Show Denver Oppose Redskins This Week The University of Utah 1961 get their first taste of Skyline competition at home this week as they meet conference opponents New Mexico and Utah meets New Mexico Thursday evening and Denver Saturday each at 8 p.m. on the Nielsen fieldhouse CURRENTLY ranked in the nation in the UPI college coaches' poll and holding the reins in the Skyline Utah is at the present most everyone's favorite to capture the Skyline Conference title is no time for as the Utes are exactly one-fourteenth of the way through the alway-rigorous conference WW No conference team has ever emerged unscathed for a season in Skyline competition with no although Utah posted a record mark last To many Utah's caliber of play in the Utah State game reflected not only a less proficient Aggie team than last year but a generally improved Utah squad Billy McGill had one of his best and Jim played as well as he ever The victory for the five is a quite auspicious launching for the club into the melee of unpredictable S k y li n e opponents which will last until early March REDSKIN mentor Jack Gardner is figured to stay with his regular starting McGill at Rich and at and Joe Morton and Ed Rowe at but as yet Bo along with much-improved veteran Joe will be in ready Jim Thomas and Bob Cozby may also see action Thursday and Saturday New Mexico figures to be the more formidable of the two although the Utes will have to fight over-confidence in both games due to their victory over Utah the conference's Denver has been with four straight losses plus the loss of a starting forward through Theo sure Pioneer starters will be sophomore Tim Vezie at senior Bob Grinstead at and sophomore Dennis Hodge at As students will be admitted to the games upon presentation of ID and properly validated winter quarter activity JIM eyes Denver |