The Sauk Centre herald., 1938-10-20

ScOreleSS tie. Now We'll swing
to the south q little. Albany is
going fine, loom as tough mark
for anybody. Then Melrose first
off whips st. Johns, who beat us
33 to z, then Melrose whips Albany
A to o. Then comes Long Prairie
and beats Melrose 13 to O. :. Which
should put Sauk Centre somewhere
in the top of the pile. In the
meantime Osakis has been taking
the short end of the deal, by wide
margin scores, from every team
they play. They get beat 35 to o,
40 to O and so on. Finally they get
one lone touchdown against AL
bany. So they come to Sauk
Centre. What happens? Plenty.
They nearly beat out the game
while the locals mumbelty peg or
somep'n. But the locals eke out a
victory 13 to IL. <. Now ask you.
Isn't this job insane enough with
out sticking the neck into the halt
er any more often than is neces-
sary? =. I feel a tinge of the pal
sey coming on anyway without
MASKING the old bean into pulp
trying to figger the dope.
To return to this Osakis game.
Osakis completed 8 first downs to
5 for Sauk Centre. The completion
of so many more speaks of a fine
Osakis attack. But there is rea-
son. Osakis used a running attack,
netting few long gains. So on a
long march, they were able to in
clude several first downs. :. Sauk
Centre used passes and one attack
that moved so yards on passes net
ted only two first downs. That
passing was a fine offensive. Shoot
ing out from both Kringen and
Pangburn, the passes were spotted
beautifully. Rasmussen was the re-
ceiver on the first pass of that scor-
ing series. There was another pass
that nearly scored. Pangburn spot
ted a pass right into the arms OF
Egan, way down the field, but he
dropped it only a few yards from
the goal. But those things hap
pen. It's part of the ball game.
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Last night latter this column
was written of course) six-man
football waltzed into Sauk Cen
tire athletic history with an ex-
hibition game. The game has
been a boon to smaller schools
who find It difficult to develop
Is or 20 men for the bigger
game. Brooten and Belgrade
play 1t this year, but right now
It's difficult to find opponents
because so few schools play 1t.
Pocketsize edition of its foster
game, six-man depends largely
upon speed, deception, and pass
ing. There Is no line, only two
ends and a center who work
with three baclxfield men. >.
Well, well see how 1t works out
Doggone, the weather man got
the seasons all mixed up. Pheasant
hunting opened in duck hunting
weather. When the duck hunting
season opened, it was baseball
weather. Tramping the fields
with Baldy Forsberg Sunday, tho 1t
seems only fair to point out we en-
joyed the ride more than the walk.
We went out pheasant hunting.
Hunting is the word; perhaps the
Greeks used it too. But we never
saw a pheasant. We have conclud-
ed the press is stressing these
things too much, or some careless
people are leaving papers lying
around for the pheasants to read.
Darn dirty trick if you asked
me. shall personally begin a
campaign to keep preseason pub
licity out of the press. Do it quiet
ly. Why be so sportsmanlike that
the pheasants all betake themselves
into inaccessible spots.
In the past week the Junior high
lads, under the tutelage of Harold
Rasmussen, played two games. They
were defeated by Little Falls by
two touchdowns and held scoreless.
But against Alexandria, over there
the lads on Saturday afternoon
PLAYED a 616 tie. Which marks the