| Show Scribes Chose Gardner Most Valuable Player DENVER Although completely bottled in the clutch game against Utah's Vern Gardner today was named the most valuable player in the Big Seven basketball m w M Fred Weidner Classy in A United Press poll singled out the Ute center for top honors on the basis of his full season's performance performance which placed Utah down to the wire in the title The sophomore was almost a unanimous choice of the writers and broadcasters participating in the Arnie Ferrin of Jack Hauser Denver and Jimmy Reese of Wyoming all received but none approached Gardner in the Gardner wound up the season as the top scorer in the Big Seven on the basis of league games He averaged points per conference a total of markers in 11 v It was as a freshman sensation Vern Gardner Picked as best last year that then fresh the army air first broke into the spotlight He wound up with all-conference This he was the bg gun in the Utah drive towards the a drive that fell a mite Gardner not only paced the Utah but he was the standout figure in the iwo In the case of the early-season the ace sat on the bench with influenza while Utah State stunned the basketball world with a victory over the vaunted And in the case of the Wyoming loss the one which cost the championship Gardner was bottled by two cowpoke a nifty bit of Ev Shelton strategy made expedient as Arnie Ferrin rode the bench nursing injuries resulting from an automobile |
