| Show Cougars Near State Pennant CHICAGO mm fiVE SETTING FAST LEAGUE PACE Nelson Norgren Former Utah Coach Directs Play of Leaders W L Pet Pct Chicago Purdue C 6 1 1133 Purdue 4 1 1800 SOO Michigan Wisconsin 3 3 1 I Indiana I 3 1 1780 Indiana 5 6 3 Ohio Ohla 3 3 Illinois Inal Ion S 3 2 2600 Ioa IO a Minnesota 1 l 4 Minnesota 1 I C 1 U Northwestern 0 5 CHICAGO Feb Fob Bv 11 It Bv The TheA A Associated Press Pres Chicago Chicago s I fa fart t traveling tt quintet gathered enough nough to topple the Michigan tram t-am from Crom the leadership of the Vest West Western t e ern errs conference rac race and Is 18 setting the pace tar for the first time this season Michigan by Its lie 18 1 to 20 defeat deruta a at t the hands of ot Chicago Saturday night I Is tied with Wisconsin for third place Purdue stepped Into second place and Is Chicago s I clos cbs closest closest I est eat rl al no now With Hh this te m Holding the only vIctory of ot any conference team te-am this season o 0 01 en er ar Chicago the Big Bg Ten fIght begins to ta take taka on the aspects aspect of a battle between the and Purdue a battle that may not bo be settled until they meet t again March 6 Michigan will have hae an opportunity opportunity to redeem itself next eek when It meets the Purdue team at Ann Arbor but to make a victory at that time count caunt Minnesota I must be humbled tonight I coo The Note Note The brilliant Chicago team tam Is Ie coached by Nelson Norgren former University of ot Utah coach I In 1918 1916 Norgren coached the Utah I team te-am which Journeyed to Chicago and captured the national A A U 73 title at the hoop hoap game They were forced to the limit howe er nun nun- win winning ning nung 26 28 to 26 25 Lo Loiell Losell ell present coach of ot the Utah Aggie as ss one ODe of or the guards on the cham cham- chant chant- championship team The Tho other re regu- regu regu u- u ulars lars bars regulars were Goodrich guard Van VanPelt VanPelt VanPelt Pelt center Packer and nd Clark forwards 1 I KANSAS S LEADS KANSAS CITY Mo ro Feb Fob 11 11 A perfect Missouri volley alIey confer confer- conference ence once record stretching back over overt t tao 0 sears lears ears wai wac wa blotted Saturday nIght when then the University of ot Kan Ran Kansas Kansas sas sac b basketball team dropped a game to Oklahoma The J Ja hawkers In Inthe Inthe Inthe the conference since January 25 1522 when they th y lost lat their only game of ot that season seaon to Missouri I met their master when the tho thirty thirty fifth firth fifth straight seemed med s emed In retch Holding to ta InI a to lO I to SO tie in the first halt half they weakened toward to the cl riSes clOia and wore ore clearly outplayed The game ended nde 28 26 to 20 Kansas Kannas defeated Oklahoma ear ear- earlier ear earlier lier In the season 21 to 19 The Tho Oklahoma team also aho ruined the hopes of Washington lot toi a per per- perfect perfect feet ecord this scan ear After Arter se en e victories Washington ton as ae humbled by Oklahoma 21 to tn 19 The Piker then foil felt before Kan Ran Kansas sac sas 17 to 16 and were defeated by Nebraska 32 2 to 24 2 Kan Kann Kanin now holds hold the undisputed ed e-d lead load In th- th th conference race race- with I Oklahoma pressing closely Wash Wash- Washington Washington ington which had been tied for first place slipping behind Okla Okla- Okla Oklahoma horn homa honta With the season euon more than I half lf finished the race Tace for foY the title appears to hue ha narrowed d down n to ta taa toa toa a contest among these three tea teams n I W L Pet Pcr I 7 1 Oklahoma 9 2 SIR Washington 7 J 3 Nebraska 8 A S 5 55 Kansas Aggles 4 6 5 Am Ames 2 5 2 8 Drake 2 S 6 MissourI 2 8 a HR DREo TIP Tm XE NEW YORK lORK Feb Cornell ll 11 broko the deadlock In the tho Inter inter- intercollegiate Intercollegiate collegiate basketball league Satur Satur- day Saturday night by defeating Pennsyl-lania Pennsyl tania anla 17 to 14 H thereby assuming the undisputed lead In the college wheel Saturday with three victorie to ono one der defeat at The result remit was wal In keepIng with the tho string of home court victories which h has dotted play pley In the college ge circuit this thie een- een S son B-son son Not a victory has haa been won by bv soy nv t tram team am on an Opponents opponent court cout Sl Captain Capron of Cornell In to aiding hl hI hia team te-am In downing Its Quaker rl rl al al bounced Into the he lead for ocar- ocar ing cor honors honor when hn he In four field oal goals bringing his hie Individual total from 21 to 29 paints two points ahead ct or Sam am J Pit H of Tale who held h ld the thO scoring honors up to I night Pennsylvania's detest sent nt the I Quaker down to ta a tie Tale Yalo and Princeton for tor cellar ellar honors I a of the teams team follows W r I L Pet Pct 3 1 l I Columbus 2 1 I Dartmouth 1 11 1 Pennsylvania I 1 12 2 Princeton 1 I 2 Tale 1 I M 2 |
