Show O S O 40 0 4 MONTANA STATE LOSES BUT SINGLE GAME CAME IN WINNING R. R u UTAH SECOND IN WESTERN J LOOP CHASE T Br Breeden eden Thompson and andi i W WaH 1 Brilliant Wyo i r Eastern Loop j Featuring a a. darkling offense the Montana State Bobcats Bo swept through the western division hoo hoop r P campaign with the loss of ot but a tingle single game and then climaxed a season by easily defeating the champions of the eastern di dir divIsion di- di r vision Wyoming in three straight games bames It gave them their s second cond consecutive conference basketball championship under the direction of Coach Ott Romney Three great players were responsible sible uble largely for tho Montana vic vie tories Captain Brick Breedon guard was vas the the power on defense His great reach and size made him hima a formidable barrier to any ambitious ambitious ambitious am am- forward He seldom missed a. a a rebound from the backboard and was vas a deadly passer Cat Thompson Thompson Thomp- Thomp son son forward furni furnished hed about two- two thirds of ot the scoring punch and played a great floor game It seemed Impossible to prevent event the Dixie flash lash from heavily Frank Ward Yard center played consistent basketball and went on a scoring spree frequently Orland Ward Vard forward and Max 1 Worthington guard completed this great reat quint UTES TIE FOR SECOND Utah A and Utah university finished In a tie for second place ilace InthIs Inthis in thIs tills division and the Utes under I Vadal Peterson took the state championship by a one-game one mar- mar gin Utah showed a fine defense the two freshman guards Lybbert and Sand Watkins proving to be finds of high caliber Lou Neeley a sub for tor three years worked into the Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son son system well at center Pete Couch ouch auch and Jerry Smith played the positions The man five zone one defense used by Utah quelled the three times and B. B Y U. U twice but it couldn't hold the Bob Bob- cats Coach Dick Romneys Romney's got gotoff off lff to a an ari extremely late start the squad not nat being chosen until the week of the first conference games A football trip to Honolulu kept the J from fram the tho court Captain Glen Worthingtons Worthington's football injury kept Jept ept the sensational center from fram ibis best hest form farm and the Aggles play all tIl season simply revolved around the brilliant Flash Nielsen Nielson who played the best ball of af his wonder wonder- wonderful ful ul career The Aggles counted a over aver Montana Mantana State being the only anly team in the division to jio cdo do this trick Ad Martindale Smart and nd Wade Wad were guards and Henrie and nd Davis interchanged at forwards forwards for for- wards COUGARS LOSE SLUMP j The B. B Y U. U Cougars started offIn off offin offin in brilliant fashion by winning two from Utah and losing two to Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana by the barest margins The Ineligibility of Cooper Caoper and listlessness listlessness listless listless- ness nesson ness or on the p part rt of af some oth other r players pla played ed havoc with the Cougars Cou Cou- gars cars ars In the latter part of af the season arid and they won wan but one more mare game Twelve men won letters at B. B Y U. U and ana Ingersoll center was the only man to play with any regularity Brinley a t freshman showed upwell upwell up upwell well and Cooper guard was a power until declared ineligible In th the eastern division four teams teanis were counted in as prospective champions Col Colorado rada college Colorado Cola Cob rado rada Teachers Denver and Wyo Wyo- ming mingo The C C. C. C Tigers were fa- fa a- a as they had won the titI title the year previously but continual upsets finally gave ave the eastern gonfalon to Wyoming Coach Coopers Cooper's Teachers looked formidable Me Ne with Mashburn and Willett in inthe inthe inthe the lineup during certain stages but the Greeley team inthe in jn the tha closing stages The ace of Denver's attack was ras Bill Bm James one of the best forwards of ot the conference confer confer- ence Earl Dutch Clark starred for lor Colorado college Coach Stuart Clark had a fast clever team at Wyoming but the Cowboys were not in class with the champions of af the western division Montana State and went down lown before the western crown crawn winners in three straight games I M M. G. G HOC HOOP CROWN |