The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-06

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hit the rough spot in their schedule
and eased over the hump with a
final quarter win over Melrose "a
to 81. This third straight win of
conference tits was one of the
toughest on record this year with
heavy fouling and in some cases
unnecessary roughness.
The second team lads also came
out in front with a win adding to
their laurels when they defeated
the Melrose seconds II to II. The
first quarter saw the local seconds
pull out with only two points to
overshadow the Southerners with
0. The half found Melrose caught
UP with the locals and the score
stood at sail tie. to s read the
score at the close of the third
quarter with the locals in the
marginal lead. From there they
romped through the fourth to win
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the evening Walker and Hoffman
are given the local scoring honors
with eight and seven points res
pectively. Sieben, Melrose guard,
stood out as the scorer of the even
ing with II points of the total of 81.
Four men were eliminated from the
game on fouls. Arvig left the floor
first late in the opening quarter
and Brandon was sent to the show
ers with four personals late in the
game. Braun, Melrose guard, wa
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and Kohls, with a disqualifying
foul when he Intentionally pushed
a Sank Centre man in the act Of
shooting, was benched.
The game started off with a
rush and in less time than it takes
to tell three called fouls had been
committed, with Walker capitaliZ-
ing on the last of these for the
first point of the game. Arvig
waltzed calmly up to the center of
the court on the next play and
bucketed the ball for the first goal
of the game. Sieben followed him
with a pot shot from the side lines.
Winter and Arvig split on free
shots and Sieben pulled Melrose
out in front with a gift shot that
tied and a bucket that pulled them
out. Decree playing deep in the
court took the pass from Arvig to
tie at 6 points, and Sieben, just be-
fore the whistle got a last crack
at the basket and sunk the free
shot. The score stood 7 to in IA
gift shots and Braun got a bucket
and ratio remained the same. Sic
ben took a pass and taking drib-
bled down the floor to score under
the hoop to ease Melrose out in
front. Hoffman took a bucket and
Keldahl lobed in a goal to put the
locals in the lead at the half II to
II.
Hoffman, who relieved Arvig at
guard, held the opening lines in the
third quarter when he scored a
the Sank Centre lead with a goal
and Braun tied it with a free shot
Walker picked himself off the
floor in rapid succession to shoot 9
foul shots and take them. Then he
proceeded to put the locals in the
lead with a bucket taking the pass
under the basket from Decree who
took the ball out of bounds. Winter
got himself a lucky one, a long
one, and Decree closed the quarter
with a gift shot. The score 10 to II
in favor of the locals. Scoring was
light during the last quarter with
Flock. Melrose center, opening
with a goal and Hoffman matching
one with him. Sieben then proceed
ed to end Melrose scoring with a
bucket that tied the ball game at
81. With only a few minutes to go
and the going tough the locals re-
verted to long passes and attempts
to shoot, and Melrose fouled and
the three successive free shots by
Keldahl, Walker, and Hoffman