The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-28

develops tn8C Cney were beat
by the same boy, Elver, who
scored In that game Is points
to win over the locals SO to "a.
But then cast those lamps of
yours over this. When Long Prairie
travelled to this hamlet not only was
Elver stopped but nice drubbing
given the Long Prairie boys. Elver
was lucky to get two free shots,
and that's all he got, and the locals
won % to 10. This corner is willing
to do a little gazing into the crys-
tai right now and prophesy a like
turn of events when Long Prairie
hits Main Street.
The gentleman who called at
tention, through Under Your
Hat, to q b0ner In Life Mag
wasn't such smarty pants
either. The b0ner, he suggests,
concerns pictures and activities
on Sonia Henie, champion fig
ure skater. The caption below
says Sonia Is interested in ten
mis-, but the photo shows her
with badmint0n racket and
shuttlecock I'm hand. The gem
tleman committed his boner In
noticing such minor details.
Who the heck cares what Sonia
is h0lding-An we saw was
Sonia. But then It takes all
sorts of people to make q
world.
Well, you don't have to take our
word for it, but winter sports car
nivals are the thing. And some
towns are getting in on the ground
floor. st. Cloud pulled their second
such carnival this winter on Sun
day, and enjoyed a dandy crowd of
around 800 from the Twin Cities on
the snow train. February 18th will
begin a two-day frolic at Alexan-
dria with many skiiers, skaters, and
the snow train. Glenwood an
nounces a like event on next Sun
day, January 81. They have a new
ski slide erected at a cost for ma
terials at $3.50. It'll attract a good
bit of publicity and a heck of a
good time for a lotta people.
It's the coming thing and no
getting away from 1t. Mime
sofa Is seriously making its
bid as q winter playground.
And we've got something-if
we're not too asleep to realize 1t.
Florida and California may
put In their bid for perpetual
summer. But Minnesota can in
wife people to the novelty of en-
joying winters rigors. More
fool ideas than that have click
ed. Some Minnesota towns have
seen the values that can be
accrued TO their communities
by such sports activities, and
others have let the proposition
lay dormant.
1t isn't only from the carniva
angle that these ski slides an,
| skating Kinks are important. IT.
important that the youth and som
of the oldsters, too, If they wish
have a place to let off that exces
steam that gets into the bones IL
winter. You know that feeling tina
makes you want slippers; an arm
chair, and a fire place. Laziness /.
one word for it; in the south they
call it a siesta. But outdoor Mime
sofa in winter will fix it.
How about Sank Centre dig
ging into this proposition!
What is more pathetic than the
vanquished in dog fight. Eight
dogs converged on the First State
Benk corner Sunday afternoon, and
with much ado were soon engaged
in darn good gang fight. Much
whelping, snarling and angry barks
attracted witnesses, as the dogs
went round and round in a maze
OF fur. AS suddenly as 1t had be.
gun, the gathering dispersed. One
lone dog stood in the center of the
street as arrogantly as any swash-
buckling cavalier. Others scattered
to the four corners. But one slinked
ole alone. A black dog that had
evidently born the brunt of the
vicious attack. His was a pathetic
picture. Sinking, off, tail between
hind legs, he stopped now and
again looking for a companion
that wasn't there. He was alone
unbefriended. He stopped to lick a
bruised paw, and with a rt-pull-
ing whine lay down in the road.
With an effort he wrenched him.
self from the frozen snow and went
whimpering away with bad limp
Gosh, you wanted to go right over
and pet him!
Remember when basketball had
virtually a four man team on the
offense. One man, known as the
standing guard, never crossed into
the sacred precincts beyond the
middle of the floor. His lot was to
stay back and guard against a sud-
den burst of attack. He was usually
a big fellow that might be slower
than his teammates, yet many OF
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