Show I j Cats W Win to Put Race Into Way 3 Wa Tie Ties Tiel Nelson Stars I As BYU Pokes B By y Bill Coltrin Collrin SPRINGVILLE March 4 4 BrIg Brigham Brig Brig- ham Young university's ca gagers ers counted out of title consideration In the Skyline Six Sh just a few short weeks ago Saturday had bat battled led back Into a spot where two more more victories on the Springville floor will wm give them the undisputed I championship First big step in taking the title took place Friday night when the Cats upended Wyoming's Cowboys b by a 55 44 margin but the two teams meet again Saturday night in Springville and both teams need that victory like a train needs a track Without a victory in other words B BYU Y U probably isn't going oin anyplace like Ilke an N C A A tournament tournament tournament ment and Wyoming is in exactly the same fix Nelson Looks Great Joe Nelson B B Y Us U's big Amer all ica lea candidate polled himself a lot lotof lotof lotof of votes for the honor Friday night when he pla played cd what was perhaps the greatest game of his long and brilliant career at Not only did he top the scorers with 22 points but his retrieves off the boards were many and he the apple from irom the Cowboys several several several sev sev- eral times with tricky Interceptions Joe held his club together when it looked as if it might blow up with a loud bang midway in the final half halt and he generally treated the Cowboys worse than any bronc brone ever could Actually about the only thin thing that kept Wyoming in the ball game was the phenomenal firing of Arnie Amie Flinn whose 12 points in inthe in inthe I Ithe the second half made the game a thriller right down to the wire although the Cougars held leads ranging from six to 14 points all during the final 20 minutes Trouble Trouble Trouble Trou Trou- ble was fo for B BYU Y U fans there was always th the danger than some of the other Pokes would get into the scoring act too but none was able to give Flinn consistent support support support sup sup- port in the bucket department Jones Stops Dick Jones raw boned B BY BYU Y U guard gave Johnny a bad evening but of course Dick had I help fr from hi his sagging g t teammates most of 01 me the time ume when got goi the ball B BY BYU Y U played much the same type of defense as Utah did the night before beCore in defeating Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming letting Jerry Reed float around practically unmolested as long ong as he stayed away from the keyhole This naturally freed another another an an- other man mah Mel CMel Hutchins for fora a a ajob job in jamming the middle and Wyoming had to resort to long shots It would indeed be unfair to neglect to mention Hutchins Jack Whipple and Roland Minson who hustled every ery minute and obviously must have played fair ball games They knew that Nelson was hot and they fed him with beautiful passes and they made few v mistakes mistakes mis mise takes to give Wyoming y yom o m i n g any chances The running score core r Kelson 2 0 2 l 1 1 Doty 2 2 2 2 4 4 Flinn Minson 3 4 3 6 6 Flinn nn Nelson 5 S I 6 Hutchins 6 6 Hutchins 7 6 N Nelson e I K 6 6 8 S s Doty Minson Inon 10 10 8 g 10 0 9 Nelson Kelson 11 11 9 Jones 13 9 0 Nel Nelson on 15 0 9 Jones 17 17 9 Nelson 19 9 0 19 10 Nelson 20 10 20 11 20 13 13 20 g 15 PUch Nelson Nellon 22 f 15 Nellon 21 24 2 1 15 24 17 17 Bloom 24 19 11 Bloom 24 20 20 End of or Fir First t Half att 26 20 Hutchins 27 21 20 Nelson 2 29 20 20 5 29 22 Flinn HutchIns 31 22 Jones 32 22 32 24 Flinn 5 32 26 Jones Jonel 33 33 26 g 33 27 Blom BI Bloom m Hutchins 3 35 27 27 Hutchins 37 37 27 MinIon Minson 39 39 27 Un on 40 40 27 JODE 41 41 27 21 41 29 Flinn 41 31 f Flinn Hutchins 43 43 31 43 32 Doty 43 3 34 31 Doty 43 36 Flinn gg Minson 45 45 36 45 5 3 33 g Flinn 45 58 39 Hughes Nelson 47 47 39 47 40 Flinn v 18 Neon Nelson 49 40 Nelson 50 50 O 40 gr 50 1 42 Doty Whipple 51 51 42 Jones 52 2 42 45 Hillman 53 53 42 Hillman 55 55 42 55 44 Sharp P Pr r r rA A LL y w Y I N r 1 f r hr sK H Hu u r J r Y r f Championship Next Stop Lou Lowell ell Gillman of Pleasant Grove Gro takes to the theair theair air to push In a la lay up up o er the guarding of I Max Williams 0 of Logan Tho The quintet from Pee Pec Gee won the ball game to reach the l IVI M Men len finals r.- r. t COUGARS TV Wyoming B T l' U D GT FP OT FP 4 3 2 10 Doty Nelson 9 4 4 22 o 0 1 1 1 Hushes Hughes 4 2 2210 2 2759 7 5 9 Hutchins 4 6 63 3 11 o 0 1 0 0 Reed Rud Jones 2 2648 6 4 S SS 8 8 S 1 1 17 Flinn WhIpple 0 4 1 1 2 2115 1 1 5 Bloom Hillman 1 1313 3 1 3 o 0 0 0 0 Romney 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 Samuelson Craig 0 0 0 0 1 1002 0 0 2 Sharp o 0 0 0 0 Chamberlain o 0 0 0 0 Haas HUi 10 H 44 Totals 20 2515 55 Halftime score core B BY BYU Y U 24 2 Wyoming 20 Denver 0 DS USA S A AO 0 G T F P G T F P 2 2659 6 5 9 R Berretta Berrett 3 I 4 4 4 10 2 2226 2 2 6 Johnsont 2 2226 2 2 6 4 8 3 3 1 7 1 1213 2 1 3 Orey K 3 1 3 2 R 6 Ri i 4 0 0 8 Cook CookK 5 6 5 15 1 1002 0 0 2 Griffin Gobble cobble 1 1002 0 0 2 1 1324 3 2 4 01 Hazen Huen 1 1002 0 0 2 o 0 0 0 O 1 1002 0 0 2 1 1002 0 0 2 Picks Done 0 0 0 0 1 1002 0 0 2 Craig 15 23 14 44 Totals Total 10 18 14 52 Half HaU time score U 8 S A C 33 Denver 17 |