The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

for any In the district" said
Coach Harvey, and we are in
clined to agree. But there has
to be q development along the
lines of team play. Sank Centre
showed more consistent ball
than Alex last Friday, yet their
combined efforts counted less
times. But when one man, La
Course, is allowed to make Is
points out of a total of 26
something Is wrong. It's not
the fault of one man who hap
pened to be guarding him, but
rather q faulty defense COM
binatiOn that allows itself to be
pulled askew. If Harvey can
drive that team into the kind
of ball they are capable of
playing, then he'll have a quint
that'n be plenty tough by the
time of the district play off.
It's going to be a mad scramble
in the district as the teams stand
to date. Swanville is about the only
undefeated team. Sank Centre, who
has lost every game, is rated to
be tops by the LIST of March. Alex
and Glenwood are both contenders
with Glenwood on the strong end.
Scoring has shifted this season
more and more to the guard posi-
tons with the forwards pulling in
their share, but the centers are
weak scorers. They seem unable to
adjust themselves to the new rule
that keeps them out of the foul
ring. Last year centers playing the
hole position were heavy scorers.
This season no center opposing the
locals has scored more than six
points. Maybe it can be attributed
to the efforts of Keldahl, local CEN
ter, but still he has scored much
less than he did last year.
This corner looks for the 10
Gals to take Osalxis on the home
court tomorrow, Friday. Al
though Osakis defeated Glen
wood and held the 500 boys to
no field goals, developments
point to Sank Centre victory
on tomorrow evening.
There is a note of appeal in the
statement of the Independent
ball club as they observe that tick
ct holders are not taking advan-
tage of their purchase. More than
one hundred season tickets were
sold to the merchants, who res
pended very well, but attendance at
the games averaged much less
than that. The tickets were not is
sued as a receipt for a donation.
No donation was asked. Tickets
were given as a prepaid admission
to clean and fast basketball games.
It makes no difference financially
to the Independents-they have the
money. But the primary purpose
was to provide a sports program
for the entertainment of Sank Gen.
tres public, as well as the enjoy
ment of the boys playing.
sss |
Realization dawns slowly, but
the Independents have the best
team in this section. The Alex
andria Firemen, who were tops
last season, bowed to the locals
this year. Just what fans want
Is the problem. A winning team
draws no more than a losing
one, high school sports draw
little more than Independent
efforts. Yet there are los
members of an Athletic Club
in this city pledged for the pro-
motion of athletics in Sank
Centre. The boys haven't been
hardbOiled about their lack of
attendance, they just don't I'M
derstand the setup. If the pur-
pose of this club is not to fin
ancially aid these various VEN
lures, 1t ought to be the pur-
pose individually of these men
to attend the games. Their ul-
innate goal is to help provide
Sank Centre with an athletic
field, but it seems they could
get more backing for their en-
terprise from influential SQUIRE
es by helping some of the les
ser-yet equally important
sports endeavOrs.
The attendance problem has
bothered Coach Harvey as we'll.
Still the school can carry on be-
,ause it is a program of physical
lpbuilding of it's students. indie
pendent efforts are stinted by lack
If attendance. For example, the In
dependents have been asked to get
he Harlem Globe Trotters, or the
Victory Five, or some other we'll
Known outfit for competition. They
would like to do this. But accord
ng to Pat Dubois it is impossible
o do this because of the lack of /
AS it stands now the
players would have to dig up
out of their own pockets
md then possibly go flop on the
'enture-because of lack of attend
lnce.
Bernie Bierman announced that
lie would definitely stay at the Uni
'ersity of Minnesota rejecting an
'ffer of $4,000 to return to Tulane.
low long Minnesota can retain
lin is question. He's a top notch
# and schools who can pay will be
lfter him. Minnesota is hide bound
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