The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-05-05
Compliment
ary Dinner A
Fine Success
125 Men and Women of City
Do Honor to H. S. Basket
ball Squad
SHORT, SNAPPY TALKS
Fine Musical Selections Round
Out An Enjoyable Eve
ning's Program

The complimentary dinner given
by the Sank Centre Community
Club rooms Thursday evening of
last week in honor of Coach stub"
Olson and his basketball squad,
was enjoyed by about 125 of the
men and women of this community.
The members of the football and
baseball squads were also invited
guests.
At the close of the dinner Presi-
dent Carl Fischer officiated as
POSTMASTER and did good job. He
called upon Asa M. Wallace to fe-
licitate the basketball squad on the
splendid success achieved. The
Herald editor has followed these
boys to practically every game they
played during the past season, in
Guiding the finals in the district
tournament at Alexandria. At the
district tournament the Sank Gen.
ire team was generally admitted to
be the best coached team in the
tournament. The Main Street quint
played a clean, hard game at all
times. always displaying a splendid
brand of craftsmanship.
Coach Olson reviewed the deyeI-
opment of the team, expressing his
appreciation for the loyalty and
support of every man on the squad.
Dean Kinsella responded briefly
on behalf of the team graciously
thanking the Community Club for
the entertainment provided in
their behalf.
President Fischer then introduced
new residents of the community
who have become associated with
the Community Club.
Supt. Kohl, of the Public school,
was next introduced. He was graft
fed at the showing the basketball
squad had made during the year
and was pleased with the fine spirit
of craftsmanship always displayed.
He enjoyed working with the
boys.
Mr.. Kohl rightly said that the
two leading ideals in sports was to
receive the proper amount of phys
ical development and to be good
losers as well as good winners.
B. F. Dubois, captain, coach and
manager of the first basketball
team in Sank Centre, was introduce
ed. The gentleman modestly adj
mitted that he was the daddy of
basketball in this fair city. The
birth took place in the early winter
| of 1901. He gave humorous and
interesting "reminiscences of the
trials, tribulations, knocks and
scraps of the early days of the
game.
Mrs. Dubois followed. She said
she knew the cookie capacity OF
every man on the present squad.
They were always welcome visitors
at the Fairy Lake home and each
one knew where to find the dough
nuts and cookies. They did not
always remain long when they cali
ed, but they never left until the
cookies ran out. She said she was
proud of every one of them. Mrs.
Dubois said the mothers OF the
team fully appreciated the fine
work done by Coach Olson, Messrs.
Tom, Beaumont and Kowalke.
Head Basketball Coach Dave NC
MILAN, of the University of Mime
sofa, was the mainspeaker OF the
evening.
The gentleman has a large store
house of interesting stories which
he uses to good advantage. He
showed the development of basket
ball from the "stone age" OF Ben
Dubois time, down to the present.
He says the one thing the coach
in athletic endeavor desired were
bows he could rely on. The same
rules were necessary as were re-
ouired in business. He said the
basketball applicant must nave
SOME physical ability but depend
ability and mental courage were
necessary for a good athelete. he
said an outstanding athelete could
be depended upon OF be a good
| student.
During the evening musical Sc
lections were rendered by Mrs.
Lawrence Dolson-Geuting; Miss
Ranstad, of the Public School fac
ulty; Supt Kohl, Of the Public
Schools, and the H. s. Boys Quar-
tet-Dean Kinsella, Charles Rathe,
Fay and Clifford Domke.