Show UTES 1 o T BEAT A T A HP 1 CATS TO LEAVE B. B Y YU u. u ON TO T r L 4 Redskins Stay in Chase With 43 22 Win Over Montana Scoring Scoring- Spree in Final Half Puts Life Into Uninteresting Fray That Was Listless Affair in Opening Half By the Sports Editor Utah's wall to stand in Its fight for or the western western west west- ern em division basketball championship not only humbled Montana State 43 to 22 here last night but it also left the Cougars of B. B Y U. U alone in first place Although the visiting Bobcats are not entirely out of the running the championship battle now si simmers mers down downto to a race between the Utes and the Cougars while a mutual foe the roe the Utah actually actually seem destined to cast the deciding votes in their final series with the two candidates I In ousting the Bobcats from a first place tie tic with the Cougars last night the Redskins gave every evory indication that they can beat the from boys w.- w. 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J 4 a far more Interesting interesting inter inter- esting game of It 1 1 this time By losing the I 4 Bobcats Bobcats' fell into a i t 1 tic tie with Utah for d j second cond place a at I f I ILive five Live gam games s won von 1 I 1 I and four lost Another Another An An- f. f other ollier Utah victory vie vie- L 7 J tory tonight would 4 leave the Cats r t t I two behind 1 games J w the Cougars as they go to ro Provo and md Tues Tues- Cox Monday d day y for their final series of the sea sea- son Montana State obviously was off I form formin in its shooting last night for the I visitors visitors' 59 shots were only four less I Ithan than the Utah attempts yet the visitors visit ors converted but eight of theirs while Utah capitalized on 18 Nothing Nothing Noth Noth- Noth-I Noth ing irig but a complete reversal of form however ever on the part of both teams teams' would enable the Cats to turn the tables on Utah tonight Montana States State's deliberate offense put a crimp in the Redskin attack atthe atthe at atthe the outset and a depressing contest was the result The first half halfin In effect was much ado about nothing with a alot alot alot lot of passing some sone excellent floor loor play but poor work at the hoop by bj byboth byboth both teams FINALLY CATCH UP Utah scored on a short toss by Loraine Loraine Loraine Lor- Lor aine Cox in the first minute but Captain Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Ray Buzzetti i dribbled in to sink sinka a couple of buckets for the Bobcats and it was eight minutes later before before be be- fore tore the Utes caught up 5 to 5 The Utes essayed a to 15 advant advantage tage t ge at half time and with Cox doing do do- lag ing good work they maintained i the seven point margin 19 t td 12 after three minutes o of the final period Then the Redskins RedskIn broke loose to score ore ten points in a minute and a half to tuck the game safely away Captain Sherman Clark started the spree with a couple of goals in quick succession Stan Smith found his ac accuracy accuracy ac ac- curacy that had been missing in the first half and tailed in one of Clarks Clark's tries A few moments later he raced under the backboard to take a aUght aUght- lightning lightning light light- ning last fast return pas pass from Cox on an out-of-bounds out play and rolled it into the thc hoop with ease case Bennion rang the bell hell from the side sida and Utah was riding out front 29 to 12 RESERVES FINISH GAME With that comfortable lead still growing bigger under the impetus of an improving offense Coach Vadal Peterson started the parade of re reserves reserves re- re serves and by the end of ot the game Utah had bad an entirely second combination combination combi nation on the floor C Cox x was one of ot the first starters to leave the game and he had 12 well earned points and some classy floor work to show for his efforts Smith remained in the conflict and rose to scoring honors with 14 points The Bobcats had many opportunities ties to haul the Redskins down from the rear before the Utes hit their stride in the second half j yet ct et the best they could do was to cling annoyingly close Clarks Clark's free toss and Bennion's short toss tess from the side tied the count 5 to 5 in the first hall half It was Cox who tipped lipped the ball baU into the netting netting netting net net- ting while reeling backward for the theall theall theall all important goal to put Utah ahead SMITH CONNECTS Smith hovered in the corner to take Clarks Clark's tip on a near the Red Redskin skin basket and carefully tossed the goal that widened the margin to four points Bennion turned Breeden's personal foul toul into a n p point from the tree free free throw line but Boothe got loose for a setup to keep the visitors in the running Boothe and Harding swarmed Clark on a pivot play so the Ute center con con- tar ler handed the ball to Cox who one one- handed it through the hoop from the shelter helter of perfect screening Smith and Ario balanced free throws and Cox converted both his gratis tosses tosse when Ario Aria fouled him as the half hal ended I. i A. 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