The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-11
those fellows and TO Coaches
Harvey and Toftness. They
fought q losing battle all the
way.

tOuSn luck COaCn Oh the COuIeTeuCS.
He had the material to start with
and then pop went the bubble.
Hoffman, fullback, went out, then
Pangburn reserve end, then Bel
linger, veteran lineman, then Egan,
who at first doomed as the best line
man Of the year. ALI these were in
juries. In the readjustment period
that followed each casualty re-
serves were called into play. The
line at the end Of the season had
only three who started. They were
Captain Walker, Bohn, and Beste.
Beste, by his consistent play on the
line, gets this corners nomination
for the outstanding lineman. Bohn,
at center, played quite a year, and
Walker at end was the most for
midable pass receiver the team had,
and his snatches accounted for a
majority of the local scores.
There's one boy I'd like to single
out for you to look at. A hard work
ing fellow, and his coaches admit
he did it without a humble, Full
back Rivette, who was shot into
that ramming position when Hoff-
man was injured, really had a great
year. He had little early experience.
Living in Little Sank, he was I'M
able to play last year, but this year
he decided to stay in town and
take q crack at football. Well, Riv-
cite, early displayed the power that
was his. He cracked lines that
seemed impregnable, and he gained
consistently in yardage. Against
Melrose he ran into his first joiner.
Perhaps that was because that
Melrose line was outcharging our
own rearranged forward wall. The
fact knee injury robbed him of
power, too. But his play has been
consistent, and he ought to go into
the list of the local immortals +.
And you can prop Beste up there
some place, too.
Those backfield men really had
tough going though. Small, they
had abilities but a line that was
constantly being revamped offered
them not too much support. Ethun
has rare qualities as runner, but
he bottles them up some place. In
only a couple games he blossomed
as those who thought he had it ex-
pected. Fish, who went into play
safety, was handed one Of the most
important and toughest jobs in the
That yH,rnffnn ptrnffny
is as important as running gains,
for the able punter can gain for his
team far more and at an easier rate
of speed that passing or running.
Well, Fish was probably light for
the job, though it's no discredit to
him. Rather it enhances the fine
kicking he did, too, for the fact
made it doubly hard for him. There
was boy back there of whom you
heard little. Playing with a bum
knee for the last several games,
Red Cokeley, fiery little back, was
the main stay in the blocking as
signments. When he was really
clicking in the blocking assign
ments Ethun made yardage. He
had explosive charge from the
short back position, and often he
sneaked through the line on short
charges that you would expect from
a much larger man. When he was
not in there it was Rattle who
handled the blocking.
To basketball turn the
thoughts of the school this
week, and on this sport pin
their hopes to regain some of
the luck lost In football.
Things can't move against
school throughout the entire
year, and the law Of averages
ought to come into play. Coach
TOftness comes here with an
enviable record with wide gaps
i'm the margin of wins and loss
es. He'll start from scratch with
the men. This week in the pre-
liminary he'll work with a squad
below full strength, and the
football boys will be granted a
weeks rest before reporting. Ac-
cording to Gene Harvey, ath-
letic director, the schedule Is
not quite completed, but will
be shortly =. Harvey won't be
on the sidelines this year for
the first time in quite a while.
He's going into officiating for
this season.
Sir Arthur Sullivan, the late