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Show 'T AWAITS EASTERN GHAMP i ' . , ' .Cougars in Fighting J Mood for Conference Championship Fracas IYoro Scene of Rattle ThuretlayV Friday, S-tunlry ( " Brillianee of Milled, Improved Condition of El Homney Eneouragea Y" Fana ' By BOB OOODELL Ready (or supreme effort against cither Wyoming Cow I boys or Colorado Teachers, ths B. Y. U. Cougars arc primed ' .for tht Rocky mountain conference championship hoop series In Provo Thursday, frlday and Saturday of this Week. f It Is no secret, either, that the "Y" preference) for an opponent Is Wye 'mlng. Um team thit wncil nut the Cougare In Lara f " V . mn last season. " J I They would be - "" v Imor than plsaaed , ito even the score j- jwlth their old toe , " C . ithui season and nil J I , In excellent ens pa ito make things hoi y lor th veMran W y Cowboy craw, br II J X a i lltant aa that outlii" . As iunquaaUonably Is. . ; All ya ar ' turned toward l Denver, where the t , I-Teacher I-Teacher and long A " tupreme Cowboy -, i sre tangling ln Cat M " their eastern dlvl- Milieu Ion playoff Monday erenlnt Tb Ureeley crew ha serious Ideas of toppling the chsmps, whom they defeated de-feated handily on the orcaaton ol their last meeting, and although most critics crit-ics in Colorado favor th smooth working Cowboys, an upset would not be st all astounding. SCCOND PLATOrP VICTOBT & Y. U.'f 4M trlumoh over Utah Saturday night marked the rerond (successive season that the Cnugars have defeated Utah In a playoff that followed a deadlock lor Um regular season. Th Cougar, led by Floyd Millett, aggreulv forward, showed exceptional etas and after the first IS minute of play at which point 'Utah led, 14 to It there was liltl doubt a lo th outcome. Millett rang up 1 point and played I the best all around basketball of his - ! college career. The whole Cougar team functioned splendidly end) con vi need the capacity crowd that thronged th South high gym that they will be worthy contender la th coming title series. , Light drill this week will keep th . "Y" la trim for the coming encoun- 1 ter. Th Cougar are In their best shape of th season at th present time and Improvement of El Romney' Rom-ney' injured knee give B. Y. U. additional addi-tional hope and confidence. Romney played most ot Saturday'a gaaiM against Utah, and while hi basket a. eye was badly off. his floor work and ' passing went exceptionally good, and the Cougar team elicited most effectively effec-tively after bis entry Into the contest C mr lain It la iKal ka, Kill ha, . aiaaa.a to the eastern sector chsmps. In Millett Coach Romney ha th most improved player In th division at one forward and Romney and Captain Cap-tain Byron Nelson, lanky tipin ape- nallst, doubtless will alternate at the other. Emerson MrOmber Is a food team man and strong defensive player, while the guards, Jsy Whitman Whit-man and Male LeSueur. ar working together splendidly both on offense and defense. Along with Romney, Jim Hunter, versatile utility esae, ij likely to see th most service. FINAL PLANS LAID B. Y. V.. with th cooperation of :h Provo chamber of commerce and a cilixena' committee, is striving lo fill every on of the 19O0 sest vsU-nbl vsU-nbl t th "Y" ladies' gym for the coming game and despite present , financial conditions, thia goal probably proba-bly will be reached without great difficulty. Final plans for th aeries were laid at a meeting ol "Y" athletic official with Clayton Jenkins, secretary secre-tary of th Provo chamber, and tha committee of Interested citizen. PROVO. March S While th Brig- nam Young university itudent body waa celebrating th western division champioruhlpe that Its basketball and wrestling team won In Salt Lak Saturday, member of th -athletic council r busy arranging for th three-gam hoop series thst will be played in Provo Thursday, Friday and Saturday lo determine th R. M. C. champions. Everything la being placed in readiness for th till elash. Floyd Millett Emerson MrOmber, Jsv Whitmsn nd Mslcolm LeSueur wer ordered not lo report for practice prac-tice this afternoon, at which time th reserves and also Captain Nelson end El wood Romney war lo tak a lively workout 'a1 With th exception ot Jay Whitman, Whit-man, th Cougar players cam out of th Utah gam little th worse physically. physi-cally. Whitman played th entire gam with a painful foot blister, and although th clever Cougar guard played brilliant ball, he was at a derided de-rided handicap and Mentor Romney is hoping that th Injury will be completely com-pletely healed by Thursday. Practically all of the details for tha erica ar now completed except the election of official, which will not b mad unUl th winner of tb eastern east-ern sector is decided. Reservation for tha series are already al-ready pouring Into the office of Grad- . s uat Manager Fred Dixon following .Sunday's announcement of final arrangements ar-rangements tor the Provo contests. |