| Show Four Utes Close Home Competition 0 Agai st Utah in Fieldhouse By JOHN MOONEY Telegram Sports Edit Editor r Four Utah seniors seniors Center Center Vaughan Bennion Bennion Bennion Ben- Ben nion Forward Val Sheffield and Guards Melly Atkinson and Deb Smith will Smith will sing their swan song to Salt Lake City basketball fans Tuesday night at when the Utah invade the theU theU theiU U iU field house for their traditional intrastate battle The contest which winds up the Utes' Utes home cage schedule looms as a much closer fray than it did a week ago following the fine showing against B Y U at Provo Saturday Peterson Worried Coach Vadal Peterson who gave his charges a brisk holiday workout Monday professed the opinion that the might be very difficult to beat Vadal Vadal pointed out that three of the Ag Ag- gies were on the sideline in the latter stages of the he B Y U game and the U USA S A C stalwarts still came within five points of winning the game While four are making their final appearance appearance ap- ap Coach Bob ob Burnett of U USA S A C will be making his debut before a Salt Lake City audience audience audience au au- au- au this being the first time Bob has brought his club to Utah's c capital pital city Aggles Improved Burnetts Burnett's club although small boasts a classy passing attack and a couple of shot hot-shot shooters hooters in Evan Baugh and Verne Hoffman Grant Cullimore is one of the best ball rustlers and floor men in the league this season and Captain Keith Trane and Mel Red Briggs are aregood aregood aregood good guards and capable scorers Against this starting five Coach Peterson is expected to start Forward Ken a junior junior jun- jun along with the four senior members of the squad quad Utah will boast something of a height advantage but it will be remembered that the Utes held only a two-point two edge in their battle with the at Logan before substitutions turned the tide Best individual duel of the evening is expected ex ex- to materialize between Bennion and Hoffman Hoffman Hoff Hoff- man the rival pivot men At Logan Hoffman had a all l the better of the going but Ben signs of hitting on the recent road trip and ma mamake mamake may make things hot for his talented sophomore rival ival Ut Ute Victory Needed Needed Utah State has had a very successful seaon season sea sea- son on under Burnett and a victory over Utah would be the crowning glory while the Utes need this his victory to stay in the running for second place lace The Redskins could still tie for the run- run up ner-up spot by dumping B Y U in the final game next week in Provo providing the Cougars lose loseto loseto to o Colorado at Boulder too Manager Keith Brown announced Tuesday afternoon that plenty of tickets would still till be at game time for this final con- con test est A varsity frosh-varsity reserve tilt will act as a curtain I I t I vS r S V S 5 5 S SS S r S S 'S S 5 5 S-S-S S S SS S S I I S OS S Deb Smith Plays Flays final home game |
