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Show , , - . I Utes Come. From Behind . To Whip Chicago, 40 -39 Nick Watts . Snares Winning Basket in Last Spurt Spedal U Th Telegram CHICAGO, Jn. 3-Unleaahing an of the moat gallant finish drives mr wltnimd la historic University of Chicago fleldhouaa, the fighting Utes from tlx Rockies overcame a two-point deficit In tho second overtime period Monday Mon-day to mm out Chicago, 40-38. Th victory waa th seventh In a row for tho youthful Utah quintet, quin-tet, and th manmr In which thy earned th verdict balled thlr lack of colltiat competition. West Leasts Drtv It waa Maurice (Nick) Watts, th only regular lettarman from last year's squad, who perked th Redtkln attack en th Maroon hoop. Watta poured In 1 point, nlng basket. Despite th early season faults which always mar preconference games, the contest waa on of th most thrilling In midwest cage circles for this season, at least Considered something of a sensation sen-sation throughout the midwest after their top-heavy victories over Nebraksa and Omaha ' univariates, uni-variates, the Utes lived up to their sdvsnce notices regarding their one-hsnd shooting skill by dumping dump-ing In baskets with either hand from all angles. Th defeat waa the first f the eeaeoai for the Maroeo and marked another favorite that had fallen before the expert basket bas-ket eyes of th Reeky Mountain region's giant killers. i ' , 1 i , ' - ; . . i 4 .... " f-' r ; V' .i V" ' " V . , J., r - J I 1 Previously, Oregon State had twice fallen before tho Utes after conquering th veteran Utah Aggie Ag-gie quintet In a pair of games. Then Wayne university, claiming a victory over Oregon, last year's collegiate champs, fell before the Redskins In a thriller, and Monday It was Chicago. fA At the half, theKecore was all tied up 15-15, and Maroon supporters sup-porters had hopes that the Utes' torrid shooting streak bad at last burned itself out After a furious last half, the score was still tied, this time 30-30. Five minutes were given the deadlocked dead-locked quintets to break up the ball game, but when the timer signaled the end of that overtime period, the count was still knotted, this time 33-33. Utes Stae Bally In the final five minutes, the Deb Smith (No. tt) of Utah leap high In the air la an attempt at-tempt "to drop in a field goal against the University of Chicago, Chi-cago, but Captain Leunibury of Chicago jumped Just aa high and foiled th shot. Utah went on to win, however, 40-39, in the second overtime period. Thii wirenhoto also shows Guy , Wilson and Vaughan Bennion In the action. r Utes and Maroons pulled the string In hopes of cinching the victory. A basket by Zimmerman and two free throw by Stampf put the local club out ahead, 37-35, early In this period, but Watts scored on a basket and a foul pitch, while Stampf scored for the Ma-roona Ma-roona to make the score. Chicago 39, Utah 38, with less than a quarter quar-ter of a minute to play. However, Watts upset tho dope bucket and the Chicago hopes by Intercepting- a pass and dribbling almost tha length of tho floor to teas In th winning banket. Besides Watts, Val Sheffield looked good from th scoring standpoint with 11 points, and Vaughan Bennion dropped In six points for the Utes, Stampf led Chicago with 18 points. The Utes were slated to entrain tor Salt Lake City Tuesday and were expected to arrive Thursday morning. A workout has been slsted for Thursday afternoon, according ac-cording to Coach Vadal Peterson. Throughout th midwest, other favorites also were tsklng nestings nest-ings from underdog quintets. Ohio State, defending Big Ten champion, cham-pion, fell before Cornell at Columbus, Co-lumbus, 29-28; Iowa was drubbed by the powerful University of Toledo To-ledo five, 54-30, and Butler was downed by Illinois, 37-18. Michigan Michi-gan was carried to an overtime before turning back Pittsburgh, 44-35. Ota e CMisas 3 o.r.Ftr. o.r.Pf p. iS 1 1 Wstls.t Blsmpf.f t till 14 11 SbalfKIS.I Su.a.y.l i j 1 I IIS B.nnkm. rwis.f 0 0 0 S Lowa.c llmRMrmsa.f 1114 BMI AtklnMQ. Lounsbury.s I I I I 2 04 JohtiMn.s klchsnltoil.f 1111 SOS Sail.! Jotpnimi t t 1 0 CSrlto.s Mil IT S 40 Trtsls 1ST SS Htlftlma scon UiS IS. Cbtetso IS. Ptm Uuowa silsnt Bsaaloe Z "omelsli: bsls ftoklnsea, rttti Stns; Cart nurtt. sjwpits iMsncstsr). |