The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-16
s Sport
& Wags
BY Chuck Rattle

Shades Of Julius Caesar! Never
has this corner seen such a wild
scramble as that Willard outfit put
up against the seconds Friday
night. Dashing madly hither and
yon they really put up a much
tougher fight than at first appear
ed. 1t was only by dint of a last
quarter rally that the local boys
pulled out in front though they led
most of the way. 1t was in the
third frame that the Willard gang
set up an attack that tied the boys.
And bedlam broke loose with foul
ing that made slap stick comedy
pale in comparison. But it was
thrilling.
One of the Willard lads, he
wasn't Intentionally fOuling,
couldn't keep his elbows out of
the soup SO to speak and was
getting fouls right and left. So
on the fourth he prepared to
leave the floor, but TOftness
Okayed to let him stay in there.
So out he went, committed his
fifth foul which brought from
his coach, Cool off, Dwayne,
fore you break somebody's Leg"
This corner can't quite make up
his mind whether Swanville was so
gosh awful or if the locals were too
good. But it's a cinch that a team
that gathers only two buckets dur
ing game is not so hot. And yet it
speaks we'll for the defensive play
of the other. We say that because
one time when Glaeser was open,
the defense relaxed for time, he
popped in a bucket as neat as two
pins. Defensively the locals played
tighter than against st. Cloud with
Conkey, Kringen and Walker doing
much OF the cover work under the
basket. Twelve men were used by
Coach Toftness in this encounter,
with an entirely new team replac-
ing the first five at the opening of
the second quarter. And no berths
are reserved as yet, for in each of
the two games two different line
ups have trotted onto the floor as
the whistle opened the encounter.
So there we are, and it's smooth
basketball the boys play.
There's a bit of grind COM
ing up for the lads next week.
And another dish of home
game for the local fans. This
evening, Benson, who has been
one of the nOn-cOnference OPP
pOnents of the local basketeers
i'm the Last three years, plays ON
the home hardwOOds. Without
catching their breath the locals
travel the next night 10 Glen
wood to take another fling at
district % opponents. Benson
has BEEN q good rival In the last
two years and the two teams
have had some scrappy ball
with Benson winning by mar
ginal victories. TOftness hopes
with his passing chargers to
dominate them, but no one can
say.
Well, there was a bit Of confus-
ion caused when the fans saw their
first game hurried along by the
elimination Of the center jump.
Most of them liked 1t all right, but
many of them were confused by
the operation of the teams because
of the rule. One said, Seems to me
they take a shot and then every
body runs and leaves the ball roll
ing around. We used to scramble
for the bah, that was the thing" So
we'll attempt to straighten out a
matter or two. Say, Sank Centre is
shooting. The boy shoots, the team
should race in to cover in case he
misses. But If the shot Is made, in
stead of halting the game to start
anew from center, The ball goes out
Of bounds to Swanville, we'll say,
who launch their attack at the
basket at the opposite end Of the
floor. Naturally there Is great haste
on Sank Centres part then to get
back, set up a defensive to protect
the basket and defend the goal. It's
made a much faster game out of
the thing. The only time the center
jump Is used Is to open the game
at each half and following techni-
cal fouls. Keep that in mind and II
n q