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Show ? FIRING LINE Dick Lund Forward Bob Sonne Center The guarding of Hap Lybbert, Theran Davis, and George Watkins, was of the highest caliber. But for these able men, the Utes might still have been just another team in the conference. Then followed the second Montana series. Once again the Utes opened up in a rather startling manner by winning the first game 48 to 31, The entire starting five clicked in a machine-like perfection. It was not a one man victory, but the coordination of five men working for one goal-victory. Coach Peterson advised his cohorts to play a fast offensive game and they responded wonderfully. The second game, had they won it, would have made the Indians champions. But the terrible plague of ''swell-head" coupled with a few symptoms o f "We're plenty good,"' resulted in the usual ending, defeat. The Bobcats were in for revenge and they certainty accomplished their task by beating the Utes 34 to 31. The ultimate losers played erratically throughout. and only in the last stages showed any signs Grant Bennion Guard of a championship machine. This defeat removed all over-confidence from the team for the remaining games. The crucial series found Utah pitted against the B. Y. U. Cougars in Salt Lake. The Utes needed one game to win the crown. The Cougars needed both to annex the championship. The game started out slowly with both teams missing numerous set-ups. The Y excelled the Indians in this pastime. Time and again the B. Y. U. would work the ball under the basket only to miss the rim by a few inches. Utah took no c h a n c e s. T h e y played deliberate ball. The five veterans passed the casaba smoothly and shot only from close quarters. Jerry Smith, Loraine Cox, Theran Davis, Sharman C 1 a r k, and Captain L y b b e r t each took turns in sinking baskets. When the final whistle blew, the Utes were leading 49 to 39. With the game went the Western division championship and the right to meet the Wyoming tea m , winner of the Eastern 220 |
