Show COUGARS HAVE VE TOUGH JO J 1 A A C. C Can Attain Strategic Position by G Gaining ining Split Greeley Also Faces Tel Te TeI I By BILL McCREA l Utah State and Greeley State defending champions i in U the f ern md nd eastern R. R M. M C. C hoop races meet serious serIo challengers day and Saturday nights as the Logan Farmers invade Provo to I IBy B. B BY Y U. U and the Greeley conting contingent nt battles Western State A basketball mad throng will pack the tho Y T every overy Inch and corner of at gym when the Co Cougars gars and Aggles line lino up at 8 p. p m. m In what is expected expected ex ex- to bo be a bitterly fought game Last year the tho two schools split spIlt both the Provo Prove and Logan series The Mountaineers of W Western tern State led by high scoring Bill I and Jim Bauer may tip I over over the tho Bears in one game but even oven so the Greeley team can cnn maintain first place since Denver did the tho unexpected Tuesday by thumping Wyoming 46 There are two angles angle to the the- B. B Y r U. U U. Utah Utah State series which Cougar Cougar Cougar Cou Cou- gar gar gar- garp p partisans believe are favorable to the home club In the first place they are playing in their own cracker box gym and secondly they feel that the tho Aggles have gone slightly stale Hit Stride On the other hand the Farmers believe they are just hitting their championship stride of last season and are arc well aware that if Mar Marlow low Turpin does not play much in the series the Y will wUl be without one of its most important cogs cog Turpin I is not expected to start Fridays Friday's tussle and even if It he does play he be must favor an injured knee The Tho dope favors a split series but still aWl It would not be bo surprising to see sec the Aggles sweep both games Although they are playing in their own gym and before a wild partisan parti part san an crowd it doesn't seem likely that the Y will win twice particularly particularly particularly par par- If Turpin isn't hitting on all six alx Tho The Ag were scheduled to leave leavo for Provo Prove late loto this morning They must t change trains at Ogden and again at Salt Lake City The trip was originally scheduled by bus but heavy snows throughout tho the northern part of the state have bae tied up aut automobile traffic A trip of this nature natura with the uncertain arriving time attached to tolt It may work a hardship on the tho Farmers and It would not bo be surprising sur stir t to see lice a weary travel team enter the lr fray All AU the ggles need to attain a most strategic position is Is' a split spilt because then they have a a. week two-week layoff before again meeting the theY Y Yin T in Logan Then The too the Cougar Cougars Cou Cou- gars gar have a two game series aerIes with Utah Uth next week in Salt Lake City and it is not at all aU unlikely that the Utes will cop one game from the They have a habit of doing it every year at the Deseret gym Starting Lineups The Farmers Farmer will wilt start their veteran veteran vet vet- eran lineup of ot Captain Cleo Petty and Kent Ryan forwards Eldon I Watson center Red Wade and Rollie Gardner guards Tho The Y Y will open with Ralph Crow Crowton ton and Marlow Turpin or Frank Wright forwards Earl Giles center Captain Cap tam tain Hugh Cannon and Walter Brooks guards If It Greeley State gets over the Mountaineers Mountaineer with a double win their chances for a second consecutive tive Uve eastern division title will brighten considerably They are likely to have a tough time tima in Laramie Laramie Lara- Lara mie rule when they play the tho Cowboys Cowboy February 14 In the I last game gamo between between between be be- tween the two rivals but Wyoming has already been beaten beaton twice The Colorado college Tigers must prove just how good they really are Friday and Saturday nights in two games with the Cowboys at the Laramie outfits outfit's stronghold The Tho Tigers Tiger hold undisputed possession of ot third place with four victories and two defeats In two tilts which have no bearIng bearing bearing bear bear- ing on the title the Ute Redskins will be battling the Bobcats of Montana State Friday and Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- in hi an effort to get out atthe of at the cellar A plit pUt series serles is 13 expected expected ex ex- although the Braves will present their strongest lineup atthe of at the season now that now that all the cripI crip I les have fully recovered |