The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Football Sank Centre
Defeated Parkers Prairie
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AS the third quarter ended Park
ers fumbled for a Sank Centre re.
covery on Parkers 45-yard line. The
touchdown that followed represent
ed a 45-yard march to the goal
Pangburn picked up the first five
when he got off to a slow start
Ethun completed the first down. A
tumble set them back two plays but
Captain Ethun made it up. Burst
ing to the vineyard line, the boys
pushed open the hole on the left
side of the line; Ethun went over
standing up. The try for point was
bottled.
Long-legged halfback, Pangburn
who handled the punting assign
ment, was largely responsible for
keeping Parkers out of Sank Gen.
tire territory. His punting far over
Swallowed the efforts of the big,
numbering Anderson, marked con-
sistent advantages on the exchang-
es. While the line contributed
heavily in making the necessity for
Parkers punting, it was Pangburn's
handling the punts that saved yard
age.
Standouts in line play were CEN
ter Berggreen, who played whale
of a game in his new position
Egan, at tackle and 165 pounds,
drove hard as did Moore at the 9TH
er tackle position. Those boys play
ed in the Parkers backfield all af-
ternoon. 1t was Berggreen who was
instrumental in softening Parkers
plungipg Anderson, who created
such devastation last year. At 18O
pounds Berggreen cracked him ear
ly in the game as he tried the Gen.
ter post, and lacking organization
Parkers spark was dead from the
start.
In the opening quarter Sank Gen.
tire built up the touchdown march.
Parkers took the kickoff from their
own forty yard line. The forward
wall of Sank Centre moved to stop
their thrusts. A bad punt, that
rolled out on their own 45-yard line,
put Parkers Immediately in the
hole. Berggreen, Rasmussen, Egan
smeared plays to bring that punt
about. A penalty of Is yards on
Parkers gave locals an advantage
on the exchange of punts. Sank
Centre started from the 50 yard
line, in two plays had proceeded
five yards. Pangburn skirted end
for a first down. Lost on the next
series, Pangburn punted out on
Parkers Is yard line. Anderson's
return punt was run back to their
rs yard line. Kringen's attempted
pass was stopped for a ten yard
loss. Ethun made it upon an of
tackle play. They lost the ball on
an attempted pass. The resultant
tumble ended in the Sank Centres
second quarter touchdown.
Two fumbles in the second quar-
ter by Parkers Prairie gave Sank
Centre the ball. On one four local
men recovered; the second came
Just before the half time.
The third quarter gave Parkers
Prairie it's first break. Ethun on
the play after the kickoff ran thru
for an eight yard gain. Pangburn
skirted end for first down. A 10
yard penalty was a setback and the
punt was deep into Parkers terri
tory. Anderson punted out to mid
field. Plays for Sank Centre fail
ed to materialize, and Pangburn
punched deeper this time with the
punt rolling out on the eighteen
yard line. Parkers, deep in their
own territory, punted out to their
own forty. On an attempted pass,
Anderson intercepted and Parkers
started the series from their own
40 yard line. On the first play they
fumbled; the recovery lead to the
second Sank Centre touchdown.
After that 45-yard march to the
goal, Parkers opened on passes
They failed to materialize until In
the last forty seconds when a pass
was good for Is yards to their own
forty yard line. And final pass
found sophomore Brown, relief in
the Sank Centre backfield, inter.
cepting and on his way down the
field as the gun sounded the finale
A slow, uninteresting game, II
told the story of backfields check.
mated. It was clash of lines
Parkers, loosely organized, had g
fast charging line but was met with
greater defensive counters by the
Sank Centre group. One lad from
that Parkers line stood out. He was
LEM, small, wiry, who time and
again cracked through the guard
position to stop backfield maneuv
ers.
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