Show Cougars Break Precedent Practice in Women's Gym PROVO Feb 5 With 5 With the flying dying squarely abreast o of them Inthe Inthe in inthe the western division basketball race Bri Brigham ham Young university grimly swung into practice Monday for their series with ith Utah A gies here Friday and Saturday All signs of staleness were gone gone- from the play of the regulars in their first drill of the week and andl I Coach Ott Romney Romney Rom Rom- ney watched with witha a satisfied air their return to form The Cougars Cougars Cou Cou- gars worked under under un un- der wraps Monday Monday Mon Mon- day p per c e r f I j different points of their game and much of the time lime were not allowed to turn full power on the reserves Monda Mondays Monday's s drill was ivas as the first of three stiff workouts workouts workouts work work- outs scheduled for forthe J the week all in inthe Giles the women's gymnasium and a departure departure de de- from the usual custom I de of working In the old mens men's gym The Cougars will vIli work with the bleachers bleach bleach- ers up the last two ni nights to become fully acclimated to game atmos atmos- I plic phere re Two positions of the Y lineup are arc as they have been all season somewhat dependent on the showing showing showing show show- ing of candidates for them during the week with Millet guard and Giles Glies forward likely to start Captain Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Whitman guard Crowton forward forward for for- ward and Cannon center will round out the lineup and all seem In rare form as the series nears If we wc had tickets we could sell them said Y athletic officials officials officials of of- Tuesday All tickets ets available available available avail avail- able to the public have been gone for days The demand for tickets is indicative of the interest which the coming serIes is creating in Provo Y dY students will celebrate Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day evenin evening with their annual Pep Pcp Vodie annual competitive vaudeville vaudeville vaude vaude- ville yule entertainment staged by social units of the school before a major basketball series ithe the Cougars of oi Brigham Young university I With the very noticeable aid of Dame Fortune the ies Agg-ies did well to annex the series with Utah To stay in the title chase they must win at least one game with the Cougars and this task will be much harder in Provo than it was in the Smart ISmart gymnasium Should the two teams divide this series it is probable probable able that a tie for first place will result Both Utah Utai and Montana State are improving rapidly and may defeat both of the leaders before before before be be- I fore the season closes I As the Farmers go Into the last half of their schedule the start starting n lineup is not so definite as It was Ithe the start of th the season The fine reserve play of Harold Hanson and Shelb Shelby West Vest on the forward line I and the rather ragged play of one or two regulars makes maltes the fight for starting starling posts very intense Eldon Watson who started the season in such an nn excellent manner has not been playing his best ball and If he does docs not improve noticeably noticeably noticeably notice notice- ably this week it is very yer likely that Hanson or orVest orest West Vest will assume Kent iR Ryans Ryan's ans forward role while the big bigI I Logan sophomore takes over the Watsons Watson's decline declines pivot post recent Is s attributed to a recent illness following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing a broken nose The squad came out of the Utah games in fine condition and all re reported reported reported re- re ported in the best of shape at Mondays Monday's Mondays Monday's Mondays Monday's Mon Mon- days day's drill |