| Show f Driving ng By Dy f Frank rank K Baker Telegram Sports Editor o othe the One of Best in Conference Utah's vital lUl series here herc this week week- with the Montana State Bobcats Bobcat d A raises to produce a little 1 battle battle- between di- di o for all f sion ion on honors e Ray Boothe of or 04 f Cats is one of e e d din i n g j jI f rot ot I men in the theL j jn n ference c ex- ex r. r i fling the per per- perr r 4 turned 7 so far this year ear f Utah's con all rf i rence center and JM f f fp plain p aln erm rt ik rk Boothe u Clark in m opening games Bozeman but butk irk k was ham- ham red then with a aie Clark ie ae e ankle so cannot be censored his mediocre showing howing there Un Un- however Clark outplays his fo fois foe this is meeting the Bobcat will have hav ig margin so far as this sea season seasons season's ons on's goes e I fo o 0 Outstanding Centers Division This Year k The uncertainty of ot division all-division I aspects for center reminds one that tile ille De each of the teams is depending fairly capable men not one of tm boasts a really outstanding per per- Don Campbell of or the Ag ies is in uth th leading Boothe at the bucket ith db 64 points ag against Boothes Boothe's 61 a t Campbell is not as smooth a per per- as the Bobcat and not as de dc- dable in a crisis Boothe isn't a aring ring chicken any more for a heavy has replaced the fuzzy beard beardi i t his chin t that at graced it it during his hi days das da's in the Copper league Even Nelson of B. B Y U. U is ahead Clark so far as scoring goes oes bue but bu bute t e point table alone doesn't give a air ir comparison Wh While le Clark has ha own lown only occasional flares lares of his I self of last season he has ha proved a c capable leader id d undoubtedly it is this sense 01 of as captain that has kept kepi L e Ute from hitting his stride t 0 o J Even Eten so it goes Joes without debate that hat the division doesn't have haTe a brilliant center such as Glen Worthington used to be for the Aeries nies or Frank Ward was for forthe the Bobcats In fact the whole Is really experiencing l dearth of pivot ph-ot men who can teal tul the show from the rest of he team I hats hat's Wrong With I Pitching While the foul p pitching on this side ithe the conference isn't exactly a as d as that of the Central State eachers eachers' college in Michigan where he lie team has lost 9 out of 16 games cause le it couldn't hit the hoop from L fee ie free throw line it is still in aI a alid lid I d way Each of the western division teams as liS s converted less than 60 per cent ceni I if ils its charity tosses B. B Y U. U for ex- ex plc t turning ning less than half of or its ite f I t I V i I 7 I in lIt shots hots into points A team invert mert BO SO per cent of Its free throws Free throws have proved the deding deding deding de- de ding factor in a number of games sames or example Utah lost the first game State Stale b by one point and ie margin was in the unmolested riots ts Utah squeezed out ahead of W. W Y U. U by a point in the second one aloe thanks to three more free sees ses than the Cougars made a e Tragically enough where a team wins through its ability at the foul tossing line the other tally II loses because of Its failure fall fall- ure re re In En that department So long Ions 1 M 1 free throwing chances are arc to Ibe bt riven a team should make snake proficient at that part of the p time ne The wholesale hole alc failures failure hId had one to believe that both the fD fetches hes and players are slighting fret M ee throw brow drill Why hy Not Avoid ee ese Penalty Shots I rom II-rom rom Fron the other angle antle the free s Iro-s w are penalties attached to lo a a for infraction of ot rules IB B. y Y U. U drew 31 chances from the I f throw row line in Saturdays Saturday's game cause use of f Utah Ulah Infractions Fortu- Fortu lj for the Utes Ules the Cougars d only 11 H Of them against Utah's b but t had B. B Y U. U been converting Ut jt H should the Utes would have n on the gift es Utah Ulah lost by two ets to lo Montana State in the first n ne e because they couldn't get et over of their 14 free throws t e J- J The Collegians might well take lesion s from the high school toss toss- at It t Pleasant Grove Gro The Peet Peete Pee- Pee t te ee boys had bd d a perfect average their last game tame with 12 13 out If f 12 and and the worst they have hare ODe ne this season has been to to miss OUr Ur out of 12 Its It's e easy y enough h m lee what bat J suIcide It II 1 Is to f foul Ul a an till of boys boy who hit the hoop m the LL free throw line like 11 I I |
