The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-02-13
Basketball.
Upsala Wins Ninth
Straight Game

Straight Game
Upsala high school won it's ninth
straight basketball game Tuesday
night defeating Sank Centre 43 to
rs. Upsala lacked its top defensive
man, johnson, and Sank Centre
made it a ball game for the first
half when it ended IS to Is. Up
sala seconds won in a 35 to 81
game.
Buccaneers Sc; U Farm 20
Trailing in the first quarter at
times as much as two to one, Sank
Centre Junior College Buccaneers
opened their blitzkrieg of total bas-
ketball war with a potent offensive
that swung four men into the high
scoring brackets and downed the
School of Agriculture, University
of Minnesota team before a crowd
of last home game fans" Satur-
urday night.
Pulling out their top offensive
and becoming the ball club of
the season, the Buccaneers
launched their most effective
punch game and in a last half
drive that pulled them stead
lily away won over the Farm
campus boys Sc to %.
It was easily their best game of
the season. Their defensive rode
on in high. Their offensive brot
out four men as high scorers. Jack
son and Deziel at forwards have
never been so effective as in this
ball club when each of them took
II points.
The real difference in the ball
game that broke out in a rush in
the second half was the Buccan-
GERS fast break that caught the
opposition flat footed time and
again. Conkey played more scor-
ing offensive than he has ever
played, racked up IA points. Mel
son brushed past marginally to
score high point total with 16
points.
There wasn't man for the Buc-
cancers who was ineffective. John
ny Butler returned to the squad
giving it full strength, and reserves
Curtiss Buck, Orie Hosmer and
William Merkle were at their peak.
1t looked as if the boys had been
geared up for this one, and they
poured it on for this last home
game.
From the outset this Farm
school gang were troublesome. Mel
son scored first on a quick break
away. But Meschke and McCallum
and Pinke took up the punch for
the U school and they were on their
way. This boy Pinke was a tough
defensive assignment for Conkey.
They ran to an 8 to 4 lead over
the BUGS. A brace Of free throws
for Nelson and Deziel closed it a
bit. But with less than two min
utes to go of the quarter Kohler
had made the count IL to 6 for
the U Farm. Conkey and Deziel
scored and Conkey got free throw
and the quarter ended with the
farm school leading II to II.
There was plenty evidence that
1t would take a tough defensive
to hold these boys. Throughout
the game any relaxation of top
notch ball sent these boys, Pinke
and McCallum, Off on a scoring
jag.
McCallum was an outstanding
man on the court that night. Nice
ly built, with sturdy shoulders and
strong legs, he hung tough through
out the game. More than often
he snatched the rebounds from the
defensive basket, cutting short
Sank Centre scoring tries.
1t was at the opening Of the
second quarter that the BUGS found
their opposition were suckers for
fast break. It was apparent the
u lads didn't use It themselves.
They had a set offensive, worked
evenly in from the guards, broke
from their positions. A :udden
switch over landed the BUGS In
the drivers seat--and they were
never dislodged. Conkey, Nelson,
Jackson and Conkey in that order
and almost that quick lead a scor-
ing advance to the bucket that
, caught the University boys flat
footed and the BUGS took their first
lead in the ball game 10 to IA In
the early minutes Of the second
quarter. But Pinke and Kohler
were handling their scoring still