The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-12-11
(By Wilferd HetzeD

an upheaVal or the dope tuesday
night when Belgrade adged them
out 20 to 10 in an exciting strug-
gle which was not decided until the
last whistle had blown. Belgrade
showed unexpected strength in
springing this upset but they owe
their victory chiefly to their whirl-
wind start which saw them rum
ming up a total Of points before
the locals denied the Irvine.
Sank Centre trailed II to 5 at the
half but in the second half they
out-scored the visitors. In the last
three sessions the home five scored
16 markers to IL for the opponents.
Both teams scored 8 times from
the field but the winners were more
successful at the foul mark. The
first and fourth quarters were I'M
usual in that they were directly OPP
posite. Belgrade out-pointed the
locals to 2 in the opening stanza
and the Main Streeters out-played
their rivals by the same margin in
the final chapter.
Sank Centre was out scored by a
single point in both of the two mid
die periods and this slim disad-
vantage Ultimately resulted in their
downfall as these same two points
constituted the visitors winning
margin at the conclusion of the
contest.
The losers beat Belgrade Is to
in the second half but the invaders
first period rush was too much to
overcome. More cautious playing
in the initial canto would have
averted disastrous beginning
which eventually caused them to
accept defeat from a team which
played superior basketball for three
quarters only to falter near the
tag end of the fray after a regular
forward had been ousted on COM
hitting four personals.
High point honors were shared by
Hamilton of the home quint and
Anderson Of the victors, each scor-
ing 9 points. Hamilton was the
best man on the floor of either
team and he seemed to be in the
right place at the right time. He
did not get many shots but he did
make what few he did have. He
scored all Of his teams TALES in
the first two episodes and his 9
points represent so per cent of the
entire total compiled by Sank Gen.
tire. Four players, two for each
side succeeded in amassing points.
The play in the first half was too
fast and erratic. The locals were
in too great hurry and countless
fumbles and wild passes were not
uncommon. Belgrade seized advan-
tage of these errors and turned
them into z points in the twinkling
of an eye. Their effective hard
driving attack fairly bewildered
Sank Centre and it was not until
late in the third quarter that they
fully recovered from the effects of
this devastating offense. Besides de-
moralizing the play of the locals,
this suspicious rally amazed the
spectators and even the Belgrade
contingent of fans were greatly as
tonished by this burst of scoring
power by their team. But from
this stage the Main Streeters grad
ually settled down and while their
foes cooled off they began to as
sumo control of things to out-score
Belgrade 18 to 13 from then on.
However, the damage had been
done and the home cause seemed
hopeless, no one suspecting that
the contest would be so close. Sank
Centre once was behind 18 to 6.
Olson started the fireworks by
sinking a foul goal and Hendricks
sens dump shot made it to O..
Two under the basket shots in rap
i'd succession by Struxness brought
the score to to O. It was not I'M
til the first session was half over
before Sank Centre got a shot
when Hamilton bounced on a loose
ball near the basket and tipped it
in with an overland shot. Before
the quarter ended Hendricksen had
added free throw to the Belgrade
score.
Hamilton dropped one in from
close-in to make the score 8 to 4
soon after the second chapter had
its inception. Mohs Topped one in
to the net but Hamilten's gift
throw reduced Belgrade's lead to 10
to 5. Anderson tossed one in Just
before the half ended.
The locals staged a remarkable
comeback in the. second half, start
ing late in the third period to neu-
tralize the greater portion of the
enemys seemingly insurmountable
lead. Free throws by Anderson and
Hendricksen for Belgrade and one
by Benson made the score Ia to 6.
Two quick field goals by Anderson
gave the winners 12- point adj
vantage and the game threatened
to end in a rout. But at this juno
ture the locals found themselves
and began to whittle away a gil
gantic lead with startling rapidly.
Slowly but surely they frightened the
contest and drew within striking
distance.
Shortly after Eckberg suddenly
counted twice from under the bas-
ket to close the scoring in this per-
iod. Then Anderson arched one
from the side and widened the mar
gin to 20 to 10. This turned out