The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-01-11
Locals Lost
By Narrow
Margin Friday
Score of 26 to 81
Indicates Great I'm
provement of Locals
BUGS" SWAMPED
St. Johns Freshmen
Took Junior College
By Score of sc to %
Alexandria 20; Sank Centre Fl

Alexandria 26; Sauk Centre 81
Sank Centres Main Streeters,
opening the long half of the season,
Friday night were on the short end
of the tally as Alexandria created
her opportunities and made good,
but these Main Streeters showed
promise of things to come before a
good crowd of Alexandria fans and
a handful of Sank Centre followers.
For Sank Centre tackled a pre-
MUM on her pre-tourney stock-the
the first she's been able, to issue
that surprised fans and left coaches
with broad grins.
Alexandria emerged from the
contest victorious 26 to 81 In any
body's ball game and slightly re-
sembling, in their tournament out
look, a Debated tire.
If this was to be the test,
then Sank Centre stood il well,
weathered Alex attempts to
stifle their efforts. Coach Ray
Schwartz smiled broadly in de-
feat THE boys played good
ball, and 1t was a good game.
We got in for SO shots under
the basket and inside the free
throw lane. We missed a lot of
them, but I'd rather have them
TO miss than not get them at
all"
Coach Bill Williams. Of Alex
andria, who had in Minneapolis
press dispatches rated his club high
in the district, was quiZZical, won
dered if his zone defense was the
hot bit of fire cracker he thought
it was.
But don't go off half-cocked on
this Alexandria crew. They're go
ing to be a tough team by the time
| the tournament rolls around; but
you're selling Sank Centre short
| if you figure without her.
1t was Alexandria's bIitzkrieg,
lead by the two-head dininutive
guard Erickson that made things
toughest. Alex started right out
| creating her opportunities, jumped
the gun on the scoring and ran UP
four points on fast breaking Of
Tense before Sank Centre scored.
Sank Centre was primed to watch
the tall, rangy center Blanchard,
and the peppery guard Peterson,
both of whom contributed hand
somely with and 6 points re-
spectively. But the lad who really
spanked Alex was this little fellow
Erickson. He went out in front and
down the court, taking a court
lengths pass, and then shooting
or waiting for the breaking horde
to get the ball into play. Time and
again the stellar defensive work
Of Arneson, particularly, stopped
these rallies from scoring. But
| they did contribute several times
fer Erickson popped for 6 points
in that march. 3D..
Leading Sank Centres attack
were Nelson and Hildebrand in the
scoring frames. Each grabbed s
| points for high scoring individuals
| on either team. Cooper and jack
son contributed in the scoring with
another five points between them.
Alex was going to lose little time
in smothering this upstart team
from Sank Centre. Peterson.
cracked with a fast break to score
first, and Peterson followed his
! lead. Blanchard swung from the
free throw line to end first quarter
scoring for Alex. Only Nelson con-
nected for the locals with four
points. Nelson opened in the Sc
cond frame. Blanchard and Erick-
son on fast breaks finished Alex
andria scoring for the half in
dead heat. Jackson, scoring from
the side on a pass from Nelson.
wound up the halftime march with
Alexandria leading 10 to s.
In this first half a program-lit-
tered gym told the tale of excited
fans as shots were made and more
CT them missed. A race horse
ball game with Alexandria pour
ing on the heat to down this Sank
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