The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
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BY Chuck Rattle

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A Kick Out of Victory
We Eat Our Words
Prognosticator Toftness Misses
Promoter, No. !, Olson
VOgel Wins
Holding the Bag
Those boys were getting q kick
out Of that ball game. They really
had fun" Harvey repeated several
times. That to him was one Of the
standout features Of the ball game.
It meant the right psychological
development for these boys. Now
with win at their backs, with the
edge of contact taken off, they
should baptize that new lighted
football field Friday against st.
Johns Props with a new approach.
80. Your correspondent noted that
too. Ethun was having fun run
ming his team; Pangburn was get
ting a bang out Of beating Ander-
son to the draw on the punts; Berg
green was having fun in pummeling
that Anderson when he cracked at
the center of the line; as was Egan
who came up grinning and Ras-
mussen. And the others. -.
Most surprising feature Of
the game was the local brand Of
tackling. No neckties. No
neclking parties. That's a stand
out achievement. Usually you
see nothing but" was Harvey's
comment. But the old shoe laces
went in for their punishment
when those Sank Centre lads
tackled Friday. And it meant
the difference I'm gains of the
two teams. :. For Parkers was
not tacAling that way. One guy
almost got Pangburn's jersey,
and most of their tacllers were
hitting high.
Punting doomed as one Of the
most instrumental factors in keep
ing Parkers out of Sank Centre
territory. While Anderson's punts
were going awry, Pangburn was
shaking out some handles. Not too
much distance, but that should
come. But they were properly
placed. Not once did Pangburn
drop a punt over the goal line for
a touchback. Well, Anderson didn't
either but his punting positions
were so far back the distance was
too great. Twice Pangburn drop
ped punts to roll out Of bounds in
side the 20-yard line thus gaining
several yards over the touchback.
The game was primarily a de-
fensive victory. Bachields
checlxmated with the superior
exhibitions of the linesmen. On
Iy baclxfield sparkplug In the
lot was little Denny Ethun.
Donny, captain this year, put
lot Of fire In his running, loom
ed as the most consistent gain
er of the lot. Cokeley was more
than a flash In the pan, but his
assignments were mostly block
ing. Pangburn wheeled end
for some nice gains; but Denny
remained the boy who could
pull out the yards when they
needed them. But surpris-
ingly it was not the backfield,
as previously touted, but the
line that gave the real demon
stration Friday. :. The back
field stacked up as slow to get
under way. That passing will
need plenty of polish.
"I'll make him eat those words"
said center Berggreen after your
correspondent had pointed to the
center of the line as weak link.
Okay, we ate 'em and what's more
we relished them. Berggreen, folks,
new at that center slot, pulled out
a Herculean exhibition. 1t was his
early efforts that stymied Ander-
sons charges at that point. And
his passing from center to the
backs throughout the game was SUI
perb. So we ate the words. But
we were speaking comparatively,
should have been more explicit.
Compared with Egan at tackle posi-
ton the center portion of the line
is weaker, It is not the center posi-
ton so much as the guards that
showed a weak link. There was a
little, wiry, fellow, named Lenz,
who sifted through the slot all at
ternoon, caused various substitu-
lions in the lineup in search for a
guard. On the whole, however,
Fridays observations show that the
line is stronger than the backfield.
Were speaking in the present. Both
are slow at the present time on the
charge. Plays lacked timing In this
first game and whose wouldn't in
two weeks Of practice. But this
factor was evident. Bad as their
timing was it was not so negligent
an that of Parkers. -. And just to
keep the records straight, although
you out there won't care, Ethun Is
not the only two-letter man as we
enormously pointed out. Cokeley is
also two year man. While Hilary
Egan is three-letter man embark
ing on his fourth year of competi-
tive football. Hilary shows it, too.
His exhibition Friday gave a fast
charge, and he got in for a lot Of
tackles.