The Sauk Centre herald., 1937-03-11
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A more or less expected outcome
cropped up Friday evening wnen
before a jammed Glenwood audi
torium Alexandria powered her
way over her final opponent, Pp-
sala. in one of District % most col
orful cage tournaments tourna-
ment that featured a lone upset,
one that was fraught with inJur-
les, and one that gave an out
standing player to basketball OF
this section.
Succeeding on her height ad-
vantage alone, Alexandria hao
difficulty downing Long Prairle In
her first round match. But gain
ing her temporarily lost form, she
battled desperately during a first
half clash with Sauk Centre to
pull way out in front at game
time to win 40 to %. Then as Up
sala turned all the dope upside
down by ripping the props from
under Swanville in one OF the
greatest upsets this district had
ever seen, and by rubbing out
Parkers Prairie in the only upset
in the district tourney, Alexandra
in a tremendous power drive-and
with the breaks on her side
bowled over that surprising nttle
ouint from the small town 46 to II.
All that to become District % re-
preventative against Benson In
the Region tourney this week.
Impressive was the valiant dis
play of courage that a jinxed
Glenwood club, handicapped by a
number of injuries, who battled
their way to the semi-final round
to be defeated in a heart+breaking
battle q to %. But their greatest
glory came when IN the consola-
ton matches they upturned a
team that before had twice defeat
ed them-when Glenwood was at
their full strength. For they down,
ed the favored Main Streeters "a
to "a in a last minute scoring thai
launched them one point in the
lead as the gun barked. Wher
Glenwood met Upsala they were
shy two men. Brendal and Carna
han, both suffering injuries wher
they fell in Wednesday evenings
matches on a slippery floor. Edin
ger, though he played, was labor
ing under the obvious difficultie!
of an injured leg.
An Upsala boy, Nordin, by name
and known by all the fans a.
Number 1O' was without question
the outstanding player of tn
tournament. Awkward in appear
ance. he was cool as mint on tn
floor and he worried plenty of tn
boys-until Alexandria bottled hin
I'D with height in the final round
To him goes the sportsmanshll
handshake. Never once-on tn
statement Of the officials-did n
crab or even say word regarding
any decisions. He was pronouncet
by George Higgins, working tn
tourney with Choppy Crosse, ant
ref for big time basketball, "th'
finest player he had ever seer
from q small town"
That team who gave such ar
outstanding player to treat the
fans, Upsala, provided the lone up
set of the tournament when Park
ers Prairie, a team figured to plow
some swath in district competition
and one of the few teams though
able to beat Alexandria, wa.
dumped by this cody functionint
Upsala crowd. Upsala's whole row
was q tough one and one litteret
with the upset dope and strewl
with teams they were not Figures
to beat. It was their valiant come
back against Swanville In sub
district competition that kept tina
team from entering district match
es. It was their splendid feat owe
Parkers Prairie that put that team
out of the race and inctdentaII'
Taft somewhat smoother sailing 10
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