The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-09-01

Both broke even in 6 games on
the road, both lost at Sank Centre
while, in addition to losing to each
other, Brooten met a reversal at
Belgrade and Melrose encountered
defeat at Regal.
Only two of the leagues three
southpaws have seen action. They
are Wendlandt and Shelso. Kream-
er,of Melrose, has yet to pitcn a
ball because the strong right arm
of Matchinsky is fast-balling the
league leaders to the title.
legal scored but runs in 16
innings against Brooten though
that team is dangerous with the
willow.
Melrose has won II of it's last II
starts and is unbeaten at home in
8 starts. Melrose has given Broot-
en- two of it's 4 defeats, including
the most decisive one.
Father Karels has been easy
pickings for the league sluggers
since June and about all he has on
his delivery at this time is his own
fingerprints, cover and a lot of
seams. In June Karels was unus-
ually effective against all opponents
but his mastery over the batters
vanished in July and he fell easy
prey to Brooten, Melrose and Bel
grade.
Sunday Melrose bested Brooten
3 to 2 in the best contest of the sea-
son. Matchinsky won over Gilbert
son, Highlander, in a sparkling
mound duel. It was Brooten's first
reversal on the home diamond.
1t was a torrid encounter marked
with several heated discussions. It
was a magnificent pitchers battle
with both fingers using binding
speed effectively under overcast
skies.
Brooten was unable to hold a 2
run advantage and Melrose knotted
the count and later forged ahead
to gain their 18th victory in Is
starts.
Sank Centre was idle Sunday as
Freeport declined an offer for
game. Unless Grey Eagle put the
cleaners to Regal, Sank Centre will
play at either Brooten or Melrose
next Sunday.
Melrose has lost all three of its
conflicts to right handlers, the star
boarders who turned the trick be-
ing Rengel, Gordon and Soltau.
Melrose now occupies the role of
favorite for the Central Minnesota
championship with Brooten the
logical second choice.
Sank Centre has beaten every
team in the league but has also lost
to each of these teams. Had they
still been in the running Belgrade
would have played double-header
with West Union last Sunday.
Sank Centre won of it's home
games, losing only to Belgrade
here. Grey Eagle won out of 6
on it's own grounds as it dropped
games to Brooten and Melrose.
Regal has COPIED of it's home
games so far with another such af-
fair to be played. By the time this
is written it is likely that the post
poned tussle with Grey Eagle will
have been played off.
These two clubs were rained out
on May Is. Last Sunday the
contest would have been played but
for Grey Eagles refusal to start
for Regal after 1890 P. M. at
which time Regal phoned them and
informed them that the struggle
could be waged.
Old Man Weather has been rath-
er hard on Regal and out of 8
scheduled battles have been called
off. During the campaign only the
three G. N. towns, Melrose, Sank
Centre and West Union, escaped
post-ponements at Regal.
Regal needs II runs in its Grey
Eagle mix to take the lead in scor-
ing. Unless Drager does slab duty
for the Eagles it is likely they will
reach that figure. Regal is top
heavy favorite to triumph.
Regal needs a victory to achieve
third position and Grey Eagle must
win to remain in the running for
play-off berth. Grey Eagle scored
twice in the ninth to nose out the
southerners 4 to 3 in their initial
meeting.
Sunday looked like May Is or the
opening of the season. On that dis
tant Sabbath, Melrose played at
Brooten and lost while Grey Eagle