The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-09-19
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the third period when on one Of
those plays that everybody hand
les the ball lateral finally sprung
Cooper for 80 yard gain. 1t start
ed from Cooper to Vandesteeg tc
Arneson, who finding himself in
a swarm of tackles, tossed to the
moving Cooper and then did 6
superb bit of blocking as he tossed
In the first period Sank Centre
kicked off to Benson, and Knutser
lost little time in rolling up first
down. They followed that with a
double tumble that meant double
trouble and the punt out was taken
by Cooper up to the 4S yard line
Cooper followed their lead with a
tumble that set them back 20 yards,
and the punt sailed out to Ben
sons 20. Knutsen was stopped on
the first two plays, but he ratified
off nine on the third and banged
away for two first downs, with
straight line stuff featured. Then
Cooper, at the periods end, turned
the tide of affairs when he inter-
copied Benson's pass on his own
40 yard line.
Vandesteeg moved for a couple
yards on the opening play of the
second stanza, but Sank Centre was
forced to punt out and they put
Benson on their own 20 with long
yardage to go. Christopherson this
time for Benson started moving up
with a first down to the SO, and
then a penalty killed a double lat
eral play that had advanced Nor
ris to Sank Centres 35. Capitaliz-
ing on the break, Sank Centre
awaited the punt, took it on their
own %, punted in return in quick
order to midfield. But Benson gain
ed on the exchange. Knutsen again
rolled off a first down, and then
driving deep to the 25, Benson bor-
ed in. They made a first down to
the IS. Then Sank Centres line
with Trutna, Ecklund, Simmer,
Cheney, Lying and the whole bunch
ganged in for four straight downs
to stop the succession as the half
ended.
Sank Centres kickoff was short
to the IS yard line, and Cooper
signaled for a fair catch on his
own 10 as Benson punted in a hole.
BY penalty Sank Centre got first
down, and then Cooper punted a
long kick to Benson's 10 yard line.
Starting on their own 90 Benson
rolled for a first to the 40. Then
Trutna, lineman, recovered a Ben
son tumble. Cooper, lead nicely,
took 6 on the first play and the
boys bored in. Meals attempted
pass failed. Arneson's pass to Neal
failed to take the necessary yards
in the completion. Benson punted
out after it was stopped. Taking
Benson's punt on their own 35 Sank
Centre began moving again in their
spirited second half attack. Arne-
sons lateral to Cooper netted a
80 yard gain and a first down.
Coming up on the fourth quarter
Cooper punted a long high one that
was headed over the goal. Into
iilc SWARM VI bcIlSOu players IOIllp-
ed Bud Veeder who grounded
the ball on Benson's 5. Benson
punted out and Cooper's fair catch
on the SO gave the locals a nice
gain on the exchange. An attempt
ed lateral from Arneson, when he
was hit, to Cooper failed and lost
four yards. Cooper punted. A sue
cession failed for Benson and the
punt failed to get them out of their
own territory, and a short pass
over the line from Cooper abruptly
halted Sank Centres march when
Benson intercepted on their own 35.
From here on in Benson desper-
ately tried to score. Their passes
failed and Sank Centre took the
ball on their own 35. Neal on a
fake reverse moved up to the 40,
and another got nearly to the As.
But they failed on the downs and
Benson began moving back. This
time in Sank Centre territory they
uncorked the incest long pass of
the game, and the only one that
really worked, took a 80 yard gain
to the Is yard line. There were
IA seconds to go. Knutsen sashay-
ed to the 10 yard line and the game
died in his tracks.
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