The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-03-15
BEST BASKET BALL
OF SCHOOL YEAR
DISTRICT TOURNAMENT HELD
IN SAUK CENTRE FRIDAY
HIGH CLASS SPORT
WADENA WAS VICTOR
ALEXANDRIA AND MELROSE Ell
MATED IN AFTERNOON-
OSAKIS HAS STAR.

OOAAlO h<Ao
The biggest high school athletic
event that ever took place IN Sauk
Centre was held in the Junior High
School Auditorium last Friday: Ihls
was the first time basketball tour
nament was ever held in this city and
it was a most successful one.
In the afternoon two elimination
Games were played. Wadena won
from Alexandria and Osakis won from
Melrose. Wadena won from Osakls
in the evening, giving Wadena the
undisputed championship OF this hai1
of the district.
A large crowd had gathered at the
entrance to the gymnasium long De
fore the doors were opened. At one
O'clock the gates were let down and
in less than a half hour the large
auditorium was packed. The Wadena
SQUAD appeared on the floor insan out
fl very pleasant to look upon. The
team looked it's best and never once
in the entire day did it lose the dig
nity that marks all of Wadena's &C
tivitieS.
Alexandria made it's appearance
about ten minutes to two. A rous-
ing cheer almost raised the roof OF
( the auditorium. 1t was hard to tell
which team got the most support, for
it was continuous uproar the entire
day. -
every department of the game. The
first half ended 10 to 8 in favor OF
Wadena-but it was the inability of
both teams to get the ball in the loop
that the score was not large as each
side had many shots. 1t was speedy
half filled with many tense moments
and many fine exhibitions OF good
basket ball. Wadena came back with
terrible drive, and swept Alex away
in the second half. Englund and Sher-
her of Alex were put out on fouls and
from then on until the end the result
was never in doubt The final score
was 25 to Ia; Wadena made nine field
goals and seven free throws. Alex
made field goals, and SIX free
throws.
The teams lined up as follows:
Wadena Alexandria
Rice .R.F. Sherber
McKinnon -. .L.F.. .......... Mike
Dodds ACKNOWLEDGEMENT hl
Lehman $3.50. re-. 80. Brockmell
Hezzlewood -. L.. 49,. Engluno
Substitutions: Alexandria - Nc
CIuny for Sherber; johnson for Eng
lund. Free throws: Alexandria
out of ID; Wadena out of la.
There were no individual stars In
this game; both teams worked as
machine, with Wadena having an edge
on the entire contest.
Shortly after 800 o'clock Referes
Dahl blew his whistle starting the
elimination game between Melrose ant
Osalis. Keen rivalry exists between
these two towns and the nature OF 1
was manifested in this game. Tbs
Melrose team was heavier and tallel
than the Osakis team but what thu
little fellows were shy in weight ant
height, they certainly made up for II
speed. Time after time the little for
wards would outwit and out run thu
big guards from Melrose. The fea
ture of this game, and in fact, tn
feature of the entire tournament wa
the free throw shooting of 14-year
old Jack Clifford, forward on tn
Osakis team. He negotiated II GU
of 20. The teams lined up as fol
lows: 5.
Melrose Osakl
w. Nicky, -. .R.F.. Bordse
D. Nicky If. Cliffor
Kay Northumberland. Jacobso
Pimpl ....... Re-. ....... Quln
Schultenauer LIZ. Perrete
Substitutions: Melrose, Brandy TO
w. Nicky; Welle for Kay; Bohne
for Schultenauer. Osakis-Olson TO
Brodsen.
Melrose made eight field goals an
four free throws out of 10. Osak
made five field goals and II fire
throws out of 20. The final score wa
27 to 20. Melrose beat themselve
by playing the man in place OF tn
ball.
At 7 o'clock the doors were opene
for the evening game. At 1880 tn
seats were all filed and many wer
! standing. The Sank Center band fur
nished excellent music and gave
splendid atmosphere to this splendi
occasion.
The Wadena team was the first t
appear on the floor and it received a
ovation that will long be rememberet
The Wadena boys had new outfit o
and it was even more classy than tn
one they wore during the Afternoon
Osakis made a good showing and
too was received very heartily by tn
SPECTATORS. Wadena seemed to b
lost at the beginning of the game an
Osakis took advantage of this an
ran up a four point lead. It didn
take long however, for the other lad
to wake up and from then on 1t wa
all Wadena. In this game young Gilt
+. ford again demonstrated his fire
throwing ability by getting IL out Q
IA. Rice was the big point getter fo