Colorado State University Fort Collins - Silver Spruce Yearbook (Fort Collins, CO)

IRWIN G. GAUSMAN PETERS VORHEES HARTMAN ZIMDAHL Two points coming up Air-tight defense Colorado Mines COLORADO OPENED their 1938 basketball season under their new coach, John R. Davis, by taking a two-game series from Colorado School of Mines, 42-29, 39-27. Blake led the team in the first game, scoring 15 points, while Peters took scoring honors in the second game with 1 3 points. Hastings College, Nebraska, and Kansas Aggies Two PRACTICE GAMES played during the Christmas holi- days found the Aggies on the long end of both counts. They defeated the Hastings College, Nebraska, team 37-32, with Blake leading the way with 16 points off the pivot post. Kansas Aggies was downed 50-40 as Irwin and Peters poured shots through the hoop from all angles during the last minute of the game. Utah State UTAH STATE with their fast-breaking, fire department style handed the Colorado State their first defeat, 57-34, which was the debut of the Colorado State team in the newly organized Big Seven Conference. In the second game, played at Logan, the Utah crew also ended on top, 62-52. In the Farmer series, Irwin and Blake were the offensive threats on the home court, while Zimdahl, G. Gausman and Irwin led the way at Logan. Colorado University COLORADO STATE bowed to the Buffaloes twice, 49-32 at Fort Collins and 72-37 in the big Boulder field house. The Aggies took an early lead in both games but soon were no match for the " hot shot " University five. Five men after one ball Here ' s hoping it misses