The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-02-03
Alex NIGHTS 4o-All Stars 20

Alex NIGHTS 40-All Stars 20
The Alexandria Merchants had
the goods Tuesday night and the
Legion All Stars lost on the Doug
las floor, 40 to 20, in their first
game since the Glenwood mix two
weeks ago. !.
Playing without the services of
Blaha, Dolson and O'Gara the Lee
gion were handicapped on both Of
tense and defense, although most
ly the latter. Fellows of Glenwood
and Johnson, besides Aaker OF
Osakis, gave an account of them
selves however, especially Fellows,
who was high scorer for Sank Cen
tire with five baskets. For Alex
andria G. Hammar was most Ell
fective, shooting seven field goals
and two fouls. Peterson was next
with five and one. Birkhofer play
ed good floor game, besides scor-
ing eight points. .
Leading 8 to 5 at the end OF
of the first quarter and Is to D
in the second period, the Legion
gave way before a furious Mer-
chants rally that was good for five
baskets and the lead, the half end
ing 16 to Is. Regaining the lead
and making it 21 to 10 in the
third quarter, the All Stars began
showing the effects of the pace
they had been setting and another
Alex rally changed the count to
80 to %. In the final stanza the
scoring was about even, with the
Legion opening up in the closing
minutes, but too late to close the
gap.
First Half
The game opened with Nickel
son missing close one. Tourtil-
lott -fouled Hammar, who made
one and missed one. It was fast
right from the start. Fellows
missed some long ones by inches
and Tourtillott two run-up shots.
Hammar made it 8 to 0 with a
hook shot. Aaker fouled Peterson,
who missed both. Nicholson fol-
lowed up Browns try for the Le-
gion's first basket. Time out for
Sank Centre. MacDermond went
in for Tourtillott. Fellows got
his first one to make it 4 and 8
but Birkhofer made it 5 to 4 in
front of the basket, Fellows loop
ed two more and the score was 8
to 5 as the Legion took time out
again with only fifteen seconds left
of the period. Tourtillott went
back in for MacDermond. ....
Tourtillott scored first in the
next period from the big circle.
Acker missed a free throw. Brown
followed up and made it ~ to 5.
Anderson fouled Brown shooting.
The basket counted and he made
and missed one free throw. The
score was now Sank Centre Is,
Alexandria 5. None of the crowd
were leaving however. Anderson
fouled Tourtillott and he missed
both. Hammar intercepted Ack-
er's pass and dropped in the first
Alex goal of the quarter. That
started the fireworks. Peterson,
Hammar again made it Is to II.
Nicholson fouled Birkhofer and
he made it Is to IL. Peterson
shared another, and Sank Centre
took time out. Birkhofer put his
team into the lead 16 to Is after
time in, with the fifth basket in
a row. Fellows fouled Anderson.
He missed the free try. The half
ended the Merchants rally.
Second Half
Fellows opened the second half
with his fourth basket. Birkhofer
fouled Nicholson, who missed both
charity tries. Wettelson, port
slider, made it 10 to II, but Eel
lows dropped in long one to
switch the lead again. Aaker foul
ed Birkhofer, who knotted the
count at 10 all. Alexandria time
out. Fellows passed to Brown in
the clear and he made it FL and
10. Nicholson fouled Peterson.
Peterson shot the free throw and
Anderson passed to Hammar un-
der the basket to put the Mer-
chants into the lead again % to
Fl. Wettelson ported his second,
Hamnlar connected once and Pet
erson twice to make the count 80
to 2f.s 1t was the second Mer-
chants rally of the game. Peter