The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-01-13
them UP with their offensive man

euvers.
Hub Of the Brandon attack, and
mainstay on defensive in regard to
covering the basket was the lanky
Meissner, slated at the center post
In him Brandon had q formidable
offensive man, able to snare even
the widest passes with his height.
Under the basket he was invulner-
able with his reach and that quick
flip. Leading the field on scoring he
converted for nine points.
For the local cagers their passing
game was as effective as Brandon's
but it halted too soon. They weren't
bringing their drive all the day in;
they weren't taking their shots
when they had an opening. Al
though they took a lot of shots,
more than sixty during the game to
connect with only three, they lack
ed poise on the bucket tossing.
They let Brandon set the pace, and
it was burning one.
In the opening frame Meissner
connected for two buckets when he
played the lone hand far down the
court, took long passes, and was up
in the air on short shots. Kringen
and Hoffman scored a brace of
free throws. Then Hader and KEEL
ly, Brandon forwards, took pot
shots and connected. Driving hard
all the way in Pang'burn was the
first to puncture the Brandon Of
fensive with a telling thrust that
scored the locals first bucket.
Meissner closed the quarter with
bucket. The locals trailed 10 to 4.
Replacing his lineup, leaving only
Krinken and Walker, strong de-
fensive men of the evening, from
the original team, Toftness threw
into the game Carlson, Hunt, and
Larson. It was a completely score
less second quarter. But the passing
game for the locals refused to func-
ton with an effect as the defense
bottled them. The Sank Centre de-
tense counter-action took on a new
SAVIOR in this quarter, clamped the
scoring Meissner, throttled Bran
don's offensive thrusts. Dominating
the play but held scoreless, Bran
don shuttled in and out Of the local
defensive attempting to hit stride.
This scoreless quarter was a mad
dog eat dog affair.
Toftness' cagers took over the
of the third quarter at
tack when they led a blazing at
tack to the basket, dumped num-
Der of shots at the elusive hoop,
covered right under the nose of the
lanky Meissner. While their attack
was evidently dominant, it was un-
settled and erratic at times. It was
Hoffman who finally broke water,
after a local scoring drouth that
settled early in the first quarter.
Kelly and Satern countered with a
bucket apiece and Haber took two
free throws. The score moved to a
16 to 6 lead over Sank Centre.
The final quarter found the locals
in Brandon territory
popping inaccurate shots desperate
ly at the bank board. There were
some that rolled the hoop to fall as
tray, others went completely awry.
scored a free throw,
and Meissner, without scoring since
the first quarter, connected again.
followed him up with
a field goal. Ethun parted that one
with two foul shots. Walker ended
the scoring with the final bucket of
the game.
This week Coach Toftness, view
ing the scoring problem his charg-
es were up against, settled his team
into an intensive shooting drill. He
indicated that he found their pass
ing game suffered little in the long
layover, but their shooting lacked
poise, they weren't driving in all
the way.
Free night lent impetus and
brought students in throngs to the
and their wild shouts
rung to the rafters, threatened to
create a seating problem.
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