Show Second Loss Utes Lose Early Bow to PALO Utah lost its second straight game of the season as they bowed before a tall Stanford basketball club that had to fight uphill most of the game to gain the Although the Utes shot at a 50 the Palo Alto Indians capitalized on the numerous mistakes made by the Utah boys and came out on the long end of the score in a very close and exciting Final score was Billy McGill had one of the greatest nights of his collegiate He connected for 30 points to become the highest scorer on the His baskets accounted for more than half of the Utah total The first six minutes saw four out of five Utah starters get into the scoring Stanford was very cold and it looked like a runaway game for the Utes as the score stood at the Indians soon caught fire and the Utes' numerous mistakes soon nar rowed the The only bright spot in the last few minutes of the first half was Jim who was very effective in rebounding the Utah clutched a narrow lead at halftime which was tied up quickly by From then on it was a see-saw battle all the With sixteen minutes remaining in the ball game the Palo Alto Indians enjoyed their biggest lead of Then it was Morton and McGill who scored the rest of the points for They combined their talents to make it in favor of the They blew it quickly and it was a tied ball game with three minutes left in the When McGill hit a basket that would have meant victory for the referee called a jump Coach Jack Gardner was so upset about the decision that he drew a technical This gave the Californians the ball and the UTAH G F P T 2 4 5 3 5 McGill 12 1 30 Morton t- 7 3 15 Rowe 1 12 Crain 0 1 0 0 1 0 23 14 56 STANFORD G F P T Hendry 4 1 10 10 2 21 Kelley 4 0 11 Don Clements 4 19 Hosley 0 2 1 Dg Clements 2 3 5 Ledgerwood 1 4 2 25 13 59 McGill's tremendous scoring seems even greater since he was covered by three players during most of the second He made more baskets than only to see them taken away by various Joe Morton had one of his better nights as he drew admiration from the crowd for his accurate outside Only two other men from the Utah bench saw Bo Crain and Joe aided in the play making but did not COACH MARV HESS sets mat season |