The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-02-21
Local Team
Barely Won
From Osakis
Final Score of Closely Con-
tested Game 20
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DEFEATED GLENWOOD
Will Play Melrose In Sea-
sons Last Event,
Friday Eve

Friday evening the local Varsity
barely nosed out a strong Osakis
quint by the marginal score of 20
to 81 in the thriller Of the year.
Trailing far behind for the first
half the locals stepped out and
played ball in the third quarter to
gain their lead, and in the fourth
quarter nearly lost the game again.
The second team won more easily
when they defeated the Osakis Sec
onds IA to 8.
Osakis started out hot in the
first quarter as Harsh and Peter
son, Osakis forwards, sunk two
apiece while the locals picked up
only two gift shots and Dubois
picked up the first goal for the To-
Gals as the quarter ended. 1t was
easy to see that the boys were way
out Of form. Their passing was not
effective-they could not work in
for shots, and their defense had
holes in it. The quarter left them
standing back of an 8 to score.
The second quarter witnessed lit
tie improvement. Harsh came in
with two goals and Peterson fol-
lowed with one. Keldahl snatched
his first goal of the game as the
half ended with Osakis way out in
front leading the locals two to one
with the score IA to Z.
The third quarter is awarded to
Sank Centre as the boys stepped
out and scored. Quinn, visiting
guard, opened the scoring. Scanlon
came back with a goal, and Du
Bots followed him. Bud Carpenter
Melted two goals, and Dubois tos-
sed in one under the basket as he
covered for Keldahl. The locals at
last got into their habitual stride,
but undaunted the Osakis quint
played hard ball. Dubois reached
for the basket again and pushed in
another goal as the locals took the
lead for the first time. Decree sunk
a free shot, and Osakis capitalized
on a foul for point as the quarter
ended 10 to II in local favor.
Play was then at fever heat as
thelocal boys strove desperately to
win that ball game-and as they
strove to hold their record to only
one loss for the season. Osakis bat
tied frantically to regain what
they worked for in the first half
and what they had lost in the third
quarter. Harsh tied the score in
the opening Of the last quarter as
the crowd roared in frenzy. KEEL
dahl easily sunk one and Scanlon
took pot shot, and repeated the
process as the locals sprung into
the lead by three goals. And the 10
cal rooters breathed more easily.
Then the game became truly a bat
tie for supremacy. Brue, rangy
Osakis center, pushed in one, but
Decree picked up our lead by re-
taliating with q goal. Osakis sunk
a free throw, and Peterson came
in with a goal, as they swallowed
half our lead. Osakis followed with
another gift shot, and Harsh did
away with the rest of the lead as
he netted goal. See-sawing back
and forth across the floor each
team endeavored to score in the
closing minutes of the game. Fin
ally the break came. Bud cutting in
fast to the basket took the pass to
score just as the final gun an
nounced that the locals had eked
out q victory 20 to 81.
After eight consecutive wins the
locals almost tossed one away.
Since the Glenwood encounter this
is the first exhibition that they did
not play good ball all the way
through the game. Osakis played a
superb game, much better it is felt
than they did in the first game that
we met them. This is the only
game that the locals won on foul
shots, for Osakis made IL field
goals to only 10 for the locals. We
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