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B Y Outsmarts Utah in Closing Quarter to Win Weakened Defense Spells Finis for Redskins Smith Stars B By JF Walt Wall alt Beesley A basketball bombshell which shook the rafters in the Deseret gymnasium gym Jym was touched of off by the University Uni Uni- of oC Utah i e C capers a J g e c r s Friday Ii niGht knight but its in in- ended destruction S jf f the Brigham t. t Young Soung q qui quintet u i n t e t tL L' L Tailed railed of its pur pur- ose and the Cougars Cougars Cou Cou- gars set the Utes I down for tor their third conference i t t- t tt t 44 H to 36 joss ss- ss After stunning Cunning S he in invading Proto Pro Pro- I r to 0 outfit for lor three e iI with a amassing assing massing and shoot hoot ng attack which at atthe 4 f A the beginning of Stan Sti Smith the second half halt gave them the lead Utah crumbled in the end and the strategy of the Cougars in playing a waiting long long- shooting game overcame the dash of 1 the eR Redskins The Y drew first st blood at the start with two free tosses by Evans Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Clark who turned in a splendid performance after alter a late start this season tied the score with a n beautiful ful side shot and then Stan Smith who proved the phantom of o the evening eve ning kept the Utes from going under beautiful ful shots which hardly ruffled ruf ruf- fled the net nel BASKET ASKET UNGUARDED Utah's offense all-offense tactics left leU its basket baket uncovered for lightning lightning light light- ning guard for the Y to come down the floor at a breakneck rate to sink timely baskets throughout the first I half and with the Cougar ace Elwood I Homney taking advantage of numerous numer numer- ous Otis charity shots B. B Y maintained a 3 lead which was vas not overcome till Uil the closing minutes of the first period A brilliant guarding game was turned in b by Grant Bennion Utah defense de dc star during the fi first t half when he held Romney to seven points three of them coming via free tosses HangIng Hang Hang- Ing lag doggedly to the Cougar flash Bennion Bennion Ben Ben- nion was all over the floor and repeatedly repeatedly re le re- re bottled his man to prevent a 3 shot at the hoop Both of Romneys Romney's counters in the first period were made from near the center of the floor Officiating which was a bit overdone overdone over over- done in the matter of technicality kept the game from the pace the boys bos wanted to set in the first half haIr yet the passing of the Utes who forgot the dribble almost entirely cut the theY I Y defense repeatedly and was a revelation revelation revelation reve reve- lation at times Smith Taft Watts and md Clark sliced through to the the- basket basket bas bas- ket time after alter time and counted a goodly portion of short side shots Bennion and Lund were also on the firing line feeding the ball to their scoring coring mates TIE COUNT IN HURRY The score in the last few minutes of the first half stood 21 to 15 for the Cougars but three ringers by Smith closed the gap and Clark counted a 1 short toss to bring the count to 21 2123 A charity throw by Westphal and another by Clark as the half ended left leU the score deadlocked LeSueur put the Cougars in the van vanto vanto to 10 start the second half hall by a foul pitch but the dashing Smith counted two more baskets and a free toss to send tend the Utes ahead where they remained until the middle of the last quarter The loss of first Lund then Bennion Ben Ben- nion because of personal fouls was the turning point of the game in the final nal canto With their f first line defense defense de de- de gone the Utes were raided by bythe bythe bythe the level-headed level Cougars who realized real real- lied their opportunity and made the most of it il Besides being weak ii d the Redskins then began to toss the ball baIl high wide and handsome handsome hand hand- some and their basket eyes were gone Lady Luck deserted the Utes when they needed her most Man Many of their shots rimmed the basket The Y Y- dropped into the and drew the Ules Utes into their territory That done a few passes some almost the length of the floor settled the issue for the Redskins had left Idt their basket open Therein lies the tale talc of the Cougar victor victory A substitute center Hunter was responsible for setting the Utes down Drifting down the sidelines while Utah men were after his mates he parked under the basket unnoticed to wait walt for the setup passes which were turned into points NO RE RESERVE ERVE POWER Lack of reserve strength particularly partial in the gun guard Id I'd positions cost Vadal Peterson Utah coach a chance to send his team to victory Aldo and Walt Bolic Bolle were the substitute substitute sub sub- guards but their first taste of real competition was too much for them and they swallowed the Y strategy strategy strategy strat strat- egy in big gulps going away from their basket far into enemy territory While the game was a hard one for Utah to lose the Y deserved Its us victory When the they had the ball they ther knew what to do with It and capitalized on the Utes' Utes every error At full fun strength the Utah defense de fen feme was good without the tho two luo regular guards It was lamentably weak But nut their stand against ac a highly favored outfit gave gac Indications Indica that there will be some games for them on the right side of ot the percentage ledger before the tho season season sea sea- son is over Be not too surprised If U the decision Is reversed tonight when hen the two teams meet again Romney and LeSueur were outstanding outstanding out out- standing for the Cougars in their allaround allaround all all- around games sameS Smith for Utah netted netted net net- ted 18 points to take high hiSh scoring honors for the night and played a whale of a floor loor game ame Bennion and Clark with Lund and Watts Walts were sparkling in their work worl The improvement ement in the Utah team was so great that it would be unfair to sa say that anyone monc failed to turn in ina ina a it good game UTAH n. n y u u. OT PP a P T PP Watts rf if 3 1 i 0 o e 8 I Romney rf if 5 56 6 64 4 K it Smith If U. U 1 4 4 18 Garn H 1 t 0 0 0 0 Clark c. c c 2 2039 0 I 5 5 Nelson Kelson c c. c 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 3 fl re 0 02 2 0 0 L 0 I 7 5 5 Lund 1 I le 1 1 0 IL 1 I 6 C S 1113 1 13 Westphal rf rt 0 1 1 1 lt If It 0 1 0 0 g g fn lh if Ic g 0 0 0 0 Fey Fay 08 Q 0 0 0 Bolic re ir 0 0 0 0 o Johnson re rg 0 2 2 2 Saunders If 0 0 0 0 Hunter c. c 4 42 2 1 19 9 0 West rf rt 0 0 0 0 Totals 13 18 i 10 36 36 Totals 15 23 14 44 Homer Warner referee Sid Old Spencer um urn- pire Ire t p |