The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-29

the precision OF stop watch, their
blocking was crisp as your morn
ing toast, their tackling neat as two
fingers of scotch. It's rare in the
annals Of football history when eli
high school team performs in the
timing preciseness that the John
MES performed. I'm trying to cow
err up no loss for the locals; but II
believe In raising the lid to boys
who perform In the manner Of the
Johnnies. .. Sweetest run of the
evening, while It didn't chalk so
many yards as others, was one exc
cuted by co-captain Bob Johnson.
Literally besieged with q formid-
able array Of would-be Sank Centre
tacklers when he attempted right
end skirt, johnson completely REL
versed his field to sally in the other
direction and bobbed up with first
down. That after he had left
his interference cleaning their fin
ger nails over on the other side of
the lire. To get back to that
timing, they cracked the night air
with the slap of hands on mole skin
as they went into their shift. It's
an artful device to get the boys in
to the rhythm Of the play. And
speaking Of rhythm-swing doesn't
hold a candle to football. 49,.
Perhaps one of the greatest weak
nesses with the local troupe is the
slow development of their plays and
a seeming inability to outcharge
such fast maneuvers as the John
MES offered. Before their running
plays got under way, Johnny lines
men were kicking up hob in the
backfield. And extensively the
Johnnies were underway scarcely
before the local line knew which
way to go. -. Now that all reverts
back to timing, which should inn
prove as they go along. The boys
are green for the most part, but.
I believe, willing to learn. With that
loss under their belts, they ought
to step out with different brand
Of football. -.
1t was clearly evident, as Har-
vey knew and expected, that II
reserve strength became neces-
sary through minor injuries,
the cause was in a bad way. -.
For reserve strength is at a low
ebb.
One thing more is quite evident
at this moment. That the running
attack Is a bit unseasoned-a bit
unsavory at this time. Now there
may be some startling development
along this line, but a certain mix
ture of pass, punt, with healthy
garnishing of prayer must certainly
be the order against anything so
strong as the Johnny contenders.
And I think there is something
to be said for the passing. Sur
prisingly, taking in the factor that
st. Johns had a strong defensive
setup, out of 10 pass attempts
wound up successfully. In high
school circles, that's considered a
fair average. The Johnnies had 2
out Of for about the same aver
age. The point we're making
that while bottled, harrassed no end
by fast streaking line, the local
passers, notably in the persons of
Captain Ethun, Pangburn and Krin-
gen, were able to get off as many
as they were. It's an interest
ing note that the passes, while
many of them were good, amounted
to little or no gain. The passing
was flat to the wide side of the
field. But surprisingly, too, a sleep
err play, threadbare example, was
utilized several times against the
Johnnies and finally eliminated in
the lone Sank Centre score. -. And
all that adds up to: a possible pass
combination that may click. :. -.
There must be heroes on both
winning and losing teams. The
Johnnies wrapped up theirs in
packages labeled: Johnson, Blenker,
Marx, Dennis, and others. Sank
Centre labeled fewer packages but
they were wrapped as neatly in:
Arneson, Egan, Ethun, Cokely to
name the outstanding contributors.
Perhaps Arneson moves into No.
position because he is youngest. A
sophomore, he acquitted himself
with some distinction because of his
fine defensive play. His tackling
was an example that stood out like
a sore thumb against the more neck
line applications Of some of his col
leagues. :. Game little guy is cap
tain ,Ethun. An ankle that was
visibly giving him pain in the first
quarter, finally sent him to the
bench aided on the arms Of his fell
lows. But the little, hardy back
stuck until the chances for his
team were hopeless. There's al
ways Egan. His tackling was SUI
perb, his offensive play outrivaled
some others. To Cokeley goes the
honors for moving the ball ahead /
for the two only first downs Sank
Centre took by rushing. He set
them up for the touchdown play.
Saturday, while the rest were
of to the Washington inneso-
ia game, Ethun lay at home,
belfast His injury bothering
him. And Ziegler, who was In
jured, has q knee bump that
kept him out Of school q day or
so. Hoffman receded from play