Show WYOMING WINS HOOP HO P LAUREL LAURU q Cowboys Rally to Take Crown from Cougars in n Overtime Battle 47 44 Punchers Pull Pul Game Out of Fire After I Enjoy Point 12 Lead Attempt to Use Wyoming Tactics Fatal to I I By TOMMIE TOI PORTER Telegram Staff Sports Writer LARAMIE Wyo March The 10 10 The indomitable fighting spirit which carried Wyoming to its fourth consecutive eastern division title brought the Cowboys from against B. B Y U U.'s Us s 's defending champions Friday night to cap capture cap j ture the Rocky Mountain conference basketball championship champion champion- ship for the second time in three years The final was 47 44 In an overtime period i t Trailing by 12 points with only 13 minutes to play Wyo Wyo-j ming staged a spectacular rally to tie the score with on one one minute remaining and thrill the crowd of fans with th the extra period triumph Millet had a chance to win the trie game for the Cougars in the final minute of play with a free u throw but the ball tell felt short Kimball was ejected from the game soon after the extra period beg began when he committed his fourth personal per pet foul His loss was keenly fel felby felt by ay the Cowboys but ChrIstensen blond Laramie Loramie boy be played splendidly as his replacement j Chance to o Win Millet MUlet missed a free throw and i i moment later Leuty uty pushed in a r re rebound bound to give Wyoming a 46 44 lead bad and send the crowd into pandered With two minu minutes cs remaining rem of or the overtime period Leuty took a a. alone long lone pass nass from McGinty and drop dropped in a setup Letup to clinch th the title Millet Mille caged a long shot soot with less then tren a minute to go but the Cowboys Cow resorted r ie re sorted to possession tactics to keep keel the ball away from the visitors Only 20 seconds were left len Whitman Whit man missed a shot and W m again ogain took the ball McGinty w fouled by Hunter as the game ended ende and the enthusiastic crowd jamme the floor cleared away ay only space to permit the little Cowboy to t pitch and convert the free throw Hunter Guards Wide Witte With vic victory ry so o nearly in theli thel grasp gr sp the defeat was heartbreaking to the Cougars who played e s roue muc more aggressive e game when on d de th defense fenc than thon was seen Thursday nI nigh b As a result of this Wyoming was hurried at all Urn thus tima and many easy s setups were missed The Cowboys scored 22 of ot 59 attempt from the field and B. B Y U. U counts 19 of 49 k i J. J Jim Jm Hunter was assigned the task k of stop stopping pin the scoring drive of Las Les Witte itte anJim ani an Jim proved quite successful Be He allowed the brilliant southpaw but one field goal 1 In the half and matched him basket for r basket through the game me cich e h counting 9 points point t With Witto ch checked ked Leuty an an Kimball became the Wyoming sho shoe lag ing stars In the first half halt Kimbel shot four times and chalked up II ill four while Leuty scored two p 10 eight attempts McGinty who pIa a scintillating floor game se set the scoring pace in the m half halt with three goals in four tr Mi his but Leuty came through with wIlh withof of five live and KImball made two of h six attempts These baskets tum the tide after af er things had look looke blacker for the Cowboys than at i it ir time this year Stall Stan Fatal to Cougars Both teams played a splendid gan m of ball baH but Brigham Young made th lii fatal tat l mistake of ot attempting ing W Wj ming's style of stalling when II Cowboys were gaining in ii- the is h minutes Until this point the e Co gars played a decidedly aggressive e I around brand of ball and with minutes to play were seven po ahead They then began to stall in t forecourt but were obviously n nOliS ft OliS about this unfamiliar style tyle the bil Wyoming promptly tied up took look the tip and shot the sphere J Witte for tor a Q setup A moment It Ia the same thing happened and B. B Y took time out The Cougars too took tl offensive as is play began and mom mOZ pulled away to a a. 42 36 h hAgain I. I Again they stalled and the WO crew went on o a I. I scoring spree scoring spree pree to 4 9 the count with one minute left leU y While the altered style see d logical enough at the time it obviously the turning point paint b the crucial game Had the CI CIgars CoG gars continued their more j I I millar doggedly offensive tact tactiC they thoy would likely have nosed 1 IM Cowboys out and sent the st into a game three limit to h the coveted title Millet was th the outstanding sto r. r lUng the ball well and driving in m hi h for lor the rebounds I 1 The rival centers shared shored the theof theof ii shade ors Nelson having a of it itin in the first h half and Leu Leuty trolling a few more marc in the Ie S. S period The rangy Cowboy pivot J stands alone in his ability to Lime jumps and ly misses having havin least an on equal ch chance chonce to gain Jain CO coat Take Hunter in addition to chad chee Witte did a splendid Job of dri in for the and was on the end many times as U drove in and up to bat the ball 11 from the fingers of the c cf cen Whitman played one of at the games of his hs career directing talk team leam in nice style and up at all times His floor flood was unusually fine tine Haman husky Wyoming also came through with a pal pol performance and his job to e easier oser by Grimmett's j the ring The latter pi pl ploY It for b bof connected floor loor game but of f 11 tries from the field and O placed by bj Johnson JJ The fans tans were unanimous it the best game cr C p J gull Continued on Follo ln t I Cowboys Rally To Tip Cougars Continued from Preceding Vat Page here and while wildly enthusIastic c cover over their success were exceptionally exception ally sportsmanlike in their Q attitude toward the visitors throughout both games game Having been once called by bythe bythe th the referee for booing the fans received received re re- re- re oil all official decisions Friday without audible comment and were outspoken in their praise of the manner man man- ner ncr in which the games were han han- dIed The final inal game of the series is scheduled to start at ot p. p m. m Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- but nothing is at stake unless on one considers the point 1000 goal gool of ofIes Les Ies Witte which should be achieved Cowboys Will Enter A. A A. A U. U Tourney LARAMIE Wyo March 10 UP TiP UP- With th the 1 1934 Rocky Mountain 1 conference con conference con con- ference basketball title tucked away the University of Wyoming team today today to day prepared for bigger game next w week k when it will pla play in the national national na- na lional A. A A. A U. U tournament at Kansas Kan Kan- sas sc-s City Mo |