Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-22 | Page 13 | Denver Defeats Greeley to Give Wyoming Bright Chance to Tie for Flag

Den Denver ver Defeats Greeley To Give Wyoming Bright Cli Chance a n ce to Tie Ti e fo for r Flag Utes Rally to Take Tense Scrap From Montana State By TELEGRAM l SPORTS EDITOR After spotting their theli fo foes s an eight eight- point lead Inthe n tho first half halt Utah's pulled themselves together er after the thi rest period with their coach and came back to nose noso out Montana State hero by one point 36 37 Friday night The two teams meet again at the Deseret gym Saturday night beginning beginning begin begin- ning at 8 o'clock with both teams tam needing a a. victory to sta stay out of ot the collar Montana State Stare was wa ahead 22 14 at the half lial after Bill Bm Ogle Pete and Bill each connected connected connected con con- with brilliant shots from mid- mid court The Utes worked far tar more proficiently proficiently pro pro- In Tn the second period to chisel away way at the lead until they finally pulled abreast tho the Invaders 32 on a brilliant short toss by Harold Miller A long one-handed one toss by Howard Borg Berg put Utah ahead then for the first time and Virgil James made the first of ot two free tree throws to send end the team three points ahead The Bobcats shook Exum loose however for tor a pair of at setups and forged a point ahead with less than two minutes to play James set himself himself himself him him- self in the corner though and arched a 8 hl high h toss squarely through the netting for the deciding basket The Cats fought desperately to get another shooting opportunity but couldn't get away from Utah's fierce defense in the last minute Remembering the 28 points Bill Bm Kinner scored on them in a recent game at nt Bozeman the Cats clamped a fierce defense on the Ute center but Bill managed to be bo high scorer with 14 H points compared to Ogles Ogle's 13 3 Utah's proficiency at the foul line was the deciding point The Cats wasted nine free throwing chances in 13 3 to dissipate the two- two point advantage they gained from the floor MONTANA STATE i iG 0 G T r F i P Pf 1 Olle rt rf 6 j 3 1 13 3 1 Exum If 40 2 1 0 Dora c 2 3 1 5 1 3 1 3 0 bl l r rg ig g g 2 5 0 6 2 g C 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 16 13 i 4 36 11 UTA UTAH H G a T r F P Pf Nenon U rf 0 0 0 0 0 Der Jf 1 0 0 2 1 Kinner c 5 6 4 14 1 rl rg 1 1 1 3 2 James II 40 4 2 1 9 1 La reen r rf 1 0 0 2 2 Miller If 3 2 1 7 3 I Bolle rs 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 7 37 12 Referee Howard umpire