| Show 1 Utah Downs Dozens B B. Y U U. Twice Goes Into Second Place I Crimson Five Stages Comeback Against Y Y Two Second half f Rallies o of f CO Cougar Men l Fall Short Short- i U Utah ih Defense Strong Shooting of Neeley Smithy Smith W Watkins atkins Features Utah's redskin basketball team staged a strong comeback last w week ek end on the Y floor when it downed the Brigham Young University University University Uni Uni- Gagers 31 t to 25 Friday night and 31 to 26 Saturday night and pulled into second place in the Western p Division standing Both nights th the Ute defense prayed proved proved pray pray- ed to be a p powerful factor in the wins and coupled with some brilliant brilliant brilliant bril bril- shooting brought about the downfall of the powerful Cougar five B. B Y U U. led at the half of the first game 16 to 13 Some brilliant shooting by Smith and Watkins Jonas gave the Utes the lead soon u after ter the half opened In the final final I minutes of play a Y rally threatened threatened threat threat- ened ned the Utes' Utes margin With the score 28 to 24 the Utes tightened up and counting a field goal and two foul pitches secured the game for Utah Again in the the Y led 13 to 11 But in the second period the Utes' Utes offense wilted the Y de- de nence Another last minute rally tied the at 25 all but baskets by Jonas and Neeley gave the Utes a 29 25 lead and Couch's last minute minute minute min min- ute shot brought the final count up to 31 for the Utes while a a foul pitch gave one more to the Cou Cou- gars Especially in the second half of the second contest did the Utah I defense function well The Y men I i i were at a loss to solve salvo it and the I Crimson offense seemed to measure measure meas meas- ure up well i In the first contest the Y were 1 unable to hit the basket with the thel 1 same consistence that they have be been n doing and this was a large factor in their c Ingersoll Ingerson R. R Magleby Dixon and and- Wright were the stars for the Y 1 and Watkins Watkins Neeley Jonas md and an Smith proved valuable in the Utes' Utes play The score B B. B Y U U. Di Dixon on rf 1 l 3 2 24 4 Brinley If 2 21 1 0 4 i Ingersoll c C. C N 2 2208 2 20 44 8 Rowe rg 1 1 10 0 2 j Magleby Ig g. g 0 1 0 0 01 rf rf 0 1 1 1 Wright ht If lf 2 3 1 15 Collins rg 0 1 1 1 Totals I. I 9 13 j Referee f Warner UTAH 4 Couch rf 0 0 0 O 0 Smith If 5 2 i N elew c c. c T 1 1424 4 2 4 Lybbert rg 1 1413 4 1 31 Jonas rf t 2 2426 4 2 6 Totals 12 16 16 7 31 31 Umpire Spencer B. B U. Y U. U Dixon rf 2 2426 4 2 6 6 Brinley If 2 2104 1 0 4 Ingersoll c ci c 3 0 0 0 Rowe rg 1 1335 3 3 5 5 Sk usen rf n. 0 0 0 0 0 l Wright If 1 2 21 1 3 31 3 Reeves rg 0 0 0 0 Collins Ig lg g. g 0 0 0 0 Totals L L. S. S Simmons UTAH Couch rf 3 0 0 0 Smith If 0 2 0 0 Neeley c c. c 0 7 21 2115 15 Lybbert rg 1 0 1 1 1 V 1 Watkins 19 g. g 1 1513 5 1 3 3 Jonas c C. C 1 1224 2 2 4 Jacobsen Ig g. g 0 1 1 1 Evans Ig lg 0 0 1 11 1 1 Totals 12 Urn Umpire pire S. S Spencer |
