Show I Cougars Make Fine Showing Against W. W WU U. U Cougars Come Within I Ace o of Grabbing b i 2nd Ti Tiff i COWBOYS' COWBOYS 1ST TITLE TITLEY Y Youn Young ter After i Hectic Sched Schedule le In I Western Race Wyoming university was crowned monarch of the R. R M M. C C. waxed floor sport for the 1932 season Friday night at I I r ow fk Laramie by capturing cap cap- d T turin turing the first fr r a two out of three NM 4 X p in the k i fW l f g games a am m e s in 3 fi r. r play off series serIes t with the B. B Y W r w C Cougars 0 u gar s b by y i scores of 37 37 33 33 Ili A 11 and 29 28 the 1 fK 0 C Cowboys carried tW fi-tW 1 the title to the y fP c r eastern half of f the conference for the first time 0 Ott Romney since 1925 Young U took the third game 38 The victory gives the Wyoming five its first Rocky Mountain conference conference conference con con- ference championship in almost 40 years of competition It is also the first title for Coach Witte Vitte climaxing climaxing climaxing climax climax- ing two unsuccessful attempts of the Cowboys to carry off the ba ba- ba- ba con They fell before the Montana Bobcats in 1928 and bowed to the Ute Redskins in 1931 With the same five intact that battled the Utes for the silver lovI loving lowing lov- lov lowi lovI I I ing cup last year the Cowboys galI galloped galloped gal gal- I loped through fourteen encounters encounters' I with nary a setback to capture the division victory crown Their only I defeat being at the hands of the Y Yin Yin in the final game Youngs Young's Western West Vest I em ern division title came after a hectic hectic hectic hec hec- tic campaign Contrary to series pre-series fan opinion the Cougar five was no setup for the passing fast-passing Cowboys Cowboys Cowboys Cow Cow- boys but played up heads-up basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball every minute of each game Had Lady Luck but smiled on them in the second contest which Wyoming Wyoming Wy Wy- oming won by a meager foul pitch the might have emerged ed on the long end of the series J Much praise is due Ott Romney and his charges for their impressive impressive impressive sive showing in the final series Six Sue games in nine days is no small task and that is what the Cougars had to go so through in their quest for the the- gonfalon |