The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-10-19
THEY EAT EN- UP
Sank Centre Football Artists As
simulate MeIr0Se Lads
SWALLOW THEM EASILY
Locals Play Loose, Sloppy Game and
Win by Big Score of Forty
nine to Zero
Sank Centre, 40; Melrose, 0.

That's the way the score looked
one quarter and few minutes had
been devoted to play in the foot ball
game between the locals and the Wis
iting team Friday afternoon at the
fair grounds.
Then the rain descended and soak
ed the spectators, flooded the grid
iron, wet the players through and
through and made the ball as slippery
as an eel. So the game was called
and everybody hiked for the grand
stand which proved a city of refuge
for the space of fifteen minutes. Then
the rain let up long enough for every
body to get good start for home
when it began again and all in sight
and out of sight got another soaking.
The clash between the two teams
could hardly be called a contest; it
was axout. There wasn't enough to
it to afford interest The Melrose
lads knew practically nothing of the
game They did the best they could
but that was ineffective to stop the
locals, who ran all over them just as
they wished.
1t wasn't even a practice game; the
second team puts up good deal
sitter opposition. The second team
makes the regulars work all the time.
Saturday the regular team loafed and
loafed badly.
Sank Centre played a loose, sloppy
game throughout Had they put up
that kind of an exhibition with Alex
andria the Douglas county seat boys
would have walked all over them.
Melrose was helpless. 1t was
pathetic to watch their useless efforts
to stop the locals; they simply didn't
know the game and were overwhelm
ed.
The fact that there was not much
opposition was some excuse for Sank
Centre not to extend itself, but il
was no excuse for the team to play
as it did. That team has got to "gei
a move on itself" if it makes a show
ing against reasonably strong
team. If it does not, it will be walk
ed on and walked on hard.
There was too much grand stand.
Some of the players at times appar
emily paid more attention to making
eyes at the girls on the side lines
than they did to their foot ball knit
ing. 1t isn't necessary to name
names; the spectators saw it and
commented on it.
At one time when signals were
called and the ball was passed to the
full back, Hansen, the player who
fills that position, turned to hand
the ball to somebody else, but there
wasn't anybody there. To Hansen's
great credit be it said that he was
fully equal to the occasion. He i'm
mediately turned and tucking the
ball under his arm bucked center fol
a ten yard gain. Hansen was one Of
the few players who played the game
all the time. Most of the others loaf
ed, played loosely, eyed the girls and
failed to come up to the mark as they
should.
Captain Parker made one spectac
ular run with the ball right through
center for a twenty yard gain, dodg
ing tackler after tackler. Parker is
coming right along. He always had
the making of foot ball player in
him, but until this season lacked
ginger. Now he has what he lacked
and plays a fine game.
The team as a whole is coming
along well and in some respects
showed marked improvement. 1t was
the general let down that married
Saturdays playing. The interference
was much improved, especially in an
end run play that was used quite
frequently.
The forward pass was much in eyi
dence by Sank Centre and was work
ed for long gains. On the first play
ethe ball was passed to Lyman who
ran sixty yards. Austin advanced it
three yards on the next play from
a forward pass and on the next play
it was showed over for a touchdown
All this transpired in less than two
minutes of play.
Later on Lyman got the ball on a
trick play and ran over the goal line,
distance of thirty yards. A little
later Eckenrod got the ball and ran
So yards II
Hansen's punting was the feature
of the game. On one kickoff he
sent the ball between the goal posts
and over the bar. A little later, on
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