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Show Utah-Arizona Game To Be Televised A " 1 ' r 'i. s! the road. Last week, the Wildcats won the first WAC contest of the new season, defeating ASU, 74-69. Arizona boasts seven returning lettermen and of those seven, six were starters at one time or another an-other during last year's action. The only starter lost to graduation was Captain Mike Aboud. Additional strength will be given by some outstanding out-standing freshmen and two junior coDege transfers from Cochise College. Col-lege. ' The leading returning varsity member, is 67" Bill Davis, who averaged 15.4 points per game to capture scoring honors and also lead the club in rebounds with an average of 7.7 per centest. Davis was the third leading scorer in the WAC and was also the third leading rebounder in the conference. His performances so far this season have placed him where he left off last year and makes the rugged center-forward a definite all-conference candidate. The Wildcats will provide strong competition for the Utes to open WAC action against and a victory is essential if Utah is to make a strong bid for the championship. A large crowd is expected as Utah will take full advantage of its opportunity op-portunity to display both its basketball bas-ketball prowess and active student-body. The national television media has been accused again and again of tampering with and manipulating college athletic schedules to accommodate accom-modate their viewing audiences. College basketball and football games have been switched from traditional night time battles to less attractive afternoon contests or vice versa just to meet t b- e schedules arranged by the all-powerful networks. However, despite the often-heard gripes, a nationally or even regionally region-ally televised athletic event can do a great deal to promote the image of a college or university. This year, for the first time in Western Athletic Conference history, his-tory, the WAC has arranged with TV Sports Incorporated to have one WAC basketball game shown regionally re-gionally each week to the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Area, the Dakotas and Texas. To do this the WAC schools had to agree to change the televised tele-vised game from the scheduled evening eve-ning times to an afternoon affair. And the athletic director? were quick to agree, as the television benefits to the conference and the individual schools far outweigh the inconveniences, if any, of a Saturday Sat-urday afternoon game. Through these televised games, the WAC and its members hope to gain valuable exposure that has been a major hurdle in their quest for national prominence. Besides Be-sides the demonstration of the caliber cali-ber of basketball played in the conference, the overall campus facilities fa-cilities and the enthusiasm and quality of the studentbody will be seen for the first time in many areas. This Saturday at 2:15 in Einar Neilson Fieldhouse, the Runnin' Redskins will tip off not only their first '68 WAC contest, but will have their first opportunity on the new TV series, as they take on the University Uni-versity of Arizona Wildcats. Thp Wilripats wptp nirkprl as nnp Merv Jackson, currently leading the WAC in scoring, gives his man a fake in setting for a shot . . . O TOWER 9trSouath "THE TIGER MAKES OUT" ANNE JACKSON ELI WALLACH ! i.fwwt"H' .""wgy Oiirtiip 39th South . MvJVIt at Wasatch Two Turned-On Chicks "DAISYS" I..., . . i .....in. .i .i mi..MmmmMx .u..m.ni ... Mil iiMiiiliiiiilllllMiMLIIJUUM lTiy IjiWHf ItrTTTTT'T'TTT '. I J- . ,,.,J. - . :p: 'S : .- "i" 1 " '" 'i muni - - i him I 2 of the favorites for the '68 conference confer-ence crown prior to the opening of the season, and their current 6-6 record is somewhat disappointing but might be deceiving as the majority ma-jority of their games have been on . . . and soars for an easy two points from twenty feet. Jackson and the Utes face ASU tonight. |