The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-14


7:45 Sank Centre VS.. Bertha.
9:OO Winner Melrose- Osalxis
VS.. Winner Deer Creek-Long
Prairie.
Bertha, the upstart club that
cracked Alexandria's tournament
entry, is the fast, rugged opponent
that faces Sank Centres defending
champions tonight as the semi-fin-
ais Of the district % meet get un-
der way and the pace that started
in heat gets hotter. For tonight's
a four team bid for the finals, and
it's the needles eye" of the tour
nament.
Tuesday night I'm the first
round pairings Sank Centre
pounded out q 4S to 81 triumph
over Brandon when Jaclzs0n's
ace sniping first solved Bran
don's zone defense, and Bran
don went over the boards In
its first district entry. Bertha
brandished the big stick over
Swanville, coming from behind
In the third to win IS to %.
But Brandon wasn't entirely dis
heartened. Their entire squad, &C
cording to Coach L. w. Alden, with
the exception Of one boy returns
for next years race to the tourna-
ment.
For Bertha the fair-haired boy
Of Tuesdays event was John Her
seth, the heinie haircut exponent,
whose bucket sniping began hitting
in the second half, he chalked up
a 14-point total. Herseth is rug
ged and aggressive and a boy to
watch in the Sank Centre game
tonight.
But he's not alone. Bob Millner,
4-year veteran, weighing near a 40
pounds Is smart director on the
floor. While he scored little Tues
day, he's lead the Bertha clubs
ticket throughout the season, earn
ed for himself the name Of "the
one man gang" Not only that
but Millner has been captain Of the
Bertha club since his sophomore
year, and Bertha's going to give
tonight to try to recapture that
tournament title she sneaked from
Alexandria in 1886.
Somehow you don't see Bertha's
other really big man, Albert Gros-
ka, but he's a defensive power
house. He takes the workhorse as
signments and covers the back
board, especially defensively. Ber-
tha's style leans to the fast break,
utilities few set plays, relies a good
deal on the ability Of Noeske to
pot shot from far out.
Brandon FL; Sank Centre 4S
Lead by three top scoring men,
Sank Centres defending cham
pions, who in the last ratings Of
the season weren't even considered
district entries by the experts,
clouted Brandon's hopeful entry in
the first round Examinations with
a strong offensive strain that piled
up the same winning score they
rolled up over Upsala. Oddly, too.
it was the same halftime score as
in the Upsala game, % to Z.
In the opening Brandon's tough
zone defense that punched around
the hole and plugged lanes to the
basket was stopper. And bunch
ing that way got them In to re-
cover shots from the defensive
blackboard. jackson first solved
the rebound work when he covered
shot and dumped a rebound. Mel
son and Hildebrand followed in his
wake, as the boys in the back court
began popping. At the end Of a
first quarter tally 10 to 3, Sank
Centre had pulled Brandon's de-
Tense open at the seams.
A 12-point quarter in the second
was the result Of a salvo Of fast
breaks that Jared Brandon far
ther and farther behind. The boys
took a Is point lead and strength
ened It from here on in. Plaster
and Stuberg added to the Brandon
score this quarter. Jackson start
ed off with two from the sides that
further folded Brandon's defensive
strain. Hildebrand and Nelson
drove in for buckets. Sank Centre
had q ball hawk quarter that land
ed them in pay dirt for fair.
Stuberg's score came on a long
pass. Nelson had intercepted a
guards pass, breaking up Bran
don's play, and DETECTED the ball
to Hildebrand. Hildebrand start
ed down fast, got down under, miss
ed his try, Nelson's attempted a
rebound was short. And then Bran
don's long pass to the breaking
Stuberg to score. It was Brandon's
flashiest exhibition Of ball recov-
cred.
Brandon had its inning in the
third when inspired to new ball at
ter the halftime rest, she rolled up
10 points. Wlldn and Stuberg
dropped two long shots, and then
Wilkin drove in for one. They add
ed four points by way Of free
throws when Sank Centre fouling
got heavier. Nelson got two under
the basket on rebound work, and
Hildebrand brought Sank Centres
tally to the 30 mark. Four free
throws marked the course Of Bran
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