Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-01-01 | Page 24 | Brigham Young University Fails in Efforts to Cop Major Titles

Brigham Young You g University Fails In In Efort Efforts t to tt Cop Major Titles basketball Team Tea P Proves oves Disappointment Tra Place Second in State Meet Old Man HIst History ry who who luo claims the honor of ot being the most reliable of ol all 11 1 the town g gossips sips sip's has a a varied nd interesting Story stOr to tell tell to ut the he the sport t. t e events ts n in the e ebig big Tim country country d during dring ring the the- year 1927 According to the the Old Od Mali Mah Ian the he Brigham Y Young ung university l h. h holds t the l center of t. t th the stag stage n those parts has had more flashes o glory and arul aner more more hours ot of black black- despair despair th ti in p any other col collage ge school chool i in the h Rocky kym mountain heights eights Bask Basketball A. b nA A mighty dismal picture plc- plc ture ure at at- at atthe the Cougar s school hool o Op- Op slashed slashed mercIlessly mercilessly to cut leven n wins whis on the Uie 3 Do B Y Y YU U. U basketball bas- bas t team Jand and tHe the Cougars s fInally nally naly dr dragged through to to capture a lone game for tor the whole s season ason C UDDERS RIDDERS DOWNED F Football The ThO The highly doped pr pros prospects prOs prOs- s- s cOts p-cOts f failed ilet t to live Uve up to the ex- ex of ot the wisest pr het Score core Four defeats two wo victories and nd one one tie Th The goose egg complex that jat infected the camp campin In the first of ot the year during basketball seaon season seas sea sea- sea sea- s son on n held over wel well I Track Trac This was vasa a p picture of f f disappointed dis I appointed hopes s. s The Aggles kept about about one whisker ahead of ot Coach Harts Hart's family of of dang dal cats ats Owen ROwe being the Cougars' Cougars bigge biggest big Mg- ge gest t threat to trim the whisker dway Score core Agie Aggie meet 73 2 1 points to to 71 2 71 2 1 p points with wih Aggles on top State State- me meet meat t score score Aggles 54 1 3 1 1 Cougars 30 U U. of ot l. l U 48 2 23 Tennis The Tennis The light breaks through to blaze blare a conf conference rence championship championship for foUr the f flashy l cr crew v of netters headed b by by- Coach Coach T T. T Earl P Pardoe rdoe Conf Conference erice result resul Bute Buttle Buttle- and D D. Dixon Y defeat at J Blevins Bevins a and d dr Irvine Ir Ir Irvine vine U. U of U U. and Butte Buttle snatches hes r th the singles from of ot Denter Den Den- Dei- Dei ver ter sw Swimming in ng- ng sparkle o of delicious glory glory Bud Shield Lou Cou Cougar gar startles t th the West Wes est ln In four events V Western stern division score ore B BYU B YoU YU Y U 35 Utah Aggie IT 1 y U U. of U U l U 11 11 Conference re result t 13 B Y 3 1 U 42 17 of U 20 0 U. U Utah h 1 Ag m gl gies s. s 17 W ing U 5 5 Coa Coach Coach Coach-C. h C C. s 's J i i j i t 4 I S S. S S. S Leafs Leaf's Cougars made the ost brilliant demonstration any tank team h has s ever made In a conference ence meet Vrest Wrestling Wrestling The The ng-The The Western Vestern division meet in Salt Salt Lake Lake gave gave e the Y second second second sec sec- sec sec- y ond place Score Utah 27 1 points B B. B Y U U. 18 points U U. U of ofU f U U. 12 2 points Montana S S. S 3 points Arnold Roylance blind grappled on the Cougar squad was the feature that will be longest remembered Inthe in inthe inthe the mat meets this year Invitation track and field meet meet meet- Six states with wih a c cortege of ot 1500 athlete athletes athletes' participated d i in Gen Robert Roberts Roberts' Rob Bob erts erts' ert seventeenth annual invitation i meet ct In In Inmany many w ways ys it i was the outstanding athletic ev event nt of t the year year- for tor the the entire entire west Eighteen r records were vere vere crushed The medal for tr the best all all- around all round athlete was awarded to Frank Atkins of To Tooele ele High I hike The hike The sixteenth annual climb to the summit of ot Timp during July attracted Ie people f from m almost every every state of ot cur country countr Gene Roberts father the pf-the of the hl hike was behind this o recreation event li which l was wis waa an an o oUtstanding outstanding out oUt- t- t standing community effort efort Without question queston the great greatest t surprise of f the year came when Coach Roberts failed to nitch victories victories vic vie tories with his 1927 1327 wax floor ma ma- mn Roberts plowed through the hoop hoop- season with a squad quad of ot sophomores i mores os and a v afe few juniors end and nd seniors who wh in the past had bea honored with sub positions on t Vie tIle e Brigham Y Young ung Cougar basketball team Th The Y coa coach h was nonplussed In a ah h hopeless ss attempt t to find tind Ind a pivot man and for that matter mater to find I guards and forwards who could carry shape shap ary out basketball work In tiptop f Herein follows the complete list of of defeats handed the Cougar bas basketball basketball bas bas- team during the 1921 season sea g rea reason ason a- a son U ir A A. C at Logan 50 47 34 62 U U U- o of U U. at Provo O 42 39 35 37 l Montana State at Provo 4 64 37 49 33 Montana State t t Bozeman 4 43 20 20 53 38 U U. of or U. of-U. U. U at Salt l Lake Lak 5 41 U U U. A A. C. C at Pro Provo o 38 4 52 31 t rl i. i 1 c tL v I