| Show SPORTS MIRROR By John Mooney Telegram Sports Editor Observation Ward WardWill I Good Will Toward Mon Man even v n Involves writing fh the th boss' boss column for or him while he hv is on vacation While John Mooney Telegram m sports editor Is spending a couple of weeks in the tall corn of Iowa visiting his folks his space on this page will be filled occasionally by byone byone byone one of his staff And since about all you can hear these days is either Merry Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas runs or Of how do you think the Utes will come out well we'll wish everyone the first and then yak yak a bit on the second That the Ute are a bit more pot potent nt than most folks thought they would be is rather evident after the three victories o out t of four games with the Trojans Trojans Trojans Tro Tro- jans of the Un University of Southern California Especially since the Trojans clipped Wisconsin a night or two ago 1 Survival of Fittest But this will be a tough league for tor or a couple of reasons First there lire are re four really powerful teams and second the game 20 schedule willbe will willbe willbe be hard on everyone Every team will face one of pf f those periods when a flock of games has to be played in a week or 10 da days s 's and how the thet t team am survives that test may provide provide pro pro- vide lots of answers S For instance the Utes will have their acid test beginning on Jan 21 They will play V Wyoming Wyo Wyo- o ming here on Jan 21 and 22 entertain Pittsburgh in an Intersectional Intersectional Intersectional In- In game on Jan 26 take on B Y U in the field house on Jan 29 and then go down to Springville ville for a game with the Cougars on Jan 31 5 That's a rough slate And another another another an an- other rough spot will come a little later when on Feb 11 and 12 the Utes must play Denver at Denver and then travel right over to Laramie Lara- Lara I rule mie for a game with Wyoming on Feb 14 Before you you get to feeling that the schedule makers had it in for forthe forthe forthe the Utes consider just one other otherS S sample and sample and every team in the league is' is just about as bad off oft 1 S Tired Boys BoysOn On Feb 26 Denver will play De IDe Paul in Chicago Two da days s 's slater later the Pioneers will be back home for a game with Wyoming on Feb 28 The next night March 1 It will be Wyoming at Denver And then look out the out the Pioneers travel to Salt SnIt Lake for games with the Utes on March 4 and 5 and down to Springville for a game with B BY BYU Y U on March 7 It may be said without fear of going out on a limb that the Pioneers Pioneers Pio Plo will be tired when they r return re return re- re turn to the Colorado capital A As AI for how the teams are going to finish this much you can bet beton on that on-that that the first four places Inthe Inthe in inthe the final standings will be held by these thee four teams listed in ho special order Denver Wyoming Utah and B BYU Y U. U Utah State and Colorado A 1 M 1 may fool around and beat one of these teams team now and ag again but n not t often enough to do anything but confuse the title picture a bit Neither the Utah Farmers nor the Colorado Farmers can be figured for anything other than a nu nuisance lance now and then S Folks who are beginning to Count Denver out just because of oC Its lousy won and lost rec record rd In these hese preseason on games are the same type in a different way as those who count their chickens before they are hatched True when you see that Denver has lost four tour or so games you begin to wonder But those losses ere aga against gr great at teams and by the narrowest of ot marg margins ns Lots of coaches figure that they have to lose so many of the close ones each year and year and that sort of figuring figuring figur figur- ing would mean that Denver probably probably abl ably has had its share of close decisions decisions decisions de de- de- de going against it Mooney Says Wyoming Bossman Mooney the vacationer who saw Wyoming play up at Logan frankl frankly says that they'll win the league Lots of or loyal Utes say that their bo boys s 's will come through Down around double dribble row in Provo they say that the defending champion Cougars Cougars Cou Cou- gars will ill be successful in defending defend- defend ing ng their crown This writer who has watched those B BYU Y U kids since the days when shen they played in back yards of Provo and other Utah county towns owns is one who cant can't count the Cats out For this we have two reasons 1 the 1 the kids can all shoot like ike crazy 2 all 2 all of ot em have been used to winning since they were juniors in high school and the pressure pressure pressure pres pres- sure never has affected them This Thi pres pressure ure business will be terrific Most close followers figure that the team that wins the league can lose five games To show how ho easy it would be to lose five and still be right up there ther we will use the Utes as an example Dont Don't get mad Vadal this is Just an example Say the Utes are as good as their rooters think they are Against Denver and Wyoming the Utes could get a 2 split with one and win three while losing one to the other They could lose one out of four with B BYU Y U and then on an anoff anoff anoff off night sometime lose one of the eight they must play with Utah State and Colorado State That's f five fe e losses But what team would have a better record So well we'll award the title to the coach Vadal Peterson of Utah Ellison Ketchum of Denver Den Floyd Millet of B BYU Y U or Ev Es' Shelton of Wyoming who can go through the league season with the loss of but five games B. 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