Show f i Gardner story above his 33 officially retired It may be a long time before another Ute will exceed the 1240 points scored by Vern Utah's all time basketball who was honored at the U songfest Gardner's famous 33 was retired at the festivity at the U and will be placed in the Union building trophy Distinguished on the court by the white tape wrapped around his right the big fellow started his basketball career at the U in December but it wasn't until 1945 that the Afton lad put on the famous was a symbol destined to bring Utah cage In that particular big Vern was high point man with 21 point as the Redskins defeated Canisius 37 to 31 in the first game of an eastern It was this game that started the Ute all-American in his four-year career as one of the High scorers of the Skyline Gardner played in 62 games which included conference and and scored 1240 for a per game Adding new laurels to his famed golf Bill Utah's links took Salt Lake amateur title Sunday at |