| Show Sports Editors Pick Conference All-Conference Hoop I Teams Teams' T Chronicle Sponsors InterCollegiate Inter- Inter r E Collegiate Casaba Casaba Selection j j FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM Player School Position School Player Thompson M. M S. S C. C r C. If U. U of U U. U. Smith Parkinson U U. AC rf M. M S. S C. C C.- C. O. O Ward F. F Ward M S. S U. C. c AC Davis Davis Lybbert U U. of U B. B Y Cooper Magleby B. B Y U U. Ig M. M S. S C. C Worthington Honorable Mention Forwards Dow pow Utah Brinley Brinley Brin- Brin ley Icy Romney B. B Y U. U Centers Cox Utah Reeve B. B t l Y U. U Guards Davis Utah Young U. U A. A C C. Buzzetti Montana State r As AB a fitting supplement to the official collegiate selection of an conference all-conference football team last Fall Fan the Sports department of the Utah Chronicle has sponsored the selection of a n Rocky Mountain all all- Western V estern Division basketball team The selection is a very representative representative tive and fair one being a sum Bum 1 total ot l of of oft t the c ch choices i e of all four scho schools ls in m the Division The choice was extremely difficult dif dif- and hazardous The four t. t teams teams in the thee competition are practically practically on on a a par and all four included in- in Deluded d' d stars of unusual ability and remarkable cleverness In fact it would be possible and easy eary Ho to tb regard every regular in the di- di j jas as outstanding enough to o win one of the coveted places After After Alter Af Al- ter carefully formula formulating ing our own choice and after averaging the selections ns of the Sports department depart- depart each in the ment m nt of representative division our choice has bas settled over over- the five men who may be bc re regarded regarded regarded re- re as the ultimate in basketball basketball basket basket- ball ban efficiency Forwards and Whirlwinds The two forwards Thompson f t and Parkinson are a couple of whirlwinds covering covering- the floor like g greyhounds and getting possession of the ball at all times They are arc great grent shooters and are both de- de e It t has ins been said this season season sea sea- s 's son son n that the Cat has bas got along on on n nth th the prestige gained last year and acid h has s not been his old self this year But he is the same old ld Thompson except that he be has not shot as much this season He has be been n playing as sort of a floor general general general gen- gen eral the right place at just the right time and grabbing the nugget nugget nugget nug nug- get whenever its Its' possession waS wa in iri dispute He has also done more than his share of the point get ting Par Parkinson is a new sensation sensation sensation sensa sensa- tion and he is just that It is impossible impossible impossible im im- im- im possible to cover him in his is bounding bounding bounding bound bound- ing and racing around the the floor and he shoots with one hand while white about two feet in the air F. F Ward Yard Unanimous Frank Ward Vard the center choice has as p performed perhaps some of the most spectacular playing ever seen in this neck of the woods He shattered the Conf Conference rence scoring scoring scoring ing record of of points caging a total of and would have run up a still greater mark than he did if it were ere were not for some reni remarkable I guarding in the last few games It Itis Itis Itis I is a sight for sore eyes to see one of his uncanny overhand d shots and to watch him gather the pill out of the air and slap it through t the e hoop while still sUIl in the same leap His playing will be remembered remembered remembered for some time to come in basketball circles The pair of guards Lybbert and arid Magl Magleby by are a an ideal combination Magleby plays all over the floor and is a n. great shooter sharp-shooter usually usually ally garnering more points in a game than the forwards Lybbert is about a perfect defensive g guard ard he is all around his man like lik a n London fog and covers him like a a. wet blanket The e two make a great pair All Players Good Many other players were efficient efficient efficient effi effi- and dependable and were considered for a place on the honor honor hon hon- or selection Smith and Carl Davis Dav- Dav Davis Davis Dav Dav- is both missed the first team by one-half one the shadow of a skinny hair and Worthington was another who nearly received a n place There may be others just as good they they were vere all good good but but this se selection selection selection se- se lection being as it is representative tive and very carefully chosen is very likely ly the best possible and our team would nigh bewell un un- un- un beatable |
