Show Tense Cougars Try Many Shots But Seldom Hit D By BAXTER DAXTER LEYSHON Special to The ram LARAMIE Wyo March 4 4 ity to hit hil the hoop consistently and to pitch foul tosses cost the Brigham Young university western division representatives their chances to annex the initial contest in the three came series for or the u I Mountain conference title here Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- da day night against Wyoming's eastern division champion The Cowboys won 37 to 33 before a near capacity crowd of over fans ans who turned out despite a howl howl- in big ng blizzard Extreme nervousness which af af- their shoot shooting n eyes seemed tobe tobe to tobe be the principal fault of the Cougars and although they pe pegged ged more than 00 tries at the basket from close and long ong range less than 13 per cent found the he mark They were just as bad on foul shooting shoot shoot- I ing ng and had they converted at their usual rate they could have undoubtedly undoubtedly edly taken tIe the fray ROMNEY MISSES SEVEN TRIES Captain tain Elwood Romney was the main offender and although the Cougar Cougar Cou Cou- gar star whose consistent scoring durin during the past two years has brought him um the western division scoring hon hone ors ors rs hurled dozens of tries at the iron hoop loop he could convert but three goals two in the first half and a lone basket in the second period His foul shooting which has been phenomenal this season was also badly off form for he scored but two out ut of nine tries However he played 1 |