Show RED REDSKINS BEAT TO TOP AOP WESTERN D DIVISION IV I S I O t f 4 41 J f iC r 70 J. J W Ii c old L I Utes Who Lost First 3 Games Now Lead Pack Victory Conics Comes in Final 8 Minutes l After Farmers Deadlock Score I B By Wendell A Ashton Utah university's championship champions lp victims in their first three games of the western division sched f 44 ule are basking Ini In Jn i undisputed f fir i r s 1 t 4 place for the fir first t I time ime today with wilh one ne game to go 1 y Utah en climbed m b e ewt wt In Into to the lead Fri Fri- day rally rally- i o. o Ing to subdue Utah i. A 36 t to 29 a aI al t 0 SJ Angles I th thc et I gym J m. m l 1 The defeat for the 4 ft A definitely j. j h eliminates t. t their h e f r hopes of or throwing t the western division divi ion sion race Into a way four tic tie The Redskins are now Sherm Clark half me-half game in lead of or B. B Y U. U and will wind up their schedule this evening against the starting at 8 p. p m. m in the Deseret gym B. 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U will not finish its schedule until next week end when it engages the in fl n i two game series at al Logan If Utah wins this evenings evening's game gome the Cougars must win both bolh all ati Logan in order ord to to gain a tie for the west western m division title Fridays Friday's i issue ue between Utah and the es was ps decided in the last eight minutes of play after both teams had battled to a standstill At this point with the score knotted 28 23 to 28 Cap- Cap fain Sherman Clark started the thc Redskins Redskins Red Red- skins on their victory march by whipping whipping whip whip- whipping ping in a long side shot Stan Smith rapped in a pair of or beautiful setups made possible by Lorraine Cox to give Utah a six point lead and then Utah Ulah proceeded to win the ball U name came me FINE STALLING TACTICS Enjoying a six point lead with six minutes to go the Cr Crimson tribe staved of off threats with a flossy exhibition of stalling Not once did the Aggles corner Utah in its time- time taking laking tactics In fact Clark scored a setup during that period as Grant Bennion Benmon was counting a foul toss All the Aggles could get during the Utes' Utes six minute stalling stand was a foul toss converted by Captain Warren Allsop just before the final gun barked Until those last few minutes the battle was a 3 see-saw see setto from the start Utah's sterling passing passin game featuring some nice rustling by Cox punctured the Aggie defense at timely timely time time- ly periods during the first half halo The entire Aggie team playing ball from the outset participated in inthe inthe inthe the scoring coring Bennion and Dick Diet Lund were veritable ball hawks on the Utah defense while the guarding of George Young and Allsop o of the Aggles Ag Ag- gies spoiled several Utah Ut basket drives SMALL ADVANTAGES Neither team gained more than a three point margin durin during the first half haIr which ended 1615 16 for the Lo- Lo The Thc A gies were more accurate accurate ac ac- ac curate than the Utes during the first half making 24 field tries at the ring good for seven goals The Utes counted six ba baskets In 29 attempts Everett Campbells Campbell's long basket from the center of the floor started the scoring Lund rotated for Utah with a setup and then the nip and tuck scramble began Shots from both long and short ranges thrilled the crowd of approximately during during dur duro ing this session Two long one one- handed s side de shots hots one by Cox and andone andone andone one by Carl Belliston of the stood out GO AHEAD Captain Clark began to warm the hoop in the second half hal and that was one ne of ot the reasons Utah went into a lead Belliston open opened cd the second sessIon with a setup giving the Agles Ag Ag- gies les a three point lead Smiths Smith's long longshot shot hot from the side and a pair of tail tail- i in n ringers by Clark put the Utes in front front but Campbells Campbell's long one and Belliston's foul deadlocked the score Cox put Utah four points ahead with a pair o of baskets but Virgil Cropley Crop Crop- ley ey ripped in for a setup for the A Ag Ag- gies gics Following Clarks Clark's basket t there was vas a temporary lull in U Utah's tali's Ing ng Cropley Young and Belliston of the brought the score to 28 2828 and then the locals began their victory spurt followed by their well well- engineered stalling sWUng game SHINING PERFORMANCE Every Utah man starred in at least one department Smiths Smith's timely quick fire baskets kept Utah in the therace therace race while the tail in work of Cap Cap- tam aln tain Clark was brilliant at times Cox passing passin and range long shooting was a big factor in the Utes' Utes success Bennion and LUnd were all of ot the time lime intercepting Aggie passes anc and nd they came in for or their share of the points in addition Captain Allsop's floor work for or the was a sight to behold Camp bell played a Ii nice game during the first half but seemed to have too much butter on his fingers in the second canto B Belliston did some nice shooting at times UTAH C O G T T. 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