Show Cougars Rest Watts Hopes Men Men WillBe Will Be in Top Shape for East Trip B By Frank Mensel fensel PROVO Dec 24 24 Hoping Hoping that I Santa Claus Glaus will ill bring polish his ragged Cougars need for their coming eastern jaunt and that if Santa fails to come through then three-day three rest will restore the edge to them Coach Stan Watts had the Brigham Young university cage team at ease of on the eve of I Christmas In fact the Cougars have hwe been relaxing since Thursday awaiting the coming of Santa Sunday and their annual swing of the east Monday And in this pause that refreshes we a we hope hope n a minute taken to count the troubles B BY BYU Y U has had heaped upon them these past few weeks adds a bit more testimony to that age old truth that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure And that when the bit of prevention is overlooked generally the pound of cure and sometimes more must follow Sad Sail Picture The Cougar picture had come this past week to look something like this The team record thus far stacks up something like six wins and two losses when it might just as easily read 8 80 And with a perfect record record record rec rec- ord the Cougars would be in for some national recognition J Ju J now the name Brigham Young never mentioned in discussions f f the nations nation's upper cage crust 4 Too where a team in top phY cal condition or top near-top shar shap could just as well wen have bec been ragged battered B BY BYU Y U team hi labored this week week with breaking back-breaking hours of hall hai work to buy back their top cond tion and the high prestige the just recently held in the Skylir Six both of which an ounce 1 foresight might have saved 1 Ditch Colds 1 Only In the closing days of th week eek have guards Jack and Bob Craig been able to dUe the colds cold that have ha retarded the of late and forwards Roland Mi MiJ son and Joe Nelson have ha had the slowing Injuries respond to trea ment i t But such has come to pass an ai because the school lacked the forsight fort for sight ight to see the bottleneck ki 1 scheduling of the Skyline ne Six ai sri Los Angeles tournaments and mat ma mad the mistake e of traveling from De Der Derer ver cr er to Provo and on to the coa by train and grueling car trav rather than making time time-savin J thrifty energy-thrifty air hops and enjo a day or sos so's rest between In Pro Provi the Cougars have had to pay tl Ui price And a pound of cure mo mor elastic than a Scotchmans Scotchman's grocer groce dollar could hardly have covert coven it Coach Watts Is quick to admI Hopes for Best et 1 Generally genial gental Stan we wel heeled with expensive experienc and braced now for the hoping to find in his sock Sunda morning at best some that officiating at games In In tl th east will vill not be so lax as It won Wion Wi wa waon on the west coast Reports hay hai been been and and they come as no for the Cats' Cats showing at the i ir that that the B BY BYU Y U mig stand more impressive were It n nr nc for the officiating discouraging pro California schools at the Li Lo Angeles tournament t Stan says that this one granted all needed to make li hi holiday a success would be to 1 b greeted Monday at the light wor wod out to precede their departure 1 b ba a sharp-conditioned sharp team one r f by the three day rest an ai showing no signs of Injury or sic ness J The Cats leave lea Provo Monda Monds at pm p.m. via Denver and R Rt RI Grande Western Vestern railroad Dunn Durin Durha Durina a stopover er at Denver they will haa ha hay haya a practice and then will will aim fi to fo Beloit for the first e counter with Beloit U. U j i After that game they will won woi out in Ch Chicago cago and will later pit pla Loyola there Then on to contest contes with Bowling Green Ky Kr an ar Toledo Ohio universities On tl tb return swing sving they meet the Loyol Loyo five Ii and reach Provo Pro Jan 6 1 t |