The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-06-04
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(Chuck Rathe)

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Sank Centre won a double cror
OF ball games on Saturday an6
Sunday when they opposed Maple
Lake and Lake Lillian. The frs,
they won 8 to and the second en-
counter saw them topple Lake Lii
liam 10 to 2. In the Sank Centre
outfit the outfielders are a CLASSY
bunch of players. Steming, in the
center field bracket, completed
seven putouts on Saturday via the
fly catching route. belmont and
Mock, at short and second base
have a double play combination
that will be hard to equal in any
independent club. They functioned
beautifully over the weekend
Evans and Delmont,at bat five
times, swatted out an average c.
900 with three clean hits.
When q team like the Kohns
doesn't draw enough of q
crowd to make IL possible to
finish q season. then It Is pre-
sumable that Sank Centre
doesn't like baseball. Or SO 1t
would seem. What we're driv-
ing at Is the fact that Satur-
day and Sunday games were SO
poorly attended that Sank Gen.
tire can no longer foster such
games without the Athletic
Club and the boys losing their
shirts. Something Is wrong.
Smaller towns back whole
heartedly projects of that kind
for Il speaks well for any COM
munity. In fact the games were
supported SO poorly that Lake
Lillian, after taking a delight
full licking, turned around fired
their outfit and hired the Sank
Centre team right out from I'M
der our noses. And how do you
like that?
Schools out now and the Junior
Legion team is all set to do things
in the baseball world. The boys will
have plenty of time to practice
now, and they are getting under
way Immediately. Commander Sol
tau, and coach, is awaiting word
from several teams in this vicinity
for bookings. Teams are also to be
found in Alexandria, Brooten, and
Glenwood and Long Prairie.
Had q little talk with Freddie
Cooper. city's youngest sports
promoter, and Freddie is wor-
ried. You know he Is the pilot
of the Minnesota Gophers,
youthful football aggregation,
who thought baseball would
give them a proper summers
workout. According to Coach
CoOper's statement it's simply
plenty tough to get the guys
out to practice. Swimming
seems to interfere. When ask
ed what the trouble seemed to
be. Freddie replied quickly
"There're chicken" After see
ing what the older fellows have
done with athletics, these
youngsters will need a lot of
announcement with their pro-
gram. Here's luck to them.
They're Sank Centres future
athletes.
An old-time wrestling show with
addition of a few modern wrink-
les is a property of this commun-
ity. Paul Domke has his boys to
gether working out and is ready at
any time for show. Last Friday
evening his prodigees worked out
in Elrosa with a show. Ed, Char
lev and Julian Maly, and Adolph
Miller, put on a wrestling card that
Is a honey. Ed Telling, of Elrosa,
is also under the tutelage of Paul,
and was billed on the match. Paul
Is of the old school of wrestling,
and his boys know all the holds
and how to break them. They real
ly wrestle as the game first began.
Not so sensational perhaps as mod
ern sport is. but the day of the
gladiator died with the fall OF
Rome. we thought. His plans now
include a show to be put on In
Sank Centre. He is now awaiting
replies from Duck and Ace Hop
kins and Jumbo Peterson. We
have heard rumors that the latter
bcys are a mite scared of Paups
boys-and we can't say we blame
them. They're young and fast and
hard as nails and have the weight
OF young bulls.
Ways sees things in rather
a blue light this morning. But
the golf situation in town Is not
promising. Frankly 1t has TAX
en- a lot of hard work to keep
the course in shape. 1t seems
that people don't realize that
golfing in Sank Centre Is pro-
babIy the cheapest of any place
in the states in respect to the
spOrtiness of the course. 1T Is
one of the advertising points OF
this community. It was the IA
ther of summer athletics in this
community. From 1t youthful
zest has found an outlet. 1t
fostered tennis in this COM
munity which Is going ahead
with leaps and bounds. Its
driveway affords the most
scenic drive In this community.
It's edges are lined with cot
tages and business enterpris-
es. What would happen to
these advantages II the Club
were forced TO close? 1t doesn't
have to discontinue operations
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