The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23
Defeated by Fast St. Johns
Quint Thursday Evening
by Close Score
RETURN GAME JAN. 10
Walter Moynihan Of This
City One Of the Johnnies
Star Performers

Playing the first game of the
season last Thursday att College,
vile the Sank Centre Legion team
lost to St. Johns after a hard
battle, by the score of rs to o..
The Johnnies, at full strength
since the return of Captain Schoe-
necker and Miller, had the con-
dition. With only seven men
against the entire st. Johns squad,
with only two regulars of last
years team in the lineup, and
without as much as a practice
game, the showing made by the
Legion outfit is indicative of the
brand of basketball that is going
to be saved up to the fans this
season. After the Legion's team
play and endurance is developed
up to snuff, we want to see the
team that can take 'em. If the
large crowd of college and prep
students had been told that the
Legion were playing their first
game together, the general senti-
ment would have been that some-
body was spoofin.' The best the
Johnnies had was matched play
for play and strategy for strategy.
In fact the Legion outplayed them
in the first quarter and in the
third. And it must be remembered
that football has kept the St..
Johns squad in trim.
Herman Krohm, newly elected
manager of the teams destinies,
proved quite resourceful in ar
ranging transportation for the trip.
Travelling by cars became impossi-
BILE after the storm, so it was de-
cided to stop No. A and 20 at,
Collegieville by purchasing the re-
quired number of tickets to do so.
This method did not prove feasible
and as last resort train fare for
the entire party was purchased to
ST. Cloud, from where taxis were
taken back thirteen miles to Col
legeville. The determined effort
not to disappoint them was much
appreciated by Coach Houle and
his men.
An interesting circumstance in
connection with the game was the
presence of Walter Moynihan,
1925 All-Regional guard, as reg
ular in the st. Johns lineup. His
former rival, Clifford of Osakis,
and a free throw artist, takes care
of one of the forward posts. Wal
ter made good in decided fashion
last year when he held some Of
the greats among conference for
wards scoreless, while Clifford led
the circuit in scoring.
Tourtillott, who is new to Sank
Centre fans, proved to everyone's
satisfaction that he is star at the
indoor game. He scored four goals
and played the floor in effective
fashion. Nicholson, while not fig
uring in the scoring column, fitted
into the team-play perfectly. A
graduate of St. Olof College, he is
the typical product Of college bas-
ketball. Arntson, of Staples,
played his first and last game
Thursday with the squad, leaving
the last of the week for his home.
The others, Dolson, Brown, Nelson,
and O'Gara are well known here.
The detailed account is given be-
low:
First Half
On the opening play Moynihan
took the ball on the tip-off and
dribbled. He lost it. On a pass
from O'Gara to Tourtillott, the
ball found the hoop on nice bank
side shot. On Dolson's foul Siever-
nand missed the free throw. After
some play up and down the floor
Brown passed to Tourtillott who
Melted the ball again to make the
score 4 to o as st. Johns took
time out. O'Gara, on the first
play after time in, took a pass out
of corner and went under the
basket for the third field goal Of
the quarter. Miller substituted for
Sievernand for st. Johns. On
Dolson's second foul Durenberger
made one and missed one free
throw. st. Johns was fighting but
every kind of shot missed the ring
and the first period ended 6 to 1
for Sank Centre.
AT the start of the second quart
err Clifford made good on his free
throw on Dolson's foul. The of
fetal was calling them rather close
on Dolson. Schoenecker connect
ed for his first basket soon after
and the score stood Sank Centre
6, st. Johns A. Fouled by Duren-
berger Tourtillott missed the free
throw. Clifford dribbled away
from Dolson and O'Gara and let
| fly over his shoulder at the hoop.
The ball barely touched the net
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