Show COUGARS DRIVE IRIVE TOWARD PEN PENNAN 81 STAY A Y UNBEATEN BY NOSING OUT OUTI I UTAH 41 TO 37 Redskin Rally Falls Short in Rousing Finish to Drab I Encounter By Dy FRANK K BAKER BAKE Telegram Sports Editor Heavy favorites to repeat their we western ter division championship lp fol lowing owing a 41 37 victory ov over r Utah here M Friday the Brigham Brig Brig- ham Young hoop ster from Provo stand an an excellent chance h a n ce of ot their 1 first double victory vIe vic 1 Co tory ori on the Ute r Jq floor In five years 7 If the Cougars Cougar win the see second 0 n d k A t game gome of ot the series Saturday they lv f t will reach the half halfway 1 5 w way y point wide unde ui I Checking their drive toward nother mother champion champion- J A then will be virtually Giles Cues pie ale unless U Uta Utah t It h Aggles can them down o n the home stretch B B. B Y U. U should win Saturday night again The Cougar machine Is 3 always a man five-man scoring coring threat whereas Captain Bill Kinner at center is Js Utah's only consistent menace Hurry Ut Ute Shooters Fridays Friday's game was wu a queer tilt The first half halt was wu a defensive game in which the Cougars clung to the Utes like leeches Utah appeared to tobe tobe tobe be badly off form on shooting but most of the shots that rolled off the hoop were caused by hurried tosses toSes rather than poor aim Khmer Kinner for example didn't get a single chance chanc from his favorite spot in the free throwing lane The Utah coach switched and d the lineup in m an effort to find a pair of forwards wh who could go gG pla places es but all in m vain until late in the game when Ed Erekson Injected some ome life into offense Erekson an tanked Ranked ked a couple of buckets on his own accord and arid intercepted a ap p pass to set up Kinner for another field goal With that impetus the Utes shook off art their lethargy with a rousing rousing rous rous- ing mg finish that saved the game from being drab entertainment Utah was never ahead In the first half haIt the Utes appeared hopelessly outclassed as u the visitors forged ahe ahead ld 4 11 and finally 2113 at the intermission Lead Leid ead by Doubled Score The Cougars rolled into a a doubled score 27 13 to start the second half halt when hen Floyd connected once and Byron Nelson tapped the ball through the h hoop twice in a half min mm ute Ne Nelson on went out of the game shortly short short- ly thereafter on fouls but it Is doubt doubtful ful ml that his Itis going weakened the C Co Cou Cougar gar attack Earl Giles former star from Wasatch high at Heber stepped into his place and turned in a splendid did game Giles has shown hU hI Inexperience to college ball ban in previous appearances appearances ap ap- this season but there was nothing that looked freshman in his play Friday Besides playing a sweet floor game Giles GUes came through with three timely timely time time- ly buckets and a free throw for a seven point total His third bird fi field ld goal goala a a gem from the was corner corner was actually actual ly the straw tr w that broke the camels camel's back Utah's gallant rally had ha the C Cou Cougars u. u gars garl on n the run Under its us pressure they were missing their shots too Sid Kramer had just connected from the far flung re reaches ches of to leave Utah behind only two points 37 Ut Ute hope blazed for there wu was still stUl a minute to play but the goal goalby goalby goalby by Giles GUes provided an ble point four margin Co Cougars Cougar ran Doc Dog Ball Well The Cougars weren't particularly rl flashy At times their passing game was splendid but they had moments equally as wild as any the Ute Utes ex ex- ex D Despite spite a few minutes Inthe Inthe in inthe the second half when they were throwing the ball from o one e end of the floor Into th the hr at t th opposite end end end- endi the i C Cougars Ui h had d the ball most of the time though The Y took ev every iy advantage of superior r ranginess under the basket When two evenly matched foes toes scrapped for the ball the Cougar usually had the better timing on his Jumping lumping Frequently th the Utes were completely screened out of follow in shots u as Hunter Nelson and Whitman Whit man fought for tor the thc ball of off t the tle e Ute ISle banker Utah played in bunches Instead of spreading over the floor floor they'd group up as two three and yes sometimes sometimes some some- times four players dashed after the ball ban Naturally it left Cougars open and they took k advantage ge of ot It Kin Kinner er Real al Star SUr A burden rests on Kinners Kinners Kin Kin- ners ner's shoulders should Many casual rv ers era left leU the gym rim Friday believing Kinner Kin Kin- ner ncr had hada a poor evening that evening that he was off oU o on his 1 s shooting They will be surprised sur stir to find tind him the games game's high scorer with 16 IS points Kinner Khmer was as great a star as th the game produced yet he lie had to do so much rustling from one end of the floor to tho the other that he wearied and se seemed med to b be missing shots which h he ordinarily makes After Kinner orchids should be dis- dis to Millett and Whitman o ohe ot of the he Y flY and Kram Kramer r of ot Utah Millet s scored nine points but his real claim to distinction was a sound floor game gam from start tart to finish That Kramer was valuable to Utah Is evident from th the way the Y forged Into a 2713 27 l lea lead nd during th the interim the former Gr Gran n. n ftc itc star was on the bench at after r a bruising jolt joll |