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Show B. Y. U. GAMESUtah 31 B. Y. U. 25GRANT INGERSOLL Captain, B. Y. U.Utah 31 B. Y. U. 26and stubborn fighting at the ends of the floor carried the Utes to victory on both occasions.The Cougars led, 16 to 13, in the first game but brilliant caging by Smith, Jonas and Watkins gave the Redskins the lead soon after the half opened, B. Y. U. rallied but fell short of tying the score and the game ended with the Redskins pulling away. The two teams battled on even terms the second night and first Utah and then the 'Y' took the lead with the Cougars holding the upper hand at the start of the half. Utah took a lead but the Cougars came back to tie the score at 25-all. Jonas, Neeley, and Couch came through with three baskets in the last few minutes while the best the home boys could get was a foul pitch. Neeley, at center for Utah, was high point man of the series with 10 points.The B. Y. U. teams under Coach E. L. Roberts are always among the bestcoached teams found anywhere. They always play a short, fast passing game,prefering to work the ball close to the basket than to shoot long shots. A coupleof years ago Romney Roberts lost most off^S his old stars upon whom he had depended^r for a number of years. Consequently, A. M during the last couple of years he has con-HRt centrated on developing his new stars."â„¢^fe& During the past year he spent most of his.â€"&â- time with the young men and as a resulthe has several very brilliant youngstersto fall back on the next two or three years.The B. Y. U. promises to be a greater threat than ever before next year with the addition of Ott Romney to the coaching staff.THERAN DAVISGuardRAY PRICECenter |