The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-12-28
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| BY Chuck Rattle
Pick Win Carefully
Appleton Game A Daisy
Expect Conference Standings
CHANGING Around the
District at the Bigwigs-
All is forgiven boys. You can
come home now. Not that
the front door was ever jam
med against your entrance. But
after that rather superb ball
against Appleton, who them
selves played some superb bali,
the barriers are really down.
The win was the first in five
starts for the locals, their first
West Central Conference vic
tory. And Appleton was figur-
ing to rate high in the confer
ence this year-and may at
that.
The boys chose the right psychol-
ogical moment to turn the trick.
Dropped by st. Cloud Tech, then
Benson, Glenwood and finally Min
neapolis South, the lads chose this
last ball game of the 80 part Of the
season, to win. -. That's just right.
A club that's advanced steadily
from the outset, they played
brand Of basketball that's a credit
to Coach Ray Schwartz. It's
right psychologically in that it
brings the 40 part of the schedule
up with a clean bill ahead. :.
You see there's little matter of
cash customers to consider. Not
that their absence will crimp local
athletics. Not a bit. But the
presence Of the fans, not from the
monetary standpoint Cat least I
don't believe Stub Olson Is too mer-
cenary), is to be desired. 1t
gives the boys something to shoot
at. Now with the last, long half
of the season coming up with Alex
andria the hot shot for January
9Th, I believe the boys will pack
'em in. ..
That Appleton game was daisy.
And Appleton was no easy mark.
Both offensives were on a par in
sofar as style was concerned. Both
utilized the slow breaking, passing
offense. Then breaks to the bas-
ket. But Sank Centres defen-
sive work was a notch better than
Appleton's and it finally told the
story. But not by much. :.
It was a bit of dramatic playing
the way Appleton, without wreck
ing their steady stride, crawled up
on the locals to tie in that third,
bounce to a lead, and then end up
in the overtime. . It was drama
tic too when the unfortunate Shell
stad, whose foul on Jackson sent
the game to overtime, stepped out
Of bounds. Those are the breaks
Of the game. The kind that
make for money players and send
the fans home tingling with excite
ment.
Right after the holidays we
hope to be able to muster up
some kind Of standings for the
West Central Conference. Sank
Centres stock Is low right now,
but after the war on Appleton,
the ticker threatens to rise. -.
Benson and Glenwood by vir-
tue Of wins over an experiment.
Ing local club waltzed into new
brackets. Appleton d0wned
Morris, counted on q win over
Sank Centre. Where the 9TH
ers are we can't say. But Con-
ference play is barely underway
In most divisions. And IL should
be an interesting slant on the
season.
In the meantime, during this
holiday layoff, we'll try to pick up
a little dope on the district %
scrap, and see what's happened. ;.
Because Sank Centre has met on
ly one district team, Glenwood, it's
comparative strength is still an I'M
known quantity. They're defending
champs, you know, will play here
in March defending that crown.
And that's fourteen games away
and plenty of time for things to
bust wide open.
I'll venture this much on the
locals: If they advance as steadily
as they have in these first five
games, don't rule them out of this
title race. :. Your dark horses and
veteran crews be blamed. Be
cause Schwartz is teaching these
lads a brand of ball that is solid
as Gibraltar-if they can hang on