The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-17
Sank Centre
Hi Defeated
Long Prairie
Broke Even In Two Games
With Defeat BY Osakis
II To IA
INDEPENDENTS SPLIT
st. Mary's Of St. Cloud, Took
Indies BY The Score
Of 40, To %
On The Cage Front

Star attraction this week is the
game this evening, Thursday, with
the Independents meeting their
first road crew of the year. Oppos-
ing them is flashy five of colored
boys, who tag themselves the col
ored House of David. The House
claims for itself some snappy ball
handling and selection Of artists.
And the Independents always have
a good club. This evening at 500
o'clock.
With the high school back from
the wars on foreign courts, the en-
emies now turn to invading local
soil. Next Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 20, st. Johns Props, who bat
tied with the locals in an over
time to win by two points, come to
the local court. Glenwood returns to
this city on Friday evening of next
week, February 25th.
Sank Centre 20; Long Prairie Is
The old bugaboo Of missing shots
still shadowing them, Toftness'
high school cagers were able to
sneak in win on Long Prairie's
court Tuesday evening 26 to %. It
was precisely the same margin that
Long Prairie defeated the locals in
an early season encounter on the
local court to give the teams split
in the Monochrome series.
The difference in the teams was
greater than three points. The 10
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led attack that sported team work;
Long Prairie rode in on the indiv-
idual efforts of the speed merchant
Dixon, and veteran Chyba- But the
old hobgoblin Of missing good shots
still rode as the spectrum with the
local cagers.
It was forward Pangburn for the
locals who paved the way to the
bucket most often; to him go high
honors with 8 points. But it was his
co-starring forward, Walker, who
was the unsung hero. He set up
plays time and again that led to
scoring thrusts.
Kringen opened the account and
penned in the ledger two points for
the first score of the game, and his
first scoring in several games. It
was on a pass originating from
Walker. Then pursuing that race
horse break to the basket Chyba
broke down the floor to score. And
the fast break clicked for the locals
with Pangburn tossing in a neat
bucket. AS the quarter ended Chyba
scored again putting the Prairie
lads in a 5 to 4 lead.
It was Larson who throttled an
attempt for Long Prairie scoring
when he neatly batted the ball out
Of bounds as the quarter ended.
Walker scored from a tip off play
to sneak into the lead, but Chyba
came back to tie with a field goal.
Pangburn, rushing the Long Prair-
lie crew, caught them short on the
attack, and broke unattended to
score. Then Pangburn and Walker,
working a sweet combination, sal
lied to the basket with Walker set
ting up the play, Pangburn scor-
ing. Wolfe tied the score, but Con-
key put the locals into the half
time lead Is to II.
It was easily the ball game of
the locals. They bored in often to
get good shots. Walker and Pang-
burn were hot attacking combine
ton. They threw corks into the de-
Tense, bottled the attack, and
launched their own counters. Lar
son and Kringen, except for two
loopholes when Chyba broke on
quick thrust, held that oncoming
tide Of Long Prairie fast breaks.
Blake opened to tie the score.
Pangburn tipped in a cover shot
that Kringen dumped at the basket
to snatch the lead. Then came the
prettiest play Of the evening when
Walker scored tip in under the
basket. He was a strong link in
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