The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-02-18

OF the credit for their revival. H,
has now split the boys in practice
and with two teams-part regular.
and part reserves-the boys reall,
have to work when playing agains
each other. In realizing their hare
work in scrimmage that attitude
has been carried over into their re
cent encounters. Now they're coins
places. Let's see them keep it UP
IL. ms STORY Is all mixed up
WIN coaches, prizes-and
wives. When the local school
men went to Brandon the other
evening for schOolmen's
meeting, several contests Weld
ed some nice prizes. And Coach
Harvey walked off with the
cribbage contest prize, the
shuttle board prize, and the
grand prize. The gentlemen in
MS party, SOntag, Olson, KOw-
alike, and Williams, wanted
Harv to offer no "peace-Offer-
ings" to Mrs. Harvey. So alb
seconded with the prizes. The
boys were all laughing on what
a good one they had pulled. But
the pay off was that Harv
didn't tell the Mrs. about his
prOwess, and now he's having
the last laugh. The boys are
still wondering what manner of
man Is this who doesn't offer
eloquent explanations to the lit
tie wife.
over at the rifle club. shooting in
the basement of the Coast-to-C Goa st
store, ordinarily run-of-the-mill tar.
gets are a mite too tame, saws Ar
chic Lane. So they have lent their
ingenuity to fashioning more diff
cult marks. The other night thew
hit upon several that would make
many riflemen blink just to see
these minute objects-say nothing
of popping them off. The boys Were
clipping off thumb tacks, driving
ten penny spikes, and shooting at
swinging bottles and Jumps of coal.
Some shooting, Ell kid? Now if you
ever tried to drive a spike with a
hammer you know what it is, but
to drive it with the. bullet from
your gun-well it's too much for
this corner. Vic Sieben pulled the
boner Of the evening when he con-
nected with light bulb. Everybody
hung onto their wallets and grab
bed their box of shells-until the
lights went on again.
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Gus Otto is one sportsman
who not only hunts the pleas
ant but who likes to see the
specie perpetuate as well. Gus
has set up a sort of refuge i'm
his garage. On his trips through
the country side he picks up
starving birds. Takes them in,
warns them and feeds them I'M
til their ebbing strength is res
tOred. Mr.. Otto says that the
number of starving and freeZ-
ing birds is enormous, and the
help of all sportsmen is solicited
for corn feeding. 1t Is ever the
wont of the male of the specie
to fight, and these pheasant
cocks are no exception. Gus had
two males who took a sudden
dislike to each Other-after they
had their stomach full. They
went at it with tOoth-Or don't
they have teeth-and tOenail.
As a result one of them has lost
his top notch and is as bald as
the billiard ball. He bled like
everything, but separated the
two get along famously. AS
soon as the pheasants are well
and strong he turns them loose,
and they make their own way.
The need for feed is urgent,
spOrtsmen.
Unlike Phillip Pheasant, Peter
Rabbit Cor should we say Jack) is
very plentiful and doing we'll, thank
you. Farmers report them so thick
That hay stacks are endangered of
railing over-so undermined are
they by the rabbits burrowing.
They come out Of the swamps in
droves, and advance over the hills
like moving white clouds-so we are
told. At any rate some Of the local
were out Sunday and
out a batch of them, and
they report that farmers aren't far
wrong in their estimates of num-
bers.
There's a sequel to the vaca-
ton story Of Spick Frank when
he went to Little Rock to get
Pam Markson's car. Spick, Red
wood Falls, may be able to take
them on the golf course, but In
the Skin game he takes il on
the chin. In Kansas City two
fellows made his acquaintance,
and walked to the depot with
him. They decided to match
cOins-nOt for keeps Of course
but just to while away the time.
They returned quarters and
even dollars won;. but when
Spick matched his roll Of Is
I,rovrs x,,nS 400 vsnrpnh for tho