The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-12

| Lacn Judge nad the privilege o.
selecting the five men he thought tn,
best in the district. The selections
varied considerably. Fourteen mel
were given at least one vote, but il
most cases the voting was very mucl
the same. Every team had at leas
one man voted for. The judges, il
most cases the voting was very much
and consideration in their selections
The five men selected were the five
outstanding stars of the tournament
They would be selected as the logica
quint, no matter who made up the
Judging personnel. There was keen
competition between the players, fol
it was distinct and enviable honor
to be placed on a team which is the
best in the district.
Sank Centre placed two, Alexand-
ria two, and Osakis one. Leonard
Brown, captain of the Sank Centre
team, was chosen Sas right forward
on the mythical quint. He received
two more votes than any other play
er voted for. In addition to this
ne was chosen as captain of the five
1t was signal honor for Leonard
and he can well be proud of the re.
spect shown him by the basket ball
coaches OF the district and the news
paper men Browns speed in drib-
ping, his accuracy in passing, and his
very apparent knowledge of the game
marked him as an outstanding star
Outside of Cliff Johnson of Alexan.
drla no other forward in the tourna-
ment compared with him. Brown is
the logical choice as captain, and he
would make good running mate fo1
johnson who was chosen to fill the
left forward position. Brown can
pass equally well with either hand
which would be of great advantage
Tor johnson cuts from the side lines
to a position for a left handed pass
johnson is good jumper and could
get the ball from his opponents, and
then feed it to Brown or too his
brother Lloyd Johnson, who was chos,
en- to fill the center position.
Lloyd is an excellent center and
knows the game. His defense work
is far superior to his offense work
and the reason for this is because his
coach has made him play guard afte,
ne completes his jump in the center
ring. Lloyd is little weak on drib.
bling, but overcomes this by always
making an accurate pass as he finish
es his dribble. Westphal of Long
Prairie was good center, but lost out
because he tried to cover too much
territory. If Westphal was on the
Alexandria or Sank Centre team this
year he would have been able to
use his natural advantages to a
greater extent. Nelson of Sank Cen.
tire received the second highest num-
Der OF votes for center. "Swede" has
another year to play, and if he con-
| tlnues to improve next season as he
has improved the past season, there
Will be no doubt az to his selection on
| the mythical team next year.
Clifford of Osakis was chosen as
standing guard. He plays running
guard on the Osakis team but the
votes indicated Moynihan should re.
ceive that distinction. Walter was the
best dribbler on the floor during the
tournament. Clifford is weak in this
respect, but very accurate in his pas.
sing. Clifford does good guarding
too, especially if the opposing team
is passing high. 1t was easy to work
bounce pass around him, but diff
cult matter to pass over him, Clifford
has good drive, and was selected by
several of the judges to captain the
mythical squad.
1t was remarked, and rightly so
that Moynihan of the Sank Centre
team, was the best running guarc
Sank Centre ever produced He out
classed any other guard on the floor
during the tourney, and outwitteC
and outplayed every forward pittee
against him. He gave Brown a close
run for the captaincy of the quint
Ii Walter goes away to school mex
year and goes out for basket ball,
predict he will be a Varsity player be-
fore he is Junior. The mythica
five:
Brown, Captain S. C. -. Forward
c. Johnson, Alex ........ Forward
L. Johnson, Alex .......... Center
Moynihan, S. G. ......... Guart
Clifford, Osakis ............ Guaro
What great combination these
five men would make. Each mar
has a particular characteristic which
marks his playing different from the
others. But if these players were
put on one team, given one week!
practice together venture to say M
team in this region or any region
hereabouts could stop them. In these
five men you have the "pick" of the
entire district, and each man is wor
thy of the position he has been given
The honorable mention list in
GUIDED: Nelson Is. CO.; MacDermont
IS. Co.; Shedding Of. F.); HANNA,
(Alex); Olson (Glen); Westphal q
p; Olson CO.,; Belknap CO.,; ant
Wettleson (Alex).
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Officials
District Committee :-Supt. Cough
Alex; Supt. Nelly, Long Prairie
Supt. Lippnitt, Fergus Falls.
Referee Philip Garfield, Brock
enridge. Scorer:-W B. Morgan
Sank Centre Herald: Time-keeper:-
Neuman Olson, Sank Centre Schools
Score-marker Harold LeSeur, Jun
ior High School.
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Alex-Glenwood
The first game of the tournamen
was the Alexandria lenwood affair
These two teams came out upon tn
!. do0r of ahout 3 nm o'clool and fror