The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-12-26
SPORTS
OF THE WEEK
(Chuck Rathe)
(Chuck Rathe)

ening Glenwood took the edge over
the locals, 25 to %, to eliminate the
fourth straight loss for the home
quint. Passing was ragged-but the
pace of the game was so fast, and
the attempts of both teams to score
so desperate that the color over
Swallowed the raggedness. Decree
led the local scoring with four
baskets. Decree was hot-those
longs swished through the mesh in
pleasing sort of way. Edinger
Glenwood, tied with him on field
goals. Keldahl at last found a Gen.
ter that was equally as tall and one
who took the tip off more than his
share of the time. Mattson, Glen
wood pivot man, did nice job OF
getting the tip off and covering the
back board, and incidentally af-
forded the Sank Centre lads a dis.
tinct disadvantage with which they
had not COPIED before. Arvig and
Walker were also heavy on the
scoring end for the locals.
1t wasn't the ball game the
locals handed out to Benson,
but they did show plenty of
scrap although minus some of
the good basketball. Field goals
scoring was even with 10
buckets for each team. 1t re-
solves into the old story of
free throws, then. With the
tightening of foul calling this
season it behooves a team to
watch its gift shots. The locals
cracked only 8 out of 8 at
tempts; Glenwood converted 6
out of IL. Which marked the diff
ference in the final score.
Crowds, complains Coach Har-
vey, aren't what they should be.
Certainly the high school students
are there, but where are the So
called sport fans of this commun-
ity. Do they want winning ball
teams? This corner thinks not. Last
season with a team that lost only
one conference game and they
were defeated for the district
championship only through illness,
they drew very few more support
ers. Color? Evidently not. What
could be more colorful than
two teams working their heads off
to break a tie in the closing min
utes of the game, or two teams
passing so effectively and playing
such defense that the game is air
tight all the way? No, it isn't color
sports fans demand. If that isn't
color then this corner is color
blind. Anyway it makes the boys
kinda blue. You know, they're not
professionals in athletics, they play
for the fun of the game!
Going strOng-The indie
pendents decked out i'm snap
py new uniforms are strutting
around in braZen confidence.
They have a good outfit and
have won all their games. The
only one that gave them trOu-
BILE was Osakis last Thursday
evening. What with keeping an
eye on the overhead beams and
one on their guard-well, they
had little eye left for the bask-
ct and were lucky indeed to
squeeze out 25 points against
a strong Osakis outfit.
This corner hasn't forgotten ten.
mis- even with the snow batting
around our ears. We have some ap.
proximate figures for the rebuild
ing of the Country Club courts, OBJ,
tanned some outside support
promise of some sheckels--and the
cooperation of the Country Club
It's up to the older tennis players
to make up the difference in iron
men now. After the first of the
year more can be done. The idea Is
not to form a Club for clicky few
who paid their dough, but to put
those Country Club courts in shape
for anyone to play on them. AL
those intending to play on them
will, however, be expected to offer
any support they can-in the form
of labor or money Perhaps a meet
ing after the first of the year will
settle the problem Of money and ar
advisable plan for the administra
ton of the courts.