Show I Utes Vies End Eod Season With i Two Losses The Cougars grabbed the leaning leaa- leaa ing roles in the basketball finale staged by the U. U of U. U and the B. B Y U. U last week and forced the big Red team to be content with a minor part of the show The Provo team put all aU they had into passing thru the Ute defense to ring up counter upon counter The results of the contests which ended 53 31 and 59 42 with the Young ahead placed Utah in the I cellar position and the Cougars in the third place in Western Division Division Division Di Di- vision R. R M. M C. C standing Fridays Friday's contest went to the Provo team from the first whis whis- I tle tIe The The- Cougars gathered eight points before the Ute offense got started Dow and nd Smith s son on got started however and eos closed d the gap to 22 21 just before the tIle end of the first period This was the thelast thelast last Jast time Utah seriously Jy challenged ed their southern foes The game Saturday night started started startled start start- I led ed out with the Utes hot after I revenge and the first half looked like they would give the Cougars a dose of their own medicine Cox Smith and Dow hit the hoop from all over the floor this period and the Cougars led by Romney Magleby and Brinley kept hot on the heels of the Ute Aces It was wasa a tuck nip-and-tuck period ending 33 29 the Cougars ahead The TIe Y team gradually pulled ahead in inthe inthe inthe the second half The Provo team kept the pace hot to make the final count 59 I The entire B. B Y U U. team played well weIl in both games with Romney Brimley and Magleby carrying the scoring burden For Utah Smith Dow and Cx x hit tilt the hoop but were unable to keep up with their opponents T. T D Davis Vis was on the job at guard an and played a remarkable floor game Lybbert showed his usual corsis- corsis tancy in guarding B Brinley nley Saturdays Saturday's game was the last Jast Cougar Cougar Cougar Cou Cou- Reeve for Lily foot husky gar center and for Pete Pete Dow headed dark-headed Utah flash and Russell Russell Russell Rus Rus- sell Magleby blue and white ace |