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Show Fairchild Big Threat For BYU By REECE STEIN Chronicle Sports Editor John Fairchild, last season first team all-conference center will be the BYU cage five against Utah Saturday night in George Albert Smith Fieldhouse in Provo. ' ' , . (V- . X ii . It FAIRCHILD IS a suave, soft spoken 6-8 center who leads the conference with his variety of shots and rugged skill on the boards which has combined for 50 points in two conference outings. out-ings. His 25 ponts per game leads the WAC and his 12.0 average on the boards is good John Fairchild, Brigham Young's outstanding outstand-ing center averaging 25 points per game in WAC play will lead one of the Cougars best . .mmmmuusuti teams in history against Utah Saturdav i " r traditional cage clash in the Provo FieSJ,1 from Vancouver is still devei, fl mg as are former Bingh 1 ' V all-stater Jim Jimasng f James. All three are so s Veterans Bob Quinnev anrfi, Tl Stanley will see cS T' action against the Utes and sk.l and experience make ft profitable bench reserve. for third in the conference. He is a senior from Encinitas, Calif., and probably one of the best ball players in recent Cougar Cou-gar history. Fairchild is hitting 53 percent from the field and 74 percent from the line. BYU currently leads the WAC in offense and shooting percentages percent-ages from both the field and from the line indicating the scoring scor-ing threat posed not only by Fairchald, but from the rest of the squad he leads. Starting with John Saturday against the Utes will be junior guard Dick Namelka and senior guard Mike Gardner, two of the quickest Utah born hoop athletes. ath-letes. Gardner will start in place of Jeff Congden who will be out for at least another week while his hand heals. Starting at the forward slots will be Cedar City star Neil Roberts and junior Steve Kramer. BYU will put four former high school starters from in Utah around its big center Saturday night. Kramer and Namelka on the same all-state team in 1962. They faced each other when Jordan Jor-dan upset West for the state championship. Gardner was all-state all-state for Davis in 1961, and Roberts grabbed all-state honors although his Red Devils didn't qualify for the class "B" tournament tourn-ament two years ago. If Stan Watts, current "Y" mentor who has an NIT trophy tro-phy under his Cougar belt, isn't satisfied with this start-ting start-ting team he could give most teams in the conference a good run with his bench. Led by the state's leading class "B" scorer from 1963, Gunnison's Gary Hill, the bench has speed, strength and a prolific scoring ability. Six - eleven Craig Raymond |
