The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-12-08
St. Cloud Tech
Srnothered
Local Quint
Opener Proved Dis
astrous To Sank
Centre Friday Eve
SCORED AT WILL
Final Score of A to Is
Ended Lopsided
Exhibition

st. Cloud Tech, with Coach Tom.
my Anti sporting team devoid Of
any lettermen, scored its most
brilliant success in five years over
Sank Centre Friday evening by ter
rorizing with a blaze of speed the
veteran crew, coached by J. N. loft
ness.
Traditionally now the seasons
opener-with the series begun in
1884, Tech was doped to run second
to this veteran crew of Sank Cen
ire cagers. Eight returning letter
men from the championship team
Of a year ago, gave Sank Centre
the pre-game nod.
But Tech tore the lid off the sea-
son with a vengeance to stymie
every effort of the Toftness men,
romped on to win A to Is in an
opening game that drew a packed
house Of disappointed fans-disap-
pointed in the performance of the
local troupe.
Tow-headed Antilad, Virgil Ode
gard, proved to be the most con-
sistent thorn in the side Of the loo
ais. His first half scoring was de-
vastating. With wrist flip shot,
that sent him high above the heads
of guarding Sank Centre men, he
spelled disaster for the Toftness
cagers. High score man of the eve
ming, he romped off with nine points
in the first half alone.
But not he alone was scoring
threat. Before Odegard went on
his wild rampage, every Tech man
in the starting lineup had dumped
one bucket. st. Cloud Tech scored
in this order in the first quarter:
center Aarthun, guard Gasser,
guard Sutton, forward Odegard and
forward Tonnell.
Nine different men carried the
scoring burden for the Tech team.
Sensing at once that a fast break
was the way to break up this Sank
Centre quint, Tech romped out with
an attack that blazed speed, bore
in with plays that conferred about
Odegard in the first half to run a
8 to / lead at the intermission rest.
It was a complete reversal of the
form used last year when Anti, new
at Tech coaching circle, played his
team cautiously. With abandon,
tossing care to the four winds, this
Tech crew raced in time and again
to run a lead that strengthened
with each succeeding minute.
This fine lead for the Techman
gave Anti opportunity to use each
of his available men. Into the fray
before the game was out of the
third quarter every one OF his
twelve men saw service. He toyed
with his combinations, judged this
player against that, found potential
scorers in at least six of his men,
and watched Odegard rise to a
place in the scoring sun.
Aarthun was first scorer. On a
play that arose from a pass from
Gasser the Tech center went up in
the air to score. Sank Centres
Larson plunked in bucket for the
locals taking a pass from jackson.
Then Sutton scored. Kringen was
able to convert a free throw. Ode
gard and Tonnell succeeded each
other on the scoring throne. Brown,
an early replacement, scored for
the locals and Tech had taken a
10 to lead in the first quarter.
It was easily apparent that Tech
had an upper hand in the offensive
strength Of the clubs, that their
speed was cracking the Sank Cen
ire defensive. But their amazing
strength was more clearly shown
in the next two quarters.
In the second frame Ethun alone
converted a goal. And it was in
this frame that Odegard moved in
as the scoring ace. BY himself,
with the teammates feeding him at