Show WESTERN DIVISION OPENS HOOP PLAY FRIDAY I Redskins Engage Bobcats Bobcats' I As Aggie Invade Provo Ute Mentor Apparent Has Y Combination That Clicks Coach Vadal Peterson will win wina lead a band of determined baske ers to Bozeman tonight to engage in a 1 two o game sene series wIth the Mon hion n 2 tan tans tana a State Bob Boh N f c cats ts The tussles tussle wIll mark the f. n 4 opening Of the r z 1934 wes western rn divisi div div- I z st f isi ision Sion n race which J also sees B B. Y Y f U. U and the Ag Ag t gies tangling 0 on r 4 c the Provo floor The Utes r reI returned re- re j I turned from their theu Mecham California jaunt jam Monday evening after winning over Stanford and losing to Cali Call fornia fomia in the two night ment U. U A. A C. C the fourth team in the meet did likewise but faIled failee to win by large as a score as ai Utah and lost by a greater margin mar gin than the Utes Starting Lineup Peterson has apparently decided decided de de- on a definite starting line line- up Barring injuries the starters starter will likely be Captain Bill Kinner Kinne a at t center Ed Erekson and Harold Hard Miller at forwards and Sid Kra Kramer mer and Onan Mecham Guards Guard ards Kinner showed that he had i regained re re- gained this his 1933 form in tl the California s series ries He was high hig highpoint highpoint point man on both evenings at and was the outstanding floor man mai manMiller Miller did some fancy ball and on the second night found tt the hoop for his share of points Erelson Erel Erek son will be remembered by h his pinch-hitting pinch performances of la last year when he pulled several games garni out of the fire with timely baskets basket It is hard to find a better or more moi dependable pair of guards than Mecham or Kramer Aldo gives the Utes ample reserve reser strength on the guard line This years year's race promises to 1 be bethe bethe the most evenly contested affair affa affair ever staged in this region Tl The three Utah schools appear to 1 be almost evenly matched with tl the having the most impressive impress l-e l preseason record The Farmers Fame hold wins over the Ogden Boost Boos Boosters Boosters ers Denver Athletic Club and tl the Pasadena Majors Cougars Play Spotty B. B Y U. U apparently hasn't 1 hit hid their full stride as yet I Th Their play has been rather spotty snotty i all aJl season At times they have 8 appeared appeared ap- ap almost invincible and at al others have looked like the woi worst of dubs Ott Romney has the p pit po- potential strength for a conference winner and if the boys can g get gd going they will be hard to displace from their throne as rulers of tl the Rocky Mountain Conference In Captain Jay W Whitman itman Flo Floyd Millet and Byron Nelson the Co Cougars Coo Cou- gars have three former all coo f ference men They are ably so supported sup sup- ported by Jim Hunter reserve of the past three years and a new nev new new- newcomer comer Dick Grimmet The most logical way to predict this weeks week's game would be to for a split at Bozeman as well i as Provo but with customary loyalty we are looking for the Utes t thead to head the division race next Sunday Sure Sun day with a twin t victory over tb tte B Bobcats while the Romney broth broth- brothers ers cut each others other's throats in i a Mexican standoff I I |