Salt Lake Telegram | 1941-02-28 | Page 24 | Three Clubs Open Final Drive for Big Seven Crown

Three Clubs Open Final Drive for Big Seven Crown The three top teams of the Big Seven conference will go gonto into nto action Friday and Saturday nights each attempting to turn on the heat and open up a stretch drive that will carry it under the wire as winner or of the conference championship The going appears smooth for Wyoming which now leads t the therace therace e erace race for this week end at least The Punchers appear to h have ve smooth sailing as they tackle Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado State Friday night and Utah State Saturday night both on the Laramie half acrE acre floor The going definitely will not be smooth for the second and third pla place e teams teams- teams Colorado Colorado and Utah Utah Utah- when they get together Saturday night at the Ut Ute fieldhouse each bent on eliminating the other from the race C Coach a h Vadal Peterson put his squad through ugh a a. a stiff workout Thursday night and canceled practice practice practice tice fot for Friday afternoon He In Indicated Indicated In In- he will start Carlos Soffe and either Clair Anderson or Ken at forwards and Vaughan Bennion at center The guard posts will be taken care of by Deb Smith Bill Johnson and Mel Atkinson with Smith and Johnson as probable probable pi-ob- pi able starters Val Sheffield will be ready to play but the haired curly forward has las not rounded into top form yet after a weeks week's layoff with an ankle injury Soffe who started basketball S practice later than most of his teammates because of his his' football activities now is is' is reaching peak form and deserves a starting berth particularly after his fine performance perform perform- ance against Colorado State last week The Utes face a big task in stopping stopping stop- stop ping Ding Leason McCloud leading conference conference conference con con- ference scorer George Hamburg big jig Colorado center and their teammates It was Hamburg then S Sri ri 4 S I r 41 5 S S FROSTY COX p playing ying guard who tossed In several several several sev sev- sev- sev eral sensational long shots last year when Colorado defeated the Utes in the U fieldhouse After their Wyoming game the Colorado will invade Provo for a battle with B BYU Y U on Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- night The Utah Aggles will play Denver at Denver Friday night seeking to avenge the oneS one- one point S defeat the Pioneers handed them last week in the Aggie gym