Show Ute Return Friday Morning It's anybody's ball as Harry of St. John's and Mel Atkinson of take to air in quest of the The game took place in Madison square garden as Utah was edged out by one point in an extra period Also identifiable are Frank Frascella St. John's and Fred Sheffield and Nick Watts in the Indians Gain Experience From Eastern Hoop Jaunt i By Bob Muir J The Big Seven conference crashed into the limelight of th eastern cage circles the past two weeks in the form of a Utah Redskin Although beaten by St. SU Johns and Michigan they still upheld the respect Rocky Mountain i The totally lacking in were handed two successive setbacks in the waning moments of In one of the with St. Utah held a lead for three before being tied in the final seconds of then went on to lose in a extra period by one The given a third place rating by the scribes in this area behind two gigantic basketball forces at Wyoming and BYU were said by eastern sports writers to be one of the scrappiest fives to appear in the eastern section of the nation this In Utah's other appearances against non-conference the Redskins showed the court prowess which has been common to the Hilltop school for past three years when they handed ia larger five a 50 to 37 while losing to an experienced Michigan 48 to Utah's superior strength Fred Dave and Mel Atkinson were the primary reason why Utah blasted its way to a win over The three stellar court-men gave Utah a 27 to 14 lead at the half time and then coasted on to their first eastern Fighting valiantly to regain their casaba after dropping a 40 to 32 tilt to St. Utah met St. a 7 point favorite by the eastern betting For the first quarter it appeared that the predictors were headed for a big night with the crystal ball as huge Harry St. Johns rattled the hoop for 12 points to pace his team to an early 19 to 10 lead over the smaller and A stalwart of Utah's firing line and the only returning veteran from the team of Fred an started hitting the basket with ambidextrous and Utah came to life like a youngster touching a burning to overhaul the nine-point deficit and command a 28 to 25 lead at half This small lead appeared to be what Utah needed as the Beehive team took a 41 to 33 lead over the Brooklyn outfit with seven minutes remaining to all-American in 1943 when St. Johns won the invitational got his eye set on the hoop and wouldn't stop ringing the strings until he led his team to a 41 fo 41 deadlock at the end of regular playing severely tired after its tedious bit of playing was caught off guard by the rejuvenated New York team which went out in front 46 to 43 with only 10 seconds remaining in the extra Nick Watts put in a shot from the foul but time ran and the St. John's squad avenged their loss to Utah in the mythical championship two years ago by tipping the 46 to Although dropped for three losses in four eastern sports scribes had nothing but praise for the Utah One sports writer from the Buffalo who saw Fred Sheffield said that is one of the finest seen on the Atlantic seaboard this Another remarked that Vern although lacking in would improve into one of the finest in the country in a few These comments by some of the finest writers in the country gave indication that Utah might surprise some of the soothsayers in this locality by dumping the favored cage aggregations From the Laramie cam f Coach Ev Shelton and hia moth Wyoming cage was fomenting about the return all-American Kenny who won national recognition in 1942 when he was voted the outstanding cage performer in the nation was supposed to be ed out of the navy early this and is due back at Wyoming at tte end or the start of next When Sailors reports to the three of the original five of the 1942 mythical champs' starting lineup will be on Already Milo and Jim Weir along with reserves Earl Ray Bill have reported for With Sailors and a galaxy of stars already at the Cowpoke Wyoming will be the moat feared cage team in the This superfluous strength which mentor Shelton has gathered from the timber lands of Wyoming has already been exhibited at the of a good BYU which twice could not cope the lengthy and experienced The first time the Cougan dropped a 49 to 88 battle and tie second time they withered 52 to BYU still under the impression that they might get the bid to the Garden next March as representative from the Big Seven when two former members tuned up for winter Rolfe 6 foot 6 inch who played brilliant ball oa the 1943 Western division reported to coach Floyd along with Ivan 6 foot 2 inch who was a substitute on the same |