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Show f i I 1 . "TT's WIS N-2T 6 t e f j C3 ' if s It in) n) ifilCw 7 (0)1 1 m M h h' i!y .rV C7 Vy " 3m Seven For Its Tlirilling Finish Brfgham Young's fighting Cougars Cou-gars do not intend to bask overly long in the glory of their valiant, 49-45 victory over Wyoming, here Saturday night. Although the Cougars have already al-ready earned the respect of the Big Seven conference for their gallant comeback in winning four straight after losing four consecutive consecu-tive games, they are determined to finish higher in the standings than their present fourth - place position. First step towards a tie for second place the Young U goal is a victory over Colorado State here Saturday. rt is towards this game that the Cougars are pointing point-ing with their thrilling, overtime over-time triumph over the league-leading league-leading Cowboys as a pleasant memory. S At Si. n . . Besides the Colorado State-B.Y.- U. game this week, four other . . ' I Lu,i TTtah and 1 Colorado battle at Salt Lake City to remain in the running for the title, while Wyoming faces Colorado Colo-rado State and Utah State at LaraiVe. Utah State meets Denver Den-ver at Denver Friday. Wyoming, which could have virtually vir-tually clinched the championship with a victory over B. Y. U., must win the rest of its games-including games-including a tilt with Colorado at Boulder where the liuns nave ,. Kaoti.r. tn rnn the , crown. oloradc Tor Utah may tie the Cowboys yet. Colorado's Buffs downed Utahf 35-32, Friday, then Utah walloped Colorado State, ! 55-29. Utah State nearly broke into the victory column, losing to ; Denver, '44-45. Thrillins' Flnlsll The 2100 fans who saw the ( rough, hotly-contested game m ; the Women's gym saturaay wiu not soon forget the thrilling, driving driv-ing finish the Cougars staged for victorv. It was the highlight of the season for the "Y" team and i " : th, hisrh!, who sank the tying foul. il3 L UUU r - i o mil v i spots of the conference campaign. Last year's two regular for- Strannigan Sensational wardS Dean Gardner and Frank j For an all-around brilliant (Skinny) Fullmer came off the game. Bill Strannigan, Wyoming's bench to spark Young ITs gal- J sensational guard, was the out-lant out-lant surge for victory in the final , standing man in the contest. As minutes of play. . smooth a ball-handler as the con- Behind 35-41 with four minutes j ference has, Strannigan dribbled, to play, Dale Rex tanked a tip- . passed, and guarded in breath-in breath-in Fullmer drilled in a long and taking fashion. Strannigan swish-added swish-added a foul pitch to bring the ed the strings for eight field score to 40-4 W -am &-'b rtoal3 niostcf thorn from far dribbling and passing team went out and two foul pitches to into a stall, but B. Y. U. took the ; ball with less than a minute to play, and Don Overly, "Y" guard, was fouled while shooting. Overly Knots Scores Thirty-five seconds remained as Overly stood on the foul line. Taking his time, the fiery Cougar leader, cooly sank his first foul pitch, bit missed his second, and th cime ended, l-all. Fullmer opened the five-minute xtra session with a neat side I'not, and Bob Orr, sensational lophomore guard, meshed one in from the foul line to give B.Y.U-a B.Y.U-a 45-41 lead. Bill Strannigan gave Wyoming renewed hope with a long shot. Dean Gardner followed with a See the Most Sensational WASHING MACHINE IN 1941 AT D.T.R. CO. c it "Washing On the Line in Half the Time" WITH A TWIN-TUB DEXTER! 81G.50 - nKISE TUDS PLUS ' VEAQ'3 SUPPLY 07 SOAP AT THE LOW PRICE MARKED ON THE TAG and Your Old Washer Offer Applies on All Models Priced from $69.95 Upwards and Ends February 28th foul, and Chuck Benston narrowed the count to 46-45 with a clever side shot. Fullmer calmly sank a free throw, and B. Y. U. stalled, taking the ball out of bounds instead in-stead of trying for another foul. With Wyoming desperately attempting at-tempting to get the ball, Fred Wiemer slipped through to tank a field goal from close under. The fans who packed the tiny Women's gym for the classic went wild, but over in Wyoming where ardent Cowboy backers and there are many of them listened to a direct broadcast of the game, there was little cheering. Cougars Get Revenge With the exception of the winning win-ning team, the game was exactly the same as Wyoming's 46-V5 triumph over B. Y. U. earlier. As in the first clash, the ultimate i""" J""" ?ndf en came from behind in the last few minutes. B. Y. U. was ahead 16-13 for its only lead midway mid-way in the first half. Wyoming led, 23-18, at the half. Three Ileroe Every player Who saw action was an important cog in the "Y" victory, but three players shared hero roles Don Overly, Dean Gardner, and Frank Fullmer. It was Gardner that kept B. Y. U. in the game in the second half. Rustling:, passing, and shoot "im ucLruiimaiiun lu win. the hard-driving forward scored J? i" the last half to keep B. Y. U within Snooting distance of the Cowboys Fullmer split the strings with sensational shots late in the game when the chips were down. Full mer is one of the best competitors competi-tors especially on the Women's gym court on the Cougar team. Don Overly failed to make a field goal but he was always in the game, leading his team. It was Overly, Who could have easily missed both foul tries and lost the f v. lead scoring with 18 points. He is one of the finest players to ever play in the "Y" gym. Cuff Notes: It must have cost the Cheyenne radio station plenty to broadcast the sad news of defeat de-feat to Wyoming followers . . . Saturday's contest was rough, but well-officiated . . . Nineteen personals per-sonals were called against B. Y. U., with 22 whistled on Wyoming players . . J Young U lost Stan Nielsen, Dale Rex, and Lloyd, Brink for excessive fouling, while Kenny Sailors,- Willie Rothman, and Krpan went out for Wyoming . . . CoaCh Ev Shelton really hated to lose the game . . . When the contest ended in a tie, Shelton buiied his face in his hands and PAGE FOUR lonimcrcin! Five To Play Tonight In an attempt to wind up second sec-ond half play this week, Commercial Commer-cial league games will hi played tonight and Thursday in the Provo high school gym, announces Reed (Lob) Collins, recreation director. direc-tor. Feature of tonight's schedule Is the Oscar Carlson's vs. Junior chamber game at 9:15. Both teams have notched up one victory In the second half chase and are tied for the lead now. Carlson's because of a previous victory over the Jaycees is favored. In the other contest, 20-30 club and Daily Herald clash at 8:15. Recreation gym clases will be held from 0:30 to 8 p. m.t according to Lester H. Jones, director. Peiro to Trsin Youthful Boier Youthful Utah county boxers who are planning to enter the AAU boxing tournament in Salt Lake City next month will be trained by Lou Petro of Provo, one of the leading fighters in the countv. Petro, who has been given a leave of two veeks before rejoining rejoin-ing the army a3 a selectee, will conduct the first training session Tuesday at 5 p. m. in the Provo high school. All boxers who are interested are invited to attend. McSoaden Takes Thomasvill Open THOMA S VILLE, Ga.. Feb. 24 (U.E) Harold (Jug) McSpaden, Boston, Mass., prefessional, packed pack-ed his putter and $700 first prize in the sixth annual Thomasville open golf tournament in the same bag toddy and headed for Florida and the $5000 St. Petersburg tournament. McSpaden won the Thomasville, his first major victory this season, with a 54-holg aggregate "of 207, nine under par, yesterday. He finished eight strokes ahead of the nearest competitor. At 215 were Lloyd Mongrum, defending champion from Chicago; Chandler Harris of Portsmouth, Va., and Ben Hogan each collected collect-ed $360. Hogan's money brought his total winnings for the season to $4,510 and kept at the head of the pros. sadly shook his head ... It was a great game for B. Y. U., Eddie Kimball, and team followers . . . There was singing in the showers, and the old Y" bell really clanged out the victory for 15 minutes after . . . rt was Wyoming's first defeat in eight years. B. i . U. (49) G T F P Pf . Esplin, f 3 0 1 6 5 3 0 4 6 0 1 0 6 1 1 2 4 4 1 4 2 Brink, f ......... 0 Rex, c i Overly, s .... o Nielsen, g 2 Hunt, f i Gardner, f 4 Fullmer, f. ....... 3 Weimer, c ....... 1 Orr, g 1 3 4 3 0 5 4 7 2 2 10 2 3 11 0 0 2 0 13 0 Totals 16 26 17 49 19 WYOMING (45) Bentson, f . . . , 2 3 3 7 2 Uowdy, f 11 1 3 1 Weir, c l 4 2 4 3 Strannigan, g 8 2 2 18 3 Rothman, g 2 3 3 7 4 Sailors, f 1 4 3 5 4 Krpan, g 0 1 1 1 4 Kerback, g. 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 15 18 15 45 22 Score at half time: B. Y. U. 18 Wyoming . 23 Officials: Nielsen and Woolley. fi3 ROOFING Per Roll PURE PAINT Per Gallon INSULATION WOOL 40-lb. Bags FIR PANEL Per Square Foot You have the opportunity to save on your Building Material Purchases! Act Now! SPEfin WINDER 00. Building Headquarters 105 WEST 3rd South PHONE 3f DAILY HERALD, Sets Record t V" Little Gregory Rice is shown above breaking the tape for a new record in the three-mile run Saturday. Satur-day. Rice broke three records on his way to victory in the A. A. U. championships at Madison Square Garden. Dies Points for C84A IM After Posting Record NEW YORK, Ftb. 21 tlJ.l In-tlocr In-tlocr intercollegiate track- and field stars take over Madison Square Garden's boards this Saturday in the 20th annual IC4A championships, champion-ships, semi-final event of the annual an-nual four-meet local indoor season. sea-son. L New York university,' three-tWe three-tWe winner and three-time run-Apr-up in the varsity division, will defend its 1940 title against five talented competitors Penn, Penn State, Princeton, Pitt, Outdoor IC4A champion, and Fordham. Thirty other coleges are entered. Greg Rice, South Bend, Ind., carried the big time tracksters past the midway point on the local circuit with a world record performance per-formance in the three-mile race, feature 'event of the Natioinal A.A.U.'s 53rd annual champion-ehips champion-ehips last Saturday. Rice bettered his own three-mile mark and clipping' twocther figures fig-ures while enroute to his eighth consecutive triumph this winter and 15th straight indoors in two years. He turned in 13:51 for the three-miles, posted 11:39.5 for 2 V- miles and 12:49 for 2i while beating Don Lash, former Indiana great, by a full lap. The three marks eclipsed by Rice were the 13:52.3 posted in last year's Finnish relief meet three mile. Finish Taisto Maki's 11:40 for the 24 and 12:51.9 for the 2H. He aLso came within 4-10 of a second of the listed world outdoor record. UMPIRE KILLED IN CRASH HOOPPOLE, 111.. Feb. 24 (IIP) Louis C. Kills of Rock Island, 111., former American league baseball umpire, and four other persons were killed last night when two automobiles crashed head-on on the city's outskirts. n I 1 - I ' MONDAY, FEBRUARY Showdown Looms In Nebo, Alpine District Races Weatherman Halts Engen's Try For Official Record ECKER HILL, Utah, Feb. 24 (U.K) Alf Engen does not hold a now North American Ski jumping record today. But it's not his fault blame it on the weather. Here's what Engen did this week end at Ecker hill: 1. Took second place in an 11 kilometer cross country run over the Wasatch mountains. 2. .Made jumps of 236 and 226 feet in official competition over the regular Class A Ecker hill jump. 3. Through his cross country placing and his victory in the jumps retained his title as National Na-tional Combined Skiing champion. 4. Soared 285 feet in an official leap over a new "super" jump at Ecker hill. This is 12 feet past the existing north American record. rec-ord. But the jump didn't count because it was after the regular mett was over. The weatherman was Engen's enemy all week end. Sunday, a heavy rain reduced the jumping course to slush. Engen En-gen made one jump over the class A takeoff and then recommended recommend-ed that meet officials cancel all Class A jumping for the day because be-cause conditions were too dangerous. danger-ous. The officials agreed and called off the major competition. However, How-ever, Class B and C jumps were made yesterday. The class B title went to Marvin Elkins with jumps of 121 and 128 feet. The class C winner was Maurice Berkett, 17-year-old ace, who jumped 121 and 188 feet. Zimmy Sets Swim Endurance Record HONOLULU, Feb. 24 (U.R) Charles Zimmy, 43-year-old legless leg-less swimmer from New York, climbed out of Waikikl Natator-ium Natator-ium last night with new world's endurance swimming record of seven days and five minutes. - Except for sunburn around his face frim swimming in the open air pool Zimmy showed no ill effects ef-fects from his long swim. Zimmy passed his own world's record of 148 hours 25 minutes early Sunday. He set the record in 1937 when he swam non-stop from Albany to New York down the Hudson river. For five minutes more than a week, Zimmy paddled slowly up and down the pool, most of the time smoking a cigar. Pedestrian, Hit Dy Gar, Suffer Fractured Leg Struck by an automobile while walking along- the highway just north of the Provo river bridge on highway 91, Arnold Brown, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dean Brown of RFD 3, Provo, suffered a broken right leg Saturday night, according to Provo police. Driver of the car was Stanley Chipman, 43, of American Fork. wno told officers he was unabi. to see Brown in time to avoid hit ting him because of lights from automobiles passing in the oppo site airection. According to officers, Brown was walking- south with a younger brother, Max Ray Brown. 13. Chipman was also traveling south. .... BRUINS WIN AGAIN .. NEW YORK, Feb. 24 U.P The Boston Bruins moved to within one roint of first nlace In th National Hockey league last night oy trimming tne New York Americans, Amer-icans, 3-1 while the lyeading Toronto Tor-onto Maple Leafs lost to the Detroit Red Wings, 3-0. Boston's vistory ran its undefeated string to 23 games. Provo Oildlifo Party WEDNESDAY 7:30 p. m. Golf Clubhouse Refreshments Wildlife Membership Cards admit persons to party, or tickets tick-ets can be had at door. I All Sportsmen Invited 24, 1941 Alpine district basketball interest inter-est . this week is centered on the race for second place and B. Y. high's attempt to clinch the title, and a tourney . berth, "Y" high meets American Fork here Friday in the Women's gym. Provo, battling to remain in the chase for a tourney position, faces Lehi in the Provo gym. Pleasant Grove, tied with Provo for -second, tangles with last-place Lincoln at Pleasant Grove. Nebo teams swing into action Wednesday and again Friday to end their 1941 campaign. Juab invades Eureka for a game with Tintic, and a victory will assure the Wasps at least a tie for the title. Springville, the other leading lead-ing outfit, meets Spanish Fork" at Spriiyjvllle. Friday sees Tintic testing the Red Davils on the latter's floor, and Payson traveling to Spanish Fork. If games come out as expected, ex-pected, Juab and Springville will tie for the title necessitating a playoff. wmmnmi'mrz guars Asre vesebe H Elm SAH EASE3! cm C fci BfiSi?o SGq I?alill aca --' We are going against the advice of our wholesale supply sources in having this sale. They tell us that in view of future uncertainties it is unwise to sacrifice the merchandise we now have in stock. But our policy always has been to have a complete clean-up this season, and we are continuing it now. We'll take our chances on getting enough clothes next fall. We hope to get them, though' we know they will cost a(good deal more. You take no chances at all if you get at least one suit ahead now. ALSO STILL A i cxJfell iTl C,3 L-. y IN THIS CORNER Ahead of soy U-IO -t I ' ''!'TL if f v 'I'll 'I'-ll ji v it ik nmrnd 1 . fj h V ' 7 ' I " I Takes KMX wTi l X4 ' ( t 1 - . I IdPMlLlRSBi I BROADENS ' f V ' r i "y r 4,n L' ! x, C3 J L IUJ Values to $65 0 O 4) GOOD SELECTION OF SUITS IN THIS SPECIAL GROUP! 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