Show i Host Teams Travel tiles Utes Cougars Set ref Vital C Contests antes I By Bill Clegg Last weeks week's travelers stay home and the host teams take taketo taketo take taketo to the road this week playing a n 10 game Skyline schedule in which two battles have championship championship championship cham written all over cm em One of the finds Brigham Young meeting Denver Dener Denver Den Den- ver er Thursday lY night on the tile D. D U. U court the court the other sends Utah University against Wyoming Saturday lY night in Laramie Each of those struggles will have great bearing on the conference con con- Terence ference erenee chase B Y U V perched on top of the conference standings standings standings stand stand- ings on the strength of three victories on its home floor can prove to they deserve that ranking by niP ping the improving fast-improving D. D U U. five in irl Denver A Saturday date at New Mexico 1 rounds out B Y Us U's eastern swing Utah will need every ounce of talent strategy and luck to carve out a victory over Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming at Laramie where seldom seldom seldom sel sel- dom are the Shelton sharpshooters sharpshooters sharpshooters sharp sharp- shooters outscored True the Punchers h have lve at times been hot and anti cold eold but not many of the cold spells have been at Laramie Wyoming will win be the busiest of the this week The Cowboys have a Wednesday workout a against g a i ins n s t Colorado State at Greeley play host to visiting Montana l on Friday before before before be be- fore hitting Utah Saturday night Utah meanwhile tangles tangles tangles tan tan- with Colorado A A. A and M. M Friday night in Fort ColI Collins ins The Redskins still have vivid recollections of last weeks week's narrow 58 54 win over the Rams in Salt Sal t Lake Other games this week find Utah State playing a two-game two series against Mexico l City in Logan beginning Friday Montana Mon Mon- Montana t tana na meeting Wyoming and Colorado A A. and M. M Friday and Saturday respectively Denver winding up its skirmishing against Regis on Saturday night Utah States State's stunning victory over Wyoming at Logan 54 47 provided the weeks week's perhaps the seasons season's highlight took sonic some of the glitter off the heralded heralded her her- I aIded Cowboy five and lent new hope to fans in Salt Lake I and Provo who are booming their own favorites for conference conference conference con con- ference honors Wyoming showed plenty of bounce however snapping out of a ragged first half at Montana Mon Ion Montana tana Saturday night to overwhelm overwhelm overwhelm over over- whelm the Grizzlies 71 Another quint showing a good bounce was the Utah Redskin unit which shook off the doldrums doldrums doldrums dol dol- drums after Fridays Friday's narrow margin over Colorado A A. and M. M to decisively outpoint Utah State 57 45 in a well-played well battle Glen Sanford Carlos Asay and Kent Bates came up with sparkling performances which augmented an point 18 output by Glen Smith Smith retained his lead in conference scoring scoring collecting collecting 18 points against the Rams and the same against Utah State Montana's l Charley Davis playing playing playing play play- ing only one game last week fell from second place where U USA S A Cs C's Bert Cook took over Cook bagged 13 against Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming but had a miserable night against Utah where Paul Shrum held the 1951 scoring champion to nine points This weeks week's schedule Wednesday Jan 23 Wyoming vs S Colorado State at Greeley Thursday Jan 24 Br Brig g am m Young at Denver Tri Fifa ay Jan 25 U Utah h at Colorado A. A and M 1 Montana l at Wyoming Mexico City at Utah State Saturday Jan 26 Utah at Wyoming B BYU Y U at It New Mexico 1 Mexico City atU at atU U USA S A C Montana l at Colorado A. A and M. M |