The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-02-14
LOCAL SPORT FIELD

The issue of the Osakis Review of
January 81 contained school boy
outburst which purported to criticize
the Herald's write-up Of the week be-
fore with reference to the high
school basket ball game between Osa-
kis and Sank Centre on the formers
floor.
The Herald write-up charged un-
necessary rough play on behalf of
theOsakis quint, and in the course of
the Reviews article the Sank Centre
lads are first referred to as trough
necks" and later on as "girls. The
writer also refers to the "Speed
Boys" of Qsakis as mere lads. AS a
matter of fact, the records show that
the Osakis quint are one month and
Is days older per man than the Sank
Centre aggregation. The claim is al
SO made that the Sank Centre team
were Is pounds heavier per man than
the Osakis "Speed Boys" According
to admissions made by the coach of
Osakis to the Herald editor last
Friday evening as to the weight OF
his quint and compared with the
actual weight of the Sank Centre
boys, the local quint may carry an
excess averdupois of Is pounds for
the entire quint.
A year ago when the district tourn-
ament was held in Sank Centre, prac-
tically every basket ball fan of this
city was pulling for the Osakls team
to win the district honors, and they
were very much surprised to have the
Sank Centre boys accorded the treat
ment they received when they played
at Osakis couple of weeks ago.
The two teams met for the final
game of the season on, the local Jun
Tor High School floor Friday evening
of last week and it must have been
revelation to the Osakis visitors,
coach, and team to see the cordial
manner in which they were received
by the local student body and the
fans, making up the largest audience
of the year.
Last year the sporting editor of the
Long Prairie Leader nicknamed the
Osakis quint "The Speed Boys" and
until they met up with a team like
this years Sank Centre aggregation
the name would seem appropriate.
The lightning fast play of Sank Cen
tire overwhelmed and stunned Osakis.
1t was apparently thought that the
narrow margin of victory of Sank
Centre over Osakis on the latter's
floor was 'tfluke." However, if there
was any doubt in the minds of even
the most skeptical, the 10 to 8 victory
of the locals Friday evening should
convince even the most ardent sup
porters of the Osakis high school lads
that Sank Centre has the goods"
1t is just probable that the young
sters from the hamlet of Osakis suf-
fered a severe attack of 'stage
fright when they witnessed the large
crowd before which they were to
show their speed last Friday evening.
Mr.. Dunnewold who refereed the
Osakis game also officiated in the
Sank Centre contest.
Young Clifford, right forward for
Osakis, is the scoring demon of his
quint and the team play is built very
largely around him. Clifford was out
of luck last Friday night because
Moynihan, left guard of the locals,
completely smothered him. He did
not make a field goal, free throw, or
a foul. AS usual Right Guard Sam
Grossberg took care of his opponent
handily.
With score of four to one in favor
of Sank Centre at the end of the first
quarter, it looked as though the
contest might be real one. In the
second quarter the visitors were held
scoreless while Sank Centre rounded
up eight more points. In the third
quarter the locals grabbed couple
of field baskets and a free throw
while in the final period the locals
were content to score one basket.
Left forward Olson, who had also
made the free throw for the visitors
in the ,rst period, on a lucky shot
scored their only field goal of the
game, shortly before the game ended,
making the final score 10 to 3.
In justice to the Osakis quint, when
they are playing against an ordinary
team they probably have consider
able amount of speed but man for
man they were badly outclassed in
last Friday evenings contest.
Left forward Lembke was the
scoring boy for the locals with five