Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-27 | Page 13 | Newest Coach

Newest Coach Joe takes over as ashead ashead ashead head coach of Holy Cross college college col col- lege succeeding Dr Eddie Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson who moves to the University University University Uni Uni- of Iowa who handled the Crusader backs played in the Notre Dame backfield in 1931 Vandals Down Utes 27 35 As Visitors Have Trouble Locating Hoop on Ups Set-Ups Special to The Telegram TWIN FALLS Idaho Dec 27 Missing 27 Missing six attempts for every field goal they recorded Utah's barnstorming basketball team I dropped a 35 27 game here last night to Idaho's Pacific Coast con ference Vandals The Redskins' Redskins long and short pass I game clicked beautifully and set upshot up shot after shot but the leather rolled teasingly from the hoops I Idaho's Ronald poison poison poi poi- son Kon for the Utes as he lie hurled 15 i points through the nets for scoring II ing big honors Abetting Harris in the victory were Steve Balko and guard who intercepted many Ute passes and superbly handled Utah rebounds from the backboards and Brenden Barrett center and No 1 ball sail rustler who looped nine count count- ers Utah missed their forward Maurice Watts who is out with a possible bone fracture in his ils foot But a split series may re result result re- re sult suit tonight if the Utes find shooting shooting shoot ing ng eyes Four Field Goals Merle Ahlquist Ute center whose height gave him four field goals under under under un un- un- un der the basket scored nine of his teams team's points tying with Harry Empey forward Both teams showed poorly on free throws Utah making only seven of OI 23 attempts while Idaho connected with nine of 17 tries I Idaho held a 23 13 half time advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage but a mild Redskin uprising uprising uprising ing narrowed the count to 30 25 as Belko and Harris were benched for too many fouls Ahlquist soon followed followed fol fol- fol lowed them to the bench and the rally collapsed A Twin Falls janitor who mopped the court with an oil base solution before the contest was the most talked of man at the game Play was stopped during a high school preliminary which Twin Twin Falls won from Burley 21 to 17 as six players and the referee were flat on the floor loor at one time Uncertain Footing Although dried repeatedly with a chemical solution the floor was still slick during the collegiate game Until the second half both teams were afraid to drive hard on the uncertain footing The score UTAH IDAHO ci 0 1 iP 2 1 Price rf 0 1 1 1 Empey If 3 3 3 9 Harris It If 5 3 13 Ahlquist S c 4 1 4 0 Barrett t c 4 3 3 11 Hardy rg g c 1 0 3 g t rg J 1042 g mcd Ic 1 0 2 2 Smith 2 1 2 5 f Lowe el if f t 1 g 2 t 1 4 rf t 1 t 1 0 3 3 rt rf 0 0 1 0 Wood It If 0 Melroy Meiroy 19 0 0 1 0 Hopkins II 0 00 0 0 0 Totals 10 7 17 27 Totals 13 9 15 35 Referee Leute umpire Shurtliff 4