The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-10-06


A lateral to Ethun coming around
melted 20 yards and the lads bore
deep into Morris territory. Ethun
picked up five yards on running
play. Pangburn was stopped on the
lime of scrimmage. And then the
same pass play netted the score.
| But the fortunes Of war change
swiftly in teeter-totter battle such
as the Morris-Sauk Centre scrap.
obviously outweighing their smaller
opponents, Morris first took to the
air, dawdled around the entire first
half without scoring. Then sudden
lily abandoning the aerial lombard
ment they slam-banged their way
for IS yards to score in the third
period
On a march that started from
their own 35-yard line, Morris threw
the running force of Anderson, Le-
Sage, and Houston into a power
housing attack that crumpled the
local defense. First down after first
down, with Anderson making the
stellar run of Is yards found them
punching into local territory. Nov
ing to the one yard line, they ham,
mered three times and finally COM
pleted a first down with inches to
go. An offside put Sank Centre in
badway. Pangburn and Johnson
moved in to stop Anderson on the at
tempt. And then Anderson scrunch-
ed over with the impact bringing
him up short. johnson blocked the
try for point.
Again the game changed, channel
eon-like, saw Sank Centre start af-
ter the kickoff from their own 80
yard line on a sustained drive of 70
yards to the goal. Fired by early
success, and angered over an Off
cial haggling over that Morris goal.
the boys surged down the field, with
an attack, stemmed this time by
field general Pangburn, who burned
up the course.
It was a beautifully-executed SER
les of plays that waltzed the locals
down the field. It was end Rasmus-
sen who started the fireworks when
he ran back the kickoff after the
Morris goal. Then Pangburn was
sprung behind some nice interfer-
ence for 80 yard gain. Pangburn
was lost on the next run when he
was dumped for ten yard loss.
That pass Kringen to Pangburn was
good for IL yards. The most beauti-
full pass of the day was long one,
good for 25 yards, from Pangburn to
Rasmussen that put the locals deep
in Morris territory. Cokeley then
punched for eight yards. A bad pass
left them on the ten yard line. A
pass from Pangburn to the other
end, Arvig, was ruled complete on
the interference clause and the
quarter ended, with a yard to go.
On the first play of the new period
Cokeley punched for the score. And
the conversion was good.
That IA to lead looked none too
big as the Morris power machine
rolled into action, threatened to
score. Outpowered and outsped in
the backfield, Sank Centre had to
rely on smart football to pull this
game out Of the fire. Their run
ming attack had just enough punch
to get them where they wanted to
go. Their passes clicked when they
needed them, but they used them
only with long yards behind them
protecting their own goal. =
The game saw two boys rise to
the ranks Of fine players on
the Sank Centre team. While the
line functioned beautifully in spots.
and the backfield turned in its
best performance, it was Pangburn
and Rasmussen who stood out for
the spearhead Of the victory attack.
With Ethun unable to carry the
mail with his injury slowing him,
the work was shifted between Coke
ley and Pangburn. And Pangburn
with the new responsibility played
whale of game. His defensive
work outdid himself. Time and
again he knitted through the line
coming from his own backfield to
squash Morris play before it gen.
Grated out of the secondary. Much
of the defensive success Of the loo
ais must be handed to end Rasmus-
sen. He played that end with heads
up attitude. He was aggressive
on the offense. His hands were
there on the receiving end of the
longest pass of the day that paved
the way for the second local touch
down.
Immediately after Sank Centre
scored it's second goal, Morris start
ed another drive down the field.
With six minutes to go, Vingie
punched his way to score. In a
series that started from their own
35 yard line, marred by only one
succession by Sank Centre, Morris
marched down to score. Vingie,
fast, shifty, doomed as the propell-
ing spearhead Of that attack.
Then with six minutes to go, cas-
lily enough time for that Morris
power house to get under way
again, the locals played smart
football to outwit the Morris ag-
gression, stalled their way to win
ming finish in the Sank Centre
classic of the season.
With less than four minutes to go
Morris threatened again. Moving
from their own 30 Vingie cracked
for first down. Steffes, playing
new role at guard, broke through
on the next to smear the play for
loss. A pass from Houston to
Smith was completed for Is yards,
and the play wore on into Sank
Centre territory. On an attempted
reverse Houston was stopped, and