| Show Skyline Six Quint Face Tough Week Cougars Open Show With LaSalle Battle B By Bill Johnston Skyline Six cage teams playing from coast to coast this week get going in large quantities the rest iest of the wi week k with all but one of the conference teams slating slating- big time college competition during the next four days Brigham Y You o u n gs g's Cougars boasting a 3 1 record in preseason play take on the powerful po LaSalle college quint Wednesday night in II Philadelphia's convention hall hail Reports Reports Reports Re Re- ports from the east indicate that the LaSalle five is loaded with virtually the same men who sparked the 1947 team to the national national national na na- na- na invitational tournament Thursday night will find the Denver university engaging the strong Syracuse college five at Syracuse N. N Y The Pioneers al although al- al though losing hosing both of their eastern eastern east east- em ern tests have one of the top in the nation in the person of Vince Boryla who has dunked 66 points point in two tilts tills On Friday the Pioneers hustle over to Toledo Ohio for a battle with Toledo Cougars Tackle Valparaiso The Cougars of Brigham Young also get gel in some action Friday when they take on Valparaiso university university university uni uni- at Valparaiso Ind md Here in Utah a gala hoop header double-header at Logan will capture capture capture cap cap- ture the interest of ot the states state's fans Utah State Wyoming Montana State and Montana will engage in inthe inthe inthe the twin bill with Utah State testing testing testing test test- ing Montana Friday night and Wyoming meeting Montana State On Saturday the procedure will will willbe be reversed with the tangling with Montana State and Wyoming g going 0 i n fl g against the Grizzlies S The have beaten Idaho State and Idaho while losing to Oregon State Wyoming dumped Montana Montara State twice last week end by impressive scores both times The Utah are being ranked as conference dark horses while the Cowpokes are ranked as co- co favorites to lo cop the crown along with Denver Utah university's victorious us five victors over Oregon State ranked a. a as Pacific Coast conference northern northern north north- em ern division favorites arid and Idaho also a member of the Pacific Coast league will leave Salt Lake by plane pIane Friday morning for a couple of games gamed with University of Southern South South- em ern California The Utes 13 strong will be in a position to act as a sounding board allowing Pacific coast fans tans fansa tansa a chance to compare the 4 of the northern and southern dl- dl visions of ot the thc powerful league U S C is the preseason favorite to annex the southern southern crown 13 18 Utes Travel el Coach Vadal Peterson announced Wednesday morning that he will take Vern Gardner Fred Weidner Glen Duggins Murray Satterfield Leon Watson Valson Jim Woodward Dolan Condie Don Jesperson Dick George Smith Bill Peterson Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son Ed Sandberg and either Gordy Crofts or Bill Hutchinson depending upon their physical con The contest st stacks up as an even- even Stephen affair with Ute center Vern Gardner who has dunked 29 points in the Utes' Utes two games engaging engaging engaging en en- in a scoring duel with U S Cs C's star pivot man Stan Christie The Utes tried out a anew anew anew new for this area anyway system system system tem of substituting in fn platoons and the idea worked out very well weH Allf All of f the kids found the scoring column col with George Smith and Jim Woodward coming up with some great shots j At the completion of this weeks week's ball games Skyline Six cage squads will be known from coast to coast and the conference stands to gain a great deal of prestige J around the nation To date Skyline Skyline Skyline Sky- Sky line Six teams have top-heavy top victory record In intersectional 4 competition Utah Wyoming and Colorado A A t tand and M. M boast 2 0 records while Utah State has a 2 1 mark and Brigham Young has a 3 1 season J average Denver has lost both games in the thc east but has impressed impressed impressed im- im J pressed eastern castern scribes with their fast break and Vince Boryla I |
