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Show VARSITY BASKETBALL RESUME The same men who sang dirges for Coach Vadal Peterson's 1932 Redskin varsity early in the season later had to sing paeans of praise, for the stealthy Tribe certainly confounded the wise before it hung up the flannels for the season. Utah's slow start perhaps cost her the western division championship. Barring the first two upsets in Bozeman, the Utes played the best and most consistent ball of any team in the loop. Injuries to the men, combined with rather poor reserve strength, was enough to account for the shade of difference between the Utes and the champion Cougars. First it was Cox, and then it was Watts who was sick. Clark, hampered by a slow start, came into his own about mid-season and afterwards was unbeatable., Two clever guards, Grant Bennion and Dick Lund, were about the only pair to function consistently. The forwards, Cox, Smith, and Watts, were jockeyed so much that there was no such thing as a definite combination. Withal, these three boys carried lots of wallop in any sort of a hookup. Barring the playoff for the title with B. Y. U., the Utes' final log read: Games Won: 8, Lost: 4, Percentage: .667, Points: 454, Opponents Points: 398. Three of the four games lost were run up in the first three starts; so it is apparent that the Crimson courtmen had to play ball to overcome such a handicap. 1932 lettermen were Captain Sherm Clark, Lorraine Cox, Grant Bennion, Stan Smith, Paul Callis, Aldo Richins, Kean Westphal, Walt Bolic, Les Saunders, Ivan Miner, and Dick Lund. Bennion and Smith were chosen on the western division all-star team. , Richins, Callis, Saunders, Roberts, Smith, Miner. Second row: Westphal, Smith, Bennion, Lund. Third row: Coach Peterson, Bolic, Hale, Johnson, Workman, Smith, Couch. Page Two Hundred Eight |
