Show WESTERN LOOP LOO BF BECOMES I O E RACE 44 BETWEEN E N UTES B. B Y Yu i Crimson to Play Y Men in Weeks Week's Showdown Setto Utah Ulah to Attempt Comeback in Series With Bobcats By Walt Wall Beesley The fog which has hovered over the western division o of the Rocky mountain moun moun- tain basketball race showed signs olI ol of I clearing after the i r warfare on the I front last week weekS S jand and for the first firstS S time since the penS pen pen- S nant chase began S one sees more or S certainly the theS S Yearns teams that are go go- f ing to be battling down the home homestretch homestretch stretch Having been spilled week after week the dope bucket again is on oni S S its feet but even i S Vt is iS a little fear fear- fear I O of r- r predicting Clark CInk the eventual wIn wIn- win ner nero The positions of the teams at present are arc just opposite to what they Utah were supposed t to be with A ies early carly season favorites fumbling fumbling fum bling around in the cellar University University sity of or Utah given no higher than third position is now in second and Brigham Brigham- Young is leading the pack Montana State finally showing its predicted worth is slipping down the ladder and is but a a Jump ahead of last place TOUGH ROAD AHEAD Utah turned what appeared to be its crucial corner last week by giving the a handy walloping in in both games of their series on the Farmers' Farmers own floor However basketball prosperity for the Utes is still in hiding and they must turn another corner comer this week when thc they face the Brigham Young at Provo Prove This pair of battles promises to be bethe bethe bethe the highlight of the season as far as fans can see sec B Y U. U in the face o of its performances In the Montana State clashes is given the inside track on the bunting and will probably be given the edge over Utah but r right ht here and now let it be known that the Ute Utes who arc are traveling at al top speed are arc out for their second successive suc sue conference flag and nd cant can't see sec how a pack pact of Cougars who have played rather inconsistently all season season sea sea- son can stop them The B. B Y U U. outfit was highly favored fa a- a to trim the Utes in their first meeting but the Redskins surprised them b by giving Givins them two of the hardest hardest hard hard- est battles they've had That series was a split and Utah then was only a skeleton of the team it now is UTES IMPROVE The rapid development of the Utes' Utes scoring power has given them perhaps the most dan dangerous erous outfit in inthe inthe inthe the loop St Stan n Smith and Taft Watts Utah forwards have taken it upon themselves to overshadow the rest of and the loop for twin performances rank second and third respectively 1 h 1 the league scoring coring Captain Sherm Clark Cllrk has been amazing in his performance per at center during the past two series serles and the added spark his all around pIa play has given the Utes makes them the machine Coach Vadal Peterson was trying to build There is no finer liner pair of guards in inthe inthe inthe the conference than Grant Bennion and Dick Lund Their sterling play so far has been an important factor in the Utes' Utes success They have stopped practically every effort of opposing forwards to put on what might b be called a scoring spree They were instrumental in quieting the Cougars before and are arc expected to do so again this week Captain Elwood Romney of the Cougars has been the only consistent con man on the Brigham Young squad The off and md on play of the rest of the squad has caused Coach Ott Romney no little worry and the unsettled condition of ot the team may prove to be their downfall this week Floyd Flod Garn Cougar forward finally snapped out of his lethargy last week and broke brok into the scoring column in ina a bI big way but It marked the first and only time he has come through for his team and he can hardly be counted upon to do much dama damage e against Utah this thi week CLARK FA FAVORED Clark should have the shade over the B. B Y V. center centers Nelson and Hunter and is booked to have a good week J Although Malcolm LeSueur is a I classy little guard and Ferd Evans is isa isa a more or less dependable defensive man both will have to pIa play over their heads to stop the Ute forwards The fur will fly 1 thick and fast at Provo Friday and Saturday nights and basketball fans who like to see excitement In full measures wont won't take less than a pot of gold for lor their reserve seats to the series they would be the losers if they did The series serie wilt will almost send one or the other team home to the pennant Utah i is the bookies choice take it o or leave it The Utah A Montana Aggie State Slat series is a problem The Farmers Farmer have only an outside chance of climbing climbing climb climb- ing to the top now and the Bobcats Bobcat arent aren't mu much h better off ocr Their skir will prove nothing at all th thrace the therace therace race is now between Utah and B Y U U. |