The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-23
Sank Centre
Hi Lost Two
Last Week
Benson And Glenwood Both
Winners In Week End
Contests
LOCALS BEAT BROOTEN
st. Johns Game Postponed
To January-Announce-
ment Later
Benson 10; Sank Centre IL

Benson 10; Sank Centre IL
With one hand throttling near to
strangulation the Sank Centre at
tack, Benson with their free hand
set up their own fast offensive
drive, choked up their defensive,
holding the local club to two field
goals and added a win to their VIC
tory string 10 to II.
In q neat row Of ciphers-goose
eggs II you wish-stacked up be-
hind the name Of the Main Street
players on the score book lies the
tale OF the game. Ten free shots
missed would have put them in
front. But conversely Benson, lead
ing with goals from the floor, miss
ed twelve such shots which would
have put them handsomely in the
lead.
They didn't tire. At the beginning
of the game when things moved
faster than a scared pig someone
CALCULATED, Boy, that takes stam-
ina" And believe it, it does. But
neither team seemed to tire, for
the closing minutes of the game
were as full of thrills and heat as
had been those opening minutes. In
fact one of the most spurred Of the
local attacks blazed as the time
keeper poised the gun to bark out
the close Of the game.
Benson's attack simulated that Of
Toftness' cagers. A steady routine
of passes, prompted with the
coach's admonition, Move it,! sent
the game into fever heat before the
blast Of the opening whistle had
ceased reverberating in the air.
Sensing that this was to be bat
tie in which the heat would become
more intense, the crowd tuned to
the kill, shouted their acclaim for
the players to pour it on. It was
briefly battle OF a single system
in which several factors played an
important part
Briefly the thorn in the locals
side was the defensive tightness
that Benson set up. CONSERVATION
reigned in the guard ranks when
the Benson forwards moved deep
down the floor to harass their
bringing up the ball. When they
were stopped from proceeding with
their usual slow break, the situation
called that Conkey come down and
help out the guards which made It
difficult to assemble the play as
Toftness' boys had hoped. Benson
time and again killed the attack
before it got under way.
On the other hand Benson had
little difficulty in setting up their
attack for the defensive forwards
played across the center line. But
once in the confines of the attack
ing territory they encountered a
stubborn defensive that split their
scoring, fastened their shots.
There was a six-foot boy, begog-
gled and with a face guard, with
Benson who caused no end Of trou-
BILE. Brom, is his name, playing the
center position, and his feet, were
continually off the floor going up to
meet the cover shots oft the bank
board on either end OF the court. 1t
was this boy who scored first, open
ed the goal trail for Benson. In this
first quarter Kringen doomed twice
as a possible scorer for the locals.
His first attempt came when he
went off the floor to snare a pass
one handed and blazed down the
floor, but he was covered. His sec
ond came when he broke into the
Benson attack, intercepted a pass.
Walker quickly took up the chase,
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