Show Shoes Shoe's on Other Other Foot Now Trains Now Trains Late for tor Cowboys It Crucial Sellout Clash At Field House Tops Skyline Six Schedule By Jy John Mooney r Telegram Sports Sport Editor This time the shoes shoe's on the other loot foot and the University of Utah Redskins were favored to drop the league leading Wyoming Cowboys In n the first game of at their crucial two game series at the field house Friday night On Jan 10 the Utes after an night all-night train-bus train ride through the he snow played the Cowboys at Laramie and lost a heart-breaking heart point four decision for their only setback of the conference cam- cam While the Utes weren't blaming the he poor communications for the loss oss it was evident that the players felt they weren't aided any by riding most of the night in chilly surroundings But as they say eventually the worm turns And the Cowboys bucking sucking a blizzard were several hours late in arriving Friday morning for their game with the Utes Friday at 8 pm p.m. Utes Rate Edge Just how much affect this lateness lateness lateness late late- ness this disrupting of schedule will have on the Cowboys is problematical problematical problematical but anyway that combined with the shift In basket basket- with Denver and four with Utah as s well as three more with the Ag Ag- Ag gies ies on the slate However much of the attention attentions Is s pointing to the Utah field house which could handle at least fans ans for this thi game Friday were were there here that many seats Only a few hundred undred tickets went on sale Monay Monday Mon Mon- day ay and that sparse quota lasted less ess than an hour with hundreds turned away And there was little or no scalping scalping scalp scalp- ing of oC ducats The fans wanted to to I Isee see ee this game the worst way and and- that's hats about how most of them will see ee It Peterson Returns It t II Coach Vadal Peterson shelved for or a couple of ot weeks since before the he first Wyoming first Wyoming game will be beback beback bejack back jack on the bench combining all his lis wizardry with Frank Brickey Bricke In n an effort to get the Utes bac bacin back in n the ball game The Redskins save for Lee Watson Vat Wat Vatson Vatson son who has been lost for the season sea sea- son will be In prime condition fo foth for th this s game The Cowboys with their front line of Ron Livingston at 6 10 Jerry Reed at 8 6 and John at 6 have the height advantage over the Redskins and andT T this advantage e coupled with the Shelton Shellon cold coId war freeze of th the ball spelled the difference at Lara Lara- I mie However the Utes must score first and fastest for Cor the first half It Is imperative that the Redskins Redskins' V lead the Cowboys going Into thelast thelast the theY last 10 minutes o of the second half for if Wyoming snatches even the the briefest of leads the Cowboys will go into their act and when Wyoming starts stalling its worse worse than a model T on these brisk V mornings ya cant can't get em to go goat go goat goat at all ball floors was enough to install the Utes as a point four-point favorite among the wagering gentry The Cowboy Ute game Jame bearin bearing so much on the ultimate championship championship cham cham- picture stole the lines from a second conference game which pits two of the dark dark- horse candidates in another crucial crucia tilt at Springville The defending ch champion B BY BYU U Cougars on the heels of if a thrillIng thrilling thrill thrill- ing surprise win over Denver a at Denver Monday must meet th the challenge of the Utah wh who have been the surprise of ot th the league to date T V Three and One Record Utah State shares second place with the Utes with two wins over ove Colorado A. A and M. M and a split with Denver all registered on th the Logan floor This will be the first firs conference venture away from th the friendly can confines Cines o of B BY Y U after a disappointing start may have found Itself in th the Denver game and if so the Cougars Cougars Cougars Cou Cou- gars will be nobody's pushover right down do to the wire Th The Cougars now face a rugged row with a one won and three lost los record in conference play Th The Cougars cant can't lose many more mor games if iC they hope to stay In th the championship running On the other hand the Cats in their four games have met Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming twice and Denver twice and those clubs figure to be championship championship championship cham cham- opposition Two of States State's three wins have come at the expense expense expense ex ex- ex- ex pense o of tail end opposition th the oft beaten Colorado The Utah It If they can split with the Cougars still must be rated a championship factor A split would leave B BY BYU Y U dormie in the conference race with four losses already stacked up and two games left with Wyoming two |