The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-21
Osakis Won
District
Tournament
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most out on his feet, stumbled in.
to guard Skoglund with 35 seconds
to go. Osakis took the ball out OF
bounds foregoing the free throws
then stalled to a 35 second finale
to win.
There was a surcharge of ANNA
ton after that instant when the
buzzer closed the books.
From the first Osakis was in
trouble, knew they had a scrap.
Playing three nights handwriting,
Osakis was visibly tired, suffered
under the pressure. Their ball
game suffered too; for they weren't
the smooth article they had been,
but they had champions heart.
Caughren, Hoosline and Spaulding
opened the scoring drive and they
ran to a to lead in the first
quarter. Bertha was even then hit
ting its comeback pace with Gros-
ka, Herseth and Bluhm scoring.
Bertha rose in the challenger's role
to be giant killers.
Each quarter grew successfully
allergio to scoring. In the second
Hoosline and Spaulding handled
Osakis scoring. Bluhm and Her.
seth rang up three points for Ber-
tina. Osakis lead at the half 10
to 9.
Bertha brought out its biggest
contending weapon in the third
it's long shipping. Spaulding open
ed scoring, and Millner, Hoosline
and Herseth got free throws. A
four point quarter found Osakis
still marching to the fore.
But that long shooting of Ber-
tha's was destined to hit. Spauld-
ing opened scoring, rang up nine
point lead. But then Groska. who
had retired from the game earlier
with a side ache, netted one. Mill
ner swished one in from midcourt.
Caughren dumped one. Then Noes
Ike and Millner scored again, shots
that were from far out and only
busted the net. Bertha went wild
with Millner directing his team In
the coolest approach to sanity.
With four minutes gone Bertha
had marched to four point trail
ing position.
Then Osakis gave them a demon
stration as is befitting a town
named champion. Fans swarmed
to the court, cameras flashed in
clear white light, fans mobbed
players, wrung the coach's hand,
and generally made such hubbub
that awarding the trophies was de-
layed several minutes.
Through it all Bertha fans were
let down to be sure. They had
lost. But they weren't disappoint-
ed. and they were the hackers OF
the gamest club in the entire meet,
and we're plenty proud" of the
boys.
Il can't say I mind it," acting
Supt. E. w. Olson said when he
explained that trophy presentation
fell to his lot in the absence of w,
A. Kohl, when the team that rep
resents us is my alma mater where
so many of us tried for years and
wears. and the team comes through
with their championship"
There was a long shout from
Osakis when he handed Captain
Leo Hoosline the trophy. There
was as long a shout from Bertha
Then Olson presented the runner
up trophy to that fighting team
from Bertha" Captain Bob Mill,
ner, rounding out four years OF
play, walked to the court, mag
unanimously signalled for his play
ers to come with him. Captain
Carl Hildebrand, of Sank Centre
was called to take the ball thai
signifies the team that wins the
consolation game.
Deer Creek 80;
Sank Centre 81
Sank Centres Main Streeters,
defending a two year district title
snapped out Of the meet in thu
semi-finals by a darkhorse Berths
who swallowed up a five poin
lead sending the game into the on
ly overtime tilt Of the tourney
came back in the consolation t.
give fans a hectic race by winnin,
over Deer Creek in game tina
ended in a technical flair-and {
mob scene.
The loss for Deer Creek wa!
their second in % starts afte
Osakis had knocked them out o
the race the night before.
Downed II to 1 in the first quar-
ter Sank Centre. lead by Stan Mel
sons 16 point comeback and clu)
that was coolly alive to it's pos
sibilities that night, damned out t
take a lead, hold it throughout tn
fourth and then dramaticall.
nearly lose the game in five sec
onds. 1t was q sweetheart 70
high tension.
Leading 81 to 80, Sank Centre
Stan Nelson came off the back
board with the ball and just fiv
seconds to go. For a second or tw
he held the ball under his arm
then with a change of heart start
ed dribbling up the court. He raj
pell nell into Lowell Chase ant
fouled. AS the whistle stoppe,
the play, the gun roared the gam,
to a close.
Chase went to the foul line, miss
ed his shot. But the teams hat
lined up on the foul lane, ant
Meichsner recovered. dumped a re
bound. And Sank Centre fan
swarmed to the official table in /,
typically emotional mob scene, de
Tending their right to win by on