Show Coll College g Cage Cag H Hints In I s I IBy 4 By Walt Wall Beesley I EXCITING FINISHES It hasn't been a difficult task to whet the appetites of ot the basketball hungry this season with the class of or ball that has been handed out so far farIn farin farin in the Rocky Mountain conference Except for the second game of the Montana Utah State Aggie serIes which the Cats won the contests have been raising hair affairs decided in the last few minutes STILL LOOK GOOD Going into the fourth week of play with Utah taking on the Aggles and Brigham Young Youn tackling tackling tack tack- ling COleman Bozeman the Farmers from Logan Loan appear the eventual champions cham cham- the ranking thc they were given before the race started The development of their scorIng scoring ing power has given them the edge on paper since they nipped the Cougars on the kitter's latter's latter's lat lat- ter's home floor and showed a class of pia play which looks quite unstoppable when once under a way FARMERS FARl FAVORED But mathematicians have gone Insane Insane In In- sane sanc before tr trying ng to pick champions champions champions cham cham- and despite the fact that Carl Belliston Virgil Cropley and Captain Sonny Allsop represent a good man many points in any basketball game there are arc three other teams to be considered considered consid consid- ered in the chase Utah is about a 50 to 1 choice to take a double licking licking lick lick- ing irig at Logan Friday and Saturday but they were given only a littlemore little littlemore littlemore more chance against the Cougars For all the Aggie potentialities the Utes have a good chance to split If Ii they do it will mean a n couple of ol feathers in their caps for the on their home floor are as ns mean ama as am asa asa a cage of starved wildcats BOBCATS SURPRISE The surprise of the conference thus far is the thc Montana State outfit which is leading the pack Two victories over Utah and one over Utah seem to have fired the Cats to greater things Since their last conference con ference game same the they have handed Montana Montana Mon tana university two neat lacings to take e the championship The wiseacres wise wiseacres wise acres give them only a split in the Cougar series however howe and thc they may drop both UTES DO WELL Utah has done well considering the time it tool to find out what kind of team it was to have Even now nov the first string lineup isn't set set- tied Lorraine Cox a valuable forward forward for for- ward has come back to the fold but it isn't time to uncross ones one's fingers I about the help hes he's going to be He Hc has been suffering with a cold most of the season and it has sapped sapped- his ii's strength a 1 lot SMITH PROVES METTLE 1 Th The offense drive of the teams this year ear hasn't been out tand- tand In ing but the guarding has lias been a little better The new ne' crop of players In most of the camps has made mad it difficult to produce sensational sensational sen sen- men Perhaps the only who Is performing as asu u usual ual is In Romney Cougar captain and forward For For- Fora a a. newman new newman newman man Stan Smith of Utah looks like the best forward forc-arcI at the I Redskin Redskin Red Red- skin hangout This is Stans Stan's first year as a regular and he is already already al al- al- al ready performing like a veteran Ills His handling of the ball bali is almost faultless and he has hM a s deadly bas ba ket eye ere G GOD OD DEFENSIVE E MEN l Grant BennIon Utah and Malcolm LeSueur B B. B Y U. U have surprised even their coaches with the guarding prowess They too are both newcomers new new- comers corners and have two more years of competition ahead They have been the thc class of ot the show so far In de defensive de- de e work Johnny Shaw guard i is the he only regular returning l for the hc D Duke ke ba bas baa team |