The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-11-07

That first half may be dedicated
as the outstanding achievement of
this seasons squad. First, because
they played the best all around Of
fensive drive ever, and second, be-
cause Melrose has what Is prob
badly one OF the strongets teams
in the district this season. Egan
and Hoffman, playing their half
back positions in more or less a
mediocre game, found themselves
and were getting a great kick out
of dumping the opposition. A
young lad, Pickett, played his first
game at guard Friday and did a
swell job He plays like he was In
favor of the game. Coach Harvey
can pull out new material, tooO
This Pickett is a boy who with de-
velopment will do things for the
locals next season. OF course, there
Is that old power house, Graham,
who has been the backbone Of the
team all year, in sense Of power,
who has smacked every line for
some gain, played a bang-up game
last Friday. He figured CALAMITY
in completing first downs. Decree
has developed well. For a back his
size he has made some stable
gains against powerful teams.
Early in the season he had a fatal
habit of stopping as tacklers ap-
preached. Friday twisting, squirm-
ing, and cutting into the open he
picked his way for the touchdown.
Keldahl found redeeming feature
in his kicking. His kick-offs for the
entire season have been above par,
and his conversions from field
goals have struck q fair percen-
tage. Arvig, that old war horse,
blocked and tackled and covered
punts like never before. Arvig has
to play like demon against Mel
rose or else take the razz. The old
hometown, you know.
Sieben, who by the way has es-
tablished a record for scoring In
this district, ran for long yardage
to score Friday. Bottled up the
first half he tipped away in the
second half for four touchdowns.
He Is given some dandy interfer-
ence that clicks perfectly. Sieben
Is not a shifty ballcarrier, but ra-
Their, is fast and behind interior
ence there is no stopping him.
Even with the singing defeat by
that ancient Of rivals, Melrose, the
locals have showed some good foot
ball at times with steady improve
ment. It's a fine thing when team
can start powerfully and continue
that way. But it's also an admir-
able salute to hardwork and good
coaching when a green team can
show steady improvement. This
wears edition was the latter type.
Steadying after a so to 0 defeat by
Melrose, the boys tied Albany 6-6.
Bowling then to Alex, 20 to o, the
lads still showed some improve
ment in the fine points OF the
game. One more loss to Foley, 1877,
marked the seasons midway. Long
Prairie, after defeating Paynes-
Vile, who had defeated Litchfield
(which could go on for days. drop
ped one to the locals 20 to Z. The
bows took revenge on poor Star
buck to defeat them u to o. Then
came that even-Stephen contest
with Glenwood, II to IL. Finally
that last Melrose game with the
locals trailing 25 to z. AS King
Football descends from the local
throne, limping slightly, there Is a
perceptible smile that speaks OF
something accomplished. Coach
Harvey and the lads are due all
the credit along with the vegeta-
bles we may have felt like throw
ing early in the season. Their OPP
ponents scored total of 139 points
against a local total Of 70 points.
Better luck next year, fellas!
This corner doesn't like to
say, I'VE told you So" but we
did have some predictions In
regard to that Melrose game
that worked out. (We're secret
ly gloating.) Melrose's score
was cut down from 80 to rs,
and the locals did scOre-7
points. Yours truly Is gaining
confidence. Worse luck the sea-
son Is over, too.
Fay Domke has been pro-
claimed a stellar" guard by
the News Bureau at Macales-
ter. They expected much of
him against Hamline last week,
but he evidently couldn't do 1t
alone, for the Pipers took Mac
and trounced them roundly.
Fay tips the scales consistently
at 1855, and plays bang up
defensive game.
It was a pleasant sight for the
$1,000 Gopher fans to see those
same Gophers take Purdue, % to
z. That was the Gophers list game
without defeat, and their four
teenth straight victory. Thompson
certainly established himself as a