Show Determined B. B Y V U. U T Team earn Has Hopes of V Beating Cats PROVO Jan 19 19 The The local cpu cpu- lace ace awaits Fridays Friday's impending onslaught onslaught on- on slaught laught of oC Montana State Bobcats Bob Bc-b- cats ats with all the enthusiasm of or a David about to encounter a large and nd rather furious Goliath V In other ther words word the the- Brigham V Young Young Youner C Cougars regard the tIte invading Bozeman Bozeman Bozeman Boze- Boze man aggregation as something tough ough and unwieldy and while a victory for the Youngsters is arduously at ar ar- ar hop hoped d for it will he rye most and startling Coach Eugene L. L Ro Roberts has spared no effort in getting his hiM charges in top tol condition for this dl difficult season n opening and ana he is determined that two terrific battles battles' shall take ke place regardless of re re- re V V GYM WILL WILLBE WILLBE WILLBE BE PACKED V V The Tho Buh Bobcats ats w will l have no sineV elne cute cuie according to the class displayed dis- dis pla played ed by the Cougars lately and the he diminutive B. B Y U. U gymnasium will be packed both nights accordIng according according accord accord- ing to present in indications l Fridays Friday's YI starting lineup seems virtually certain in view o of the mann manner r in which Coach E. E r. r L. L Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts has used his men lately se sen and Wright forwards Ingersoll Inger- Inger soll soil center Cooper and Rowe guards appear certain to draw the starting assignments V V This ThIM combine is far superior to any team put In the field by y the Cougars of 1927 in its teamwork its its' ts passing its experience and its size V V HOPE FOR V SLUMP SLUMP V V Romneys Romney's on 1 Montanans open the conference series with heads high and nary a doubt as to their abilIty ability abil- abil Ity ty to re repeat at their performance of last ast year ear which was to win the western divisional championship and later to triumph over the eastern eastern east east- ern era champs for the title of the en entire entire entire en- en tire conference The only tinge of V worry In their Jubilation right now is ig a lingering fear that their ther strenuous strenuous strenuous preseason activities may have taken ot off some gome of their keen edge and made them theta susceptible to a slump similar to that memorable one last season which almost cost them their divisional championship at the hands of the Utah Aggles CLASSY ALLAROUND ALLAROUND ALLAROUND ALL- ALL AROUND TEAM Their hope against hard luck is in their perfectly polls polished system of basketball the system tha that Ott Romney has developed and tau taught ht to the Bobcats and Which still stil seems a mystery to opposing coaches and players All five men are scoring forwards and all are de defensive de- de guards In Breeden and Worthington he he has two o of the closest checking guards of or the northwest yet Worthington has been adding four Jour r five field per ler game and Breeden has been een scoring well too As a foil for fOl the remarkable Cat Thompson he uses five other forwards with V little choice between any of ot the five Romneys Romney's reserve power is the best it has been in recent years Frank Prank yard Ward will no doubt doubt take the jump for the visitors while Worden orden will the forward for position tion ton opposite Thompson |