Defeat Utah in Biggest Surprise Game GanIc of Season i No wonc wonder r Coach Joe Joo Jensen refused to pit pi his Logan against the B. B Y Y U U. The Provo basketball squad minus the thc services of ot ItalIc Hale and Simmons Sim Sim- mons went wild In iii the Deseret K gymnasium gym gym- m- m list st night and put Tommy 10 I Fitzpatrick's Utah team out of or the championship race Coach Gene Genc Roberta pulled his an annual annual an- an nual coup at a most moat unexpected stage of ot the season eaRon No exhibition game gamo wa was plaY played d after aCor the regular same game ame for tor good and sufficient reasons Also it Is li a good thing thine that Utah's Utah mentor did not start his second string men Then too one Is moved to wonder wonder wonder won won- der at the German measles as a pep instIller The re result 1 pleased at least one group of people chief among th them m Joe Jensen and his Aggie team who were Interested interested Inter Inter- ested spectators Those Utah fans tans who attended the game were disgusted by bythe bytho the tho poor yelling and general lack of or spirit shown by the university stu student ent body I everything was waR going nicely until about five UYe minutes of the second half halt haltI I had passed wh when n tho comI commenced com corn I to net act up Utah led at the end of the first session 18 to 11 1 although h the B. B B Y Y U. U displayed the tho brand of or ball bal that made Provo famous ramous Even Eyen In the first session Coach Conch Roberts' Roberts men inca went out and fought and rou roughed hed Utah football players and all al to a standstill Splendid passing and a determination to get free meant victory victor for tor the Provo five although h the basket shooting was In general In-general poor Door Both Stevenson and Wright proved disappointments to Utah backers Wright rIght was wa way off or color arid and was wa re replaced replaced re- re pl placed ced early In the first half hal b by Deal Boal Deal Sole berg took Stevenson's pl place ce In the tho second session It I looked a as though Tomm Tommy Fitzpatrick did not display the best o of Judgment In removing Wilf Yit Romney tho the hunk Utah guard from the contest and also Iso in replacing Sole- Sole berg at center by a man a foot toot shorter than Dunn the lanky lank B. B Y U U. pivot pl man mall Dunn was tho the lending leading individual scorer as he seven field baskets and one foul toul to the total scored by his team Peterson and Richards also displayed displayed dis dis- played a fight and pep that made Utah look slow low o of Utah was always In the game Jame and tou fought ht till tl the 1 last second although he lie had the worst kind of ot luck on his shots Warner Varner and Romney also played a fair game though not up to their usual form torm The B B. B Y i U U. committed r numerous fouls twelve o of Utah's points coming cominS this way ay ayA A great reat deal of or comment was aroused b by Utah's lack of speed In the first half hal but few cw conceded the Y V even an nn outside chance In the second half the Pro oles gradually Increased speed and wh when n the they passed the th Crimson Crim- Crim son excitement w was s roused to a heart heart- failure pitch pich The thing thins In a a nutshell is that Coach Gene Roberts has hs added to his al already already already al- al ready lon long string another example o or of foxiness to the tho last degree The line up up lne-up and sum summary maT follow B B. B B Y U U. Utah S u s Ion 1 lf 11 t R Rudine u din e Shumway rf rr Wright rl h t. t Beal Bea Dunn c c c Stevenson Lindle Peterson lg Richards rg rS Romney Wing In Gra Gray Graj Field baskets Dunn baskets Dunn 7 i Sum lon 3 3 Peterson 3 3 Shumway 2 2 Richards RIchard 1 I. I Rudine 3 Stevenson I 2 Romney 1 1 Sole Sole- berg 1 1 1 Fouls RIchards Foule Richards 5 out of ot 10 10 Dunn 1 out of or 1 1 Sums Ion 0 out of or 1 1 12 out of or 18 IS Referee Vatson Watson