| Show Closing Frays Will Prove Prow Strength Testers of Leading I Quintets Quintet Night First-Night Congar t Win Fails To Daunt Ute Drive Saturday Series Division Ties Tics U Up I t Western Loo Loop P Leadership Play Off f Likely By FRED M M OLIVER Once again those sturdy Crimson Gagers have elevated themselves into par standing in the Western Division court scramble more recently on the crest of a cool courageous second-half second drive on the hoop in the exciting series final with B B. Y U. U Saturday night the 50 36 victory renewing Utah's title opportunities Sent down the thc ladder the night previous in a taking breath-taking thriller thrill thrill- er 43 42 the Utes opening maneuvers ers reflected a determined determined determined de de- victory- victory bound demeanor Flashy baskets by h Brooks Vat Watts t. t s and Lund boosted Jh the tho count to 14 before the surprised surprised surprised sur sur- C Cougars 0 u gars could could gar garner n e r more than one field goal and three foul shots Though Nelson Millett and Mc- Mc Fred OI Oliver Oli er Omber began lashing the strings in a concerted drive the Indian entry sta stayed ed ahead 22 to 20 at half time Second-half Second play resumed both battled evenly the Y forcing into the lead leadon on only a single single single sin sin- gle occasion 34 32 after Millett l and the diminutive but brilliant Whitman spliced the strings spec spec- Herewith Vadal Petersons Peterson's strategy strategy strategy strat strat- egy exposed itself Withdrawing jT raft Taft ft Watts momentarily for lor counsel counsel coun coup sel he sent him again to the fray as a scoring spree got underway Kroner K er whom had been w co covering r ng like ilke a London fog all evening eluded the Cougar for two nice turn Brooks broke bloke for fora I a pair of tail-in tail shots and Watts and Lund added to the assault on the hoop Eighteen points were poured through the basket by bi Utah in seven minutes while the Blue and nd White crawled to the 36 notch the fray ending 50 to 36 Friday nights night's to set-to was no less brilliant and perhaps more exciting exciting I ing than the series final This young Brooks fellow has been absorbed absorbed absorbed ab ab- ab- ab into the Peterson system in miraculous fashion which his beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- rustling floor-rustling and tail-in tail shooting evinced His Isis tactics yielded yield yield- ed twenty one points points' exactly one- one half of Utah's total on Friday night I IThe The fray was tight air-tight throughout through through- through through-I out the Cougars resting at halftime halftime halftime half- half I time on a 24 23 lead achieved principally principally prin prin- by brilliant work by Whitman Whitman Whit Whit- man LeSueur Millet and Romney The latter was not his old self with that injured knee Utah shot into an earl early second- second half lead on tallies by Brooks and Kinner but the Y uY forwards re responded responded responded re- re with se several rapid-fire rapid baskets to elevate themselves toa to toa a 11 37 27 margin Kinner then re revived revived revived re- re the Crimson forces with a in dribble shot Brooks opened up widely and rang in five beautiful in close-in shots shot to make it 37 to 39 Whitman and l er exceeded the bet minute efforts of Watts an and Lund le lc leaving vir ill the Crimson a single point Joint as the gun cracked For the Y Whitman was most impressive in the series play Millet Millet Millet Mil Mil- let and LeSueur played brilliantly in the opening engagement ber showing to advantage the firsth first h half lt cn The entire Ute forces performed brilliantly in both engagements Brooks being outstanding Kinner and Watts left nothing to be denied denied denied de de- de- de nied while the floor work of Luu 1 and defensive tactics of Bennion and Kramer were decidedly pleas pleas- ing i |
