The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-07
Sank Centre
Lost Game To
MOntevideO
Visitors Had Perfect
SeasOn-Lead West
Central Conference
Montevideo %; Sank Centre "A

Montevideo %; Sank Centre "A
Disrupting an attempted stall in
the last two minutes, after Carl
IIildebrand in his only bucket of
the game pared a Montevideo s.
point lead to 3, Sank Centre gave
everything they had to a ball game
Friday, that hung the season away
to dry, but Lady Luck turned
thumbs down. That is Lady Luck
and a smooth bunch of boys from
Montevideo.
For this last of the seasons
games that delighted fans, several
hundred of them-to maddened
frenzy in the closing minutes,
marked the peak performance for
the Main Streeters at a time per-
tinently important for it's entry in
to the tournament race.
Hanging on every step of the
way, Sank Centre wound up
dOg-tired, on the short end of
the score, but they had CROPPED
in the bag labeled victory"
had all but cut short 15-game
winning streak for Montevideo.
But MOnte's % to "a triumph
gave them: their 18th straight;
their 9Th straight conference
win, and a clean ticket as I'M
disputed champions of the West
Central Conference.
The game didn't move Sank Cen
tire from it's fourth place spot in
the conference, with a final per-
centage of 500, but it nipped their
chances to tie with Willmar in
third.
What really spurted Monte into
victory was a siege under the Of
fensive basket that in the third col
lected 2 quickies, and marched them
into the strongest lead of the game.
Right in those important minutes,
as Monte stretched a heretofore I'M
important lead that changed often
into something really tangible, was
the turning point in the game.
From there on in Sank Centre
had to come from behind. At that
Monies strongest lead was only 6
points; during the first half the
lead changed often; during the last
les to pairing that lead.
With three minutes to go at the
end Of the game, Carl Hildebrand
accomplished just that with a buc-
ket, pared a five point lead to
three. Glen Sieben muffled an at
tempted chance to stall in the last
two minutes. While a crowd went
slap happily daffy, Sank Centre
banked its stake for victory on
few blitzkrieg's that gave Monte
the scrappiest two minutes Of the
ball game. But it didn't click; and
that was the difference.
The game had barely gotten I'M
der way when Nelson, on a beau
tiful fake, went around Himley as
if he'd stayed home and that OPEN
ed scoring. But Monte was alert
and switched three men to take
Nelson. Even then the boy who
had rolled up points this season,
Melted nine for high count.
But with him potentially out of
the scoring swim under such close
surveillance, it was Joey Jackson,
the boy who's come a long, long
way, who went in there to take that
scoring punch. He rolled up seven
points, and he played as if it were
the last game he'd ever see. joey
really had a night, and he inject
ed a lot Of that fight into the 9TH
ers.
Arneson played his usual defen-
sive role to advantage, but added a
new note when he collected a brace
of long shots. A part Of the cam
paign was long shot barrage de-
signed to lessen the strain on Mel
son, which didn't altogether work
but was on the right trail. Cooper
early in the game turned his knee,
and was relieved by Glen Sieben.
And Sieben turned out to be the
kind Of q ball hawk that must have
got the dander up of his oppon-
ents.
Monte held a slim one point lead
at the end Of the first to 6. Then
in the second Arneson and jack
son twice tied the score, to end
the half with Monte leading 16 ia
IA. Then Thalberg, jain, Mackley,
Harding drove and drove to their
basket to set up that dangerous
lead.
The difference in this ball game
was right under the basket. Thai
berg, jain and Mackley were dem
ons on rebound work. Charts show
some 50 shots taken by each team,
with Monte converting 10 and Sank
Centre 8. And those two buckets,
made on aggressive work under the
basket, told the story. Free throw
conversion knotted at points for
each.