The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-03

night be q bit mercenary to tall
ike this, but after all guys gotts
watch out for himself these days
Paging Hawaii-Fay Domke,
One-time high school fOOtbaaler
and held . line post at Mac.
too, is going to Hawaii >. He'll
60 by boat and not Clipper
ship :. Fay's going to confine
his clipping TO cigar coupons.
Comes now the time Of the yea
when coaches put their tongue II
heir cheek on the rest of thei
schedule and point TO
he tournament. Coach Toftness
,agers have easily and at once be
come the best defensive club in an,
,ame they've played this year
Their offensive on floor work is no
spark. But this corner be
ieves that foul shots are going t
De one of the big factors, more thai
ever, in District 22's tourney a
this year. We've watch
ID these box scores and frankl
here isn't a team on the rosie
.hus far that has clicked in
healthy percentage of foul shots
Most Of them are anemic.
The reason for this somewhat
premature observation is this
new game. TIN be interesting to
watch what happens. In the
first place referees are sold on
the fact that the .speedier game
has made their job doubly hard.
1t really puts q premium ON the
referee and decisions. And
those boys in tournaments are
not particularly interested In
just how many fouls a player
has. It's q cinch that fOuling
will be heavier in tournament
play than during regularly
played schedules. 1t usually Is
in the heat of the tournament
pressure. There's another side
glance at this situation, too.
Two referees make foul calling
more deciding factor. The
boys got q taste of that against
St Johns Friday evening when
two refs worked. Toftness' boys
had 81 fouls called against them
but that's good training cause
that's the way 1t Is in tourna-
ment play. It's possible we're
all wet. But the team that looks
to its foul shooting will be
hard to shunt out of the race.
All is fgiven! I can blush shame
Iessly now. Oh, but I must he care
full. A two-page epistle from on
Wilfred Hetzel, now lbarging aroun
the country with his free throw e,
hibition, really told off this corneI
Di, di! The letter was written o
his fittings about, was started i
Chicago, added to in Toledo, an
came to a smashing finale in Film
He tells me like this
that 1 had him guessing whether
was for or ag'in him, but that he
convinced now that the nature
other writeup in this corner wei
seemingly antagonizing but not b
design. How narrowly I averted
major catastrophe in my young lii
is summed up in this sentence
"You didn't know it but I had d.
cided that if you handled the late!
dope in a manner to picture me
a ludicrous light that I never woul
give you any inside informatio
again." And ends with this Capon
like ultimatum: Here's a tip: E
careful how you quote me, an
don't quote me too much. The
you'll get along better" Oh, and /
complains that he has never hs
front page publicity in the Heral
'rSee what you can do about it,"
orders.
Now turn about Is fair play.
And I'm the kind of a guy who
can't turn the other cheek-in-
stead I stick out my neck. So,
since Mr.. Hetzel writes so in
terestingly about Mr.. Hetzel, he
won't mind If 1 in turn tell
him off too, I trust: ~ Wheth-
er i am for you or against-or
anyone else for that matter
does not enter the picture. II
the dope Is worth q story /
give it. (2) But these tips. 1 am
a very careless fellow, and have
q complete disregard for tips.
As for being careful how 1
quote; you may be careful
what you say II you don't want
TO see 1t in print. When . pub
hcity-conscious fellow comes to
me with a line Of dope what he
says is news to me. That's what
he's after or he wouldn't see
me. You're enuf of q newspa-
perman to know the things you
say can't come from me as q
source. / must have more auth
oritative information to quote.
So about Hetzel I quote HetzeL
Logical, isn't It? In short: II
you don't want IL quoted, don't
say It. (3) As for front spread
stories you credit me with q
great deal more influence than
my humble efforts here deserve.
I have little or nothing to say
about what Is page one stuff
-. Now then you and i have
told each other publicly. The