Show I Redskins Can Gain Tie for Top Spot Vi By Beating Utah State St ate Tonight Rams Bounce Cougars Out of 01 First B By John Mooney Telegram nm Sports Editor Thanks to an assist on the part of the place last-place Colorado A. A and M. M University of Utah can move into a n tie tic for first pl place cc in the Skyline Six basketball race Monday night And all the Utes have to do to gain this exalt exalted cd position is to turn turnback turnback turnback back Utah Aggles a feat not as easy as it may sound especially in view of Saturdays Saturday's thrilling 64 58 Utah win at Logan Meanwhile Brigham Young university's university's university's uni uni- into red-hot red Cougars ran something at Colorado A. A and M. M as the place last-place thumped the erstwhile league leaders lenders 62 54 No Now the Cougars Cousars with four losses tagged togged against their record face facea a tough row to a repeat performance perform perform- ance in the conference championship champion champion- ship race Not Out of Race Not that the Cougars are arc out of the race by an any means since Utah Wyoming and Denver the three other rivals boast three and four our losses apiece themselves But the Cougars their mythical superiority busted for the moment moment mo mo- mo- mo ment seem to have a tougher road than they faced a week ago after walloping Utah twice The Cats meet Denver U. U in the Pioneer gym in one of those going going gone games With both D. D U. U and B BYU Y U boasting four losses with the league season only half completed the loser of this game might well forget championships championships championships champion champion- ships for this season Upset of Season The B BY BYU Y U loss easily topped anything in tho the line of local upsets for the season and took some of the play slay away from the dong ding-dong battle at Logan where the Ute rallied and had Utah holding holding holding hold hold- ing on in the last five minutes for forthe forthe forthe the win Rollo Johnson hitting his stride again outplayed Utah's Vern Gardner while Nathan Done and Ken Berrett hit the hoops consIstently consistently consistently con con- to keep the Aggles in the game until the waning minutes when Murray Satterfield connected to give the Utes their margin of victory Wyoming currently In n the unenviable Unenviable unenviable un enviable position of league leader time half rallied from a three-point three deficit to turn back Denver at al Laramie 47 42 for the second night In a row Vince Boryla hit for 18 points but that wasn't enough for the Pioneers Confusing Situation Games this week end tend to confuse rather than clarify the conference picture Utah invades Denver for a two-game two series the first meeting of the year between these rivals B BYU Y U hastens back from across the mountains to meet Utah State twice and Colorado A. A and M. M invades Laramie Larame for two tests with the Cowboys Utah hasn't played the Pioneers as yet which may prove something something something some some- thing of a surprise for the RedskIns RedskIns' Redskins Redskins' Redskins Redskins' Red Red- skins' skins followers Boryla and Co after their waxing of Utah State a week ago look to be the equal of the Utes who had trouble with the Aggles B BYU Y U boasting two in a row over Utah State could get back in the running or blow the whole thing thine at Logan this week If the play against the Cougars like they did against the Utes i it could be one of those ball ban games And by the same token Colorado Colorado Colo Cob rado A. A and M. M cant can't be shrugged off by the Cowboys either In fact from now on anyone who fails to take an opponent seriously might as well check in That's the way the league rates from now on out |