The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-04
Sank Centre Defeated
By "Old Rival"
Continued From Page One)

lCOnIlnueu cTOIn rage oneJ
Sank Centre kickoff, Sieben, shifty
little back, slashed his way fou
yardage. Kleber, fullback, made II
a first down. A pass from Moore tc
Kleber was completed to the ter
yard line, and Kleber went over for
the score brushing aside both Coke
ley and Fish. In three plays they
had gone 60 yards and over the
goal. Their conversion was good.
In the next quarter the locals
were forced to punt twice, but
when Kleber fumbled it looked like
a break. He made it good, though,
on the punt which booted with the
wind 60 yards over the goal. In
their succession the locals punted
out. Then Melrose swung into their
passing attack with Moore heaving
to Kleber. One was good to the To-
cal 80 stripe, and the next was good
down to the eight yard line. Kleber
on a reverse scored. And the sue
ceeding point was converted.
At halftime it was apparent that
Melrose were suckers for reverses,
Walker and Ethun had both gained
yardage on them. Ethun could gain
yards when he cut in, but on end
sweeps the whole Rambler back
field was all over him. Defensively
locals were being outfoxed. On the
running plays Melrose pulled the
backs in, then spread wide with a
passing attack that spotted the
man. And the local backs weren't
covering.
At the opening of the half it
looked like the tide of battle would
turn. The line rolled back the Mel
rose running machine, smearing
Kleber for losses. Their switch to
passes was equally discouraging.
Backs swarmed over the receivers
like mosquitoes and the line hur-
ried the passer. The inevitable hap
pened. One of those passes, hur-
ried, went short into the hands of
Walker who went down the side
lines unattended to score for the 10
Gals.
Then as an orderly retreat set
tied in for the Harveymen, sudden
ly pandemonium broke loose and
gave the Melrose lads some breaks
Fish, in attempting punt was
hurried too much and Kleber made
good the block. Shanhaar coming
in fast took the blocked punt on
the first bounce and raced across
the goal. Break followed break as
the game moved faster in the final
bracket. Sank Centre had the ball,
had just cleaned up first down,
then Walker on reverse was hit
hard and fumbled. Recovery was
made by Melrose. Then Kleber
fumbled the pass back from his
center and Kringen and Pickett
moved in fast. Kringen took Kleb-
err out of the play while Pickett re-
covered. Loomed then the attempt
ed lateral from Walker to Rivette
Walker had just received a short
over the line pass and was being
tackled as he attempted the lateral
to fullback Rivette. Melrose recov-
cred.
Punts were exchanged and then
during Melrose's succession pass
to Kleber was good. He came in be-
tween two men who were covering
him, snatched it in midair, and was
Immediately dropped. An interfer-
ence ruling on succeeding pass
put Melrose to the goal line. On a
pass Kleber was over for the goal.
Their last touchdown was like
rerunning the preceding reel. That
short pass over the line to Walker
resulted in an attempted lateral
with the resultant Melrose recov-
cry. And on the play Melrose went
for the score and the point.
125 members of the local student
body treked the nine mile stretch
following their team, watched it go
down in defeat.