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Show UTAH AGGIES TAKE MEASURE; OF BEMERITESj Utah Aggies turned in a spectacular spec-tacular victory over Denver Athletic Ath-letic club's traveling basketeerg I Saturday evening, winning a 59-55 59-55 victory in impressive fashion. The Farmers played rare basketball bas-ketball from start to finish, taking tak-ing an early lead and then forging forg-ing far ahead again after ,the Denverites had tied the count early in the first half. Ccach Dick Romney's men were never headed thereafter, although the visitors staged a strong closing clos-ing rally. . It was Denver's lone defeat in three evenings of basketball against college foes, the former Rocky Mountain stars having defeated de-feated B.Y.U., 36 to 29, and University Uni-versity of Utah, 60 to 16. Captain Cleo Petty was the scoring ace of the Aggies, and Dlayed a spectacular floor game as well. The all-around ability of Wade and Watson, Farmer guards, was a vital factor in the Aggie triumph, Wade holding Eddie Mc-Ginty Mc-Ginty and Elwood Romney to one field goal apiece during the contest. con-test. Watson played stellar defensive defen-sive ball, and added his share of the activities on offense. Everett Campbell, former Utah Aggie ace and now first-string center for Denver A.C., stole the show for the visitors, rolling 'em in to take high-point honors and working smoothly at center. Les Witte, ace point-getter of the Denverites Den-verites in previous contests, was held thoroughly in check, especially espec-ially during the first half. It was a spectacular game throughout, lightning fast all the way, with both teams passing and shooting in great style. Petty scored two field goals and Ryan and Douglas one each before be-fore Denver broke the ice, several sever-al minutes after the game opened, when Campbell counted a pretty shot. Aggies rolled up a 13-6 lead, only to see the Denverites start a brilliant offensive that evened the count at 13-all. Thereafter the Aggies pulled away, and Denver Den-ver was never able to get on even terms again. The half wound up with the Farmers on the long end of a 33-32 score. Early in the second half, Aggies ran the count up to 44-27, but Denver braced and steadily puea up points to narrow the gap. Campbell's final basket, one minute min-ute before the finish, made the score 55-58, but Skcusen's foul pitch was the only point registered regis-tered in the remaining time. The U.S.A.C. "B" varsity squad won a 34-28 decision over Weber college in a preliminary game. The scores: DENVER A.C. G. T. F. P. McGinty, rf - 12 2 4 Witte, If 4 6 4 12 Campbell, c - 8 5 21 8 Haman, rg 0 0 0 0 Kimball, lg 2 4 4 8 Romney, rf 12 13 Young, If 0 3 2 2 Johnson, rg 2 0 0 4 Buzzetti, lg 10 0 2 Hunter, lg 10 0 2 Totals 20 22 15 55 UTAH AGGIES G. T. F. P. Ryan, rf - 2 0 0 4 Petty, If - 9 5 1 19 Douglas, c - 1113 Wade, rg 4 2 19 Watson, lg 3 3 0 6 West, rf - 4 2 0 8 Jacobs, rf 0 0 0 0 i Maughan, If 0 0 0 0 I Skousen, c - 14 4 6 McNeil, rg - 2 10 4 1 Gardner, lg - 0 0 0 0 Blanton, lg 0 0 0 0 Totals - 26 18 7 59 Vanderhoff, referee; Nielsen, umpire. um-pire. WEBER COLLEGE G. T. F. P. Watts, rf 0 7 4 4 C. Snow, If 1113 Foley, c - 2 6 5 9 Walker, rg 14 0 2 M. Snow, lg 110 2 Zimer, rf 0 0 0 0 Weaver, If 2 115 Wilcox, lg 12 13 Van Wagner, lg 0 10 0 Totals . 8 23 12 28 AGGIES B' VARSITY G. T. F. P. Heaton, rf 6 3 2 14 Anderson, If 110 2 McOmber, c 0 2 11 McClurg, rg - 13 13 Garff, lg - - 0 1 0 S Peterson, rf 0 3 2 2 Cowley, If - 1 1 1 I Andreasen, If 10 0 2 Sells, c - 2 0 0 4 Colvin, lg .., 0 0 0 C Avert, lg 1 0 0 I Wayman, lg 0 0 0 C Wilde, lg 0 i i J Gunderscn, lg 0 0 0 C Totals - 13 15 8 34 Watts, referee; Nielsen, umpire |