Show UTES COUGARS IN CRUCIAL SERIES ERIES I Crippled Regulars Will Likely Return To Redskin ri Aies Expected to TumI Turn Tum I In Twin Victory Over Bobcats By GRANT EVANS Intent on getting back into the championship running a determined determined determined deter deter- mined band of Utes will take the floor Friday and Saturday night in the first of of their home game games against the lea lea- leading gue Cougars Cougars Cougars Cou Cou- gars from B. B Y is U. U It is the first really reany c crucial rue I a J battle of the sea sea- son If the last lasty y years year's ars ar's champions champions win wm both games a athey they would be hard to touch the rest of the sea- sea Kramer son However if they lose one of the two games their supremacy will be quite seriously threatened by both Utah and Utah And if Utah wins both games it will throw the race into a way tie between Ufah Utah Utah Ag Ag- gies and B. B Y U. U assuming the Farmers score a double win over Montana State at Bozeman B. B Y U. U Favored The Cougars because of their their splendid showing thus far are are easily the favorites to cop the series series ser ser- ser ser-I ies especially if Utah's two disabled disabled disabled dis dis- stars Kinner and Kramer are absent from the line Utah however has always alwa's been extremely extreme extreme- ly hard to beat on their own floor and even more so when considered to be the underdogs underdogs and and with Kinner and Kramer in top form fonn the Utes may surprise and eke out with even a couple of wins At any rate a great series is in store for basketball followers and a capac capac- ity crowd is expected I Aga Go North The Utah will trek northward to Bozeman to play a lowly but improving band of Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana Bobcats The should find things their own way and will probably cop the series without much trouble In case the do win both games it will put them in a fine position to dethrone the champion Cougars If they happen happen happen hap hap- I pen to lose one though they might wight as well wen be counted out of the race The Utah took the measure measure measure meas meas- ure of a sadly crippled Utah aggregation aggregation aggregation ag ag- for two games last week at Logan They won the first game 4 40 to 36 and the second 32 to 24 At the outset the Utes were put at a severe disadvantage when their two mainstays Kinner and Kramer were able to play but a afew afew afew few minutes in each game Kinner was out with a weak ankle and Kramer Kramer was finally put to bed because because because be be- cause cause of a bad cold Mecham Scores Nevertheless Coach Vadal Petersons Peterson's Peterson's Petersons Petersons Peterson's Pet Pet- erson's put up a game fight especially in the first game I r when they came near tOPPling the heavily favored This g gam- gam was marked by the sparkling Per f of Onan Mecham Utah guard who bagged six timely fo bat bas to keep the Redskins fa iu t n running Miller Larsen and Call Cal v lis also turned in creditable per pea For the Ca Cap rw tain Watts at forward and RYan husky freshman center starred stared 1 la the second game the absence of of Kinner and Kramer was more J nt for neither the Ute 0 of f ense nor defense could start star clicking As a result the JW Aggie Age offense with Petty and Watts Watt shelling the hoop ran through ft tilt the Ute defense to chalk up vip a fay fairly easy win It was an extreme extremely rough game Cougars Rout Montana B. B Y U. U ran roughshod or ov over Montana State last week at Pun Provo to take two rather easy games Tl The score of the first game was 48 1 to 31 for the champions and tie the te sec Ite- second ond 52 to 37 The first haf of both games w WI vu quite evenly contested but in eai each second half th the Cougars showed shorn their heels to the weak weak- Montana Monta aggregation and were never sei seri seri- seriously threatened |