The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-09-28
WILLMAR HIGH DE-
FEATED SAUK CENTRE
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as things broke wildly against him,
threw in all the boys he had, used
about thirty players in the fray.
At one time during the game each
coach had made twenty-nine sub
stitutions.
In just five plays Willmar had
scored first. Roger Erickson snar-
ed a lateral pass from Doug Lang
ager and crossed the goal. The
next kickoff found Sank Centre
backs in a muddle with the kick
rolling free on their own five yard
line, for a Willmar recovery. And
again that feet Rog Erickson had
crossed the goal. Surprisingly af-
ter such a start, that nipped the
life out of Sank Centres green
gang, Willmar slumped into a no
scoring frame of mind until the
last half.
With Jackson alternating be-
tween the backfield and the end
slots, the team released it's first
attack after Willmar's double batch
of scoring. Cooper picked up fiji
teen yards on the lug back on the
kickoff. Jackson to Arneson on a
pass was good for first down. Two
others were incomplete but Roger
Erickson tossed Jackson for sew
en- yard loss, and Cooper punted
out of danger.
The second period found Sank
Centre working on it's attack, at
the same time staving off any at
tempted Willmar sparks that might
easily generate into scores. Jack
son, on the tossing end Of the pass
es, spotted two of them but re-
ceivers failed to connect. Reinardy
and Veneer each dropped one. IT
was more pleased with this second
quarter" Harvey said. 1.-THE boys
hung tough" And there was sort
Of a moral decisiveness achieved in
this period when Willmar failed to
score.
Willmar's Bakken, throwing a
block, was injured in this STAN
"a for the only injury of the
game. And Harvey pointed to
this fact as interesting. Will
mars entire attack was wrap
ped In speed and timing, cap
italizing on Sank Centres mex
perience. 1--WE took a bad beat
ing on the books" he said, but
physically we came out of it in
top shape" A year ago, he
rUefully admitted, when the
Johnny Props administered a
33 to drubbing, the lads real
ly took physical punishment.
Willmar's attack wasn't big or
bruising; it was ightning-like
in its speed.
In the third period Dickson ran
back the kickoff from his own 80
for a forty yard stretch. Combin-
ing it with just three plays he
crashed over for a touchdown,
which march wasn't halted until
Willmar had four more that ended
just before the closing whistle.
When Langager intercepted an at
tempted pass, he romped for
touchdown. Then in a maze of
plays with Buckley, Dickson and
Warren and Roger Erickson lead
ing the way, Willmar poured on an
attack that scored time and again.
Anderson, Dickson, Warren and
Erickson all scored in the final per-
iod. And the whole thing added
up to the fact that Sank Centre
rarely saw the ball in the last
frame.
But we learned some football"
Harvey said. They learned that
blocking, timing, the charge all
mean a great deal. While Willmar
was meeting the play with the snap
Of the ball, well underway ahead
of the game; Sank Centre was
slowly awaiting the full arc of the
ball, Harvey pointed out.
OF Sank Centres efforts Willmar
Tribunes HAH, sports scribe, says:
"The visiting team fought to the
best of their ability. They didn't
give up at any stage of the game
and were trying just as desperately
in the closing minutes to score
as they had been early in the fray.
1t was simply case of the boys
not having had experience to cope
with the more experienced Will
mar aggregation"
Which is nearly enough, the pres
ent local situation; but slight salve
for so gaping a wound.
The starting lineups:
Willmar: Sank Centre:
w. Erickson .-.-..LE--........... Arneson
Bohanon ....-.........LT....... Potter
Samuelson ..........LG............ Botz
K. johnson .-----------C...--..-. Berggreen
Majerus ............RG. Reste
Buckley .............RT........ Moore (c)
G. Anderson .....-RE... Jackson
Bakken (c) .--....QB.............. Cooper