Show I 1 Montana M Primed for Defense of R. R M. M C. C Basketball Championship Bobcats Overwhelming Favorites F to Sweep Series Against Colorado University Five DE V R Cob Colo March larch 23 AP Al' Montana State with one ope of the most remarkable college basl elban el- el t- t ban bali campaigns In the chUre countr country coun- coun try tr meets University or of Colorado here tonight In In the first of three games for the Rocky conn COO con n Overwhelming wh f favorites to sweep I the series the Bobcats will play before one of D Denver's largest in In- In door sporting crowds Picked by byrt rt observers observers to take t off f 2 I I i opening game DY bY a twenty Point margin the western division hod rs will be uP against a fairly strong defensive team that has has a very vey ordinary offense Aside from the key attraction Cat Thompson Thomp- Thomp son leading individual scorer of th the country countr most of the IntErest In tonight's battle Is is that revolving around th the question asto as asto to whether the Bobcats can can maintain main main- tain their season average of more than sixty points to the game ame PLAY MON AND TUES Monday and nd Tuesday nights the feries will be resumed in the tnt tnt- or of Colorado gymnasium in In a curta raiser curtain raiser In-raiser tonight the I state high school champions Joss JOS Cob Colo a town with a population of f forty five ve meet the Colora lo uni- uni freshmen The Joes will be e given II toward their expenses to the national interscholastic tournament tournament ment at Chicago go starting April 2 |