The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-11

parent this week following the
Benson game. {. . One is that this
club is as scrappy a team as has
worn the Sank Centre uniform
Their one major premise in keep
ing this game that they had vir.
tually won in the first quarter on
points was ball possession.
The minor premise was their de-
fenSive. -.
In the game they were up
against a team with experience,
team that was bigger and
tougher under the basket.
But when It came to down.
right fight in the clutch Sank
Centre had the edge. .....
Rasmussen is working valiantly
to keep his team as a team, not
a one man scoring show, nor a
five man first" team. He has
a thirteen man squad, most of
whom can carry the candle. .
But I think this is quite apparent
Cotton is going to be a scoring
pillar and under the bucket he's
going to have to be tough. .
It's something that can't really be
avoided. His superior height
his coordination and ease of hand
ling is bound to put him up for
the scoring touches and he plays
the position to garner the scores
But Cotton Is no one man
show. In two games now he's
demonstrated he can handle
the team man assignment as
well. Because of the height
disadvantage of some of the
boys like Mooney, ROsedahl and
Nugent, he's going to have to
be tough under the bucket. -.
There is a certain amount of
the load that is going to fall
to him quite naturally In spite
of all effort of both Rasmus-
sen, Cotton the team as a whole
toward team effort. -.
That doesn't mean the whole
burden will fall on him by any
means. Bob Hansmann demon.
strated that against superior height
he is tough under the basket.
Rosedahl uncannily comes up with
the ball from a melee, and as play
director he is as poised as the
hanging rock. . . Mooney and
Rattle predominated as ball hawks
in this encounter. And there
are still boys to hear from in Kel.
dahl and Proell and the others in.
Guiding Little. Nugent demonstrat.
ed that he is ably an offensive
man.
think the fellows have
showed they have the determin-
alton to win. They could
easily have lost that game ex-
cept for that factor. Any
lesser degree of scrap and Ben
son would certainly have TAX
en- over. They had that and
they have shooting ability
which Benson didn't possess.
With lady luck In her corner
Benson might even at that
have made the game consid-
erably closer. :.
Rasmussen said the other day that
his team isn't playing the basket
ball he expects. 1t wasn't the
other night either. It was not q
superior brand of basketball that
won that ball game. 1t was simp'
ly getting the jump and having
more of what it takes than Ben
son had. For in particular or
the offensive the team needs to
go. They have speed to burn, and
they were ably much faster thar
Benson. But they still didn't &C
to the pace they are capable of
Rasmussen thinks. He says
the boys are in good shape though
end the speed and handling should
1 can give this report to the
team. The towns fandom
Is behind you. I've talked
up and down the street and the
boys like the potential strength
and determination shown in
the first two games. They
believe you have the stuff. -.
They believe that this team has
more balance-that Is more
able men to throw into the
game at almost any point
than any Sank Centre team in
q decade. These are all
potentialities they see. II they
develop as they should, 1t will
be q good team with plenty Of
close scraps before the season
There's some talk about tn
street regarding the distances tn
team has to travel to meet tn
West Central Conference oppor
ents. We've talked with som
of the fellows. They feel tina
while games with Benson, Morri
and other comparable opponent
are prestige winners in the victor
column, there is the element