The Sauk Centre herald., 1938-11-10
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BY Chuck Rattle

One Step Saves the Day
A Most Surprising Team
Ad0is to Nine Seniors
'How'm I doin'? oach?"-POtter-
Don't You Believe It.
One little step and miles from the
goal. One little step-the print of
the cleated foot Of the fleet Schultz
saved the ball game Friday when
Sauk Centre won a moral victory in
the scoreless deadlock. Schultz
on a mad dash, after he had beat
tifully reversed his field, toted 70
yards over the goal standing up.
But lucky lunge, as would-be
tacklers sprawled in his wake, by
Kringen, snudged Schultz out of
bounds ever so slightly. That snudge
counted between victory and the
tie. =. For on four successive plays
following that Sauk Centre storm
ed in with one of its most valiant
defensive stands to hold Alex.
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Outside Of that one play Alex
never threatened In the first
half. In fact in the first quar-
ter they had possession of the
ball just once. In first downs
Alex topped the locals 6 to 4,
in yard gains they must certain
ly have topped them. But all
around defensive and offensive
play Sauk Centre did hold
slight edge, mainly In the first
and fourth quarters. -. The de-
fensive strength they were able
to show in the second and third
when Alex twice penetrated be-
yond the yard line, would add
points to this ball game. -.
1T was more than just scoreless
tie-for that game meant dethron-
ing, at least for this season, Alex
from mythical royal pinnacle they
have held in all late Sauk Centre
relationships. Back in 1920 or
q Sauk Centre last played Alex
when vandesteeg, Grosberg, Brown
and a bunch of others including
Lewis lugged for Sauk Centre. :. /.
Then football was tossed out OF the
window of Sauk Centre athletics.
Followed the long drouth. Then in
1880 sufficient interest was COM
mandeered, with the late v. Beau
mont engineering, to resume the de-
partment. Followed three years
Of heart breaking work. Finally in
1888 it was deemed advisable to
play Alex, began that year a series
Of play that has totaled six games.
So in almost twenty year period,
8. c. was unable to hold the boys
from the west. Look at this record.
1933-Alex won 10 to o. In 1884 they
won A to o. 20 to 0 was Alex mar
gin in 1885. In '36 they Tailed Is
to Sauk Centres zero. And in 1887
Sauk Centre finally was able to
score when Alex beat them 80 to II.
/. And then came the '38 scoreless
tie. -.
We mentioned here that after
that Albany game the boys were
phychologically right to make
things tough for Glenwo0d and
Alex. The prediction failed
when Glenwood cleaned house
50 to 7. But the old prophet
moved back into good graces
with the Alex game. 1t
would seem that Glenwo0d, at
ter q slump, Is moving back In
to it's place I'm the sun in this
sector. Alex may be on the
down grade. But don't count
ON Il.
These Harveymen this year were
components of one of the most sur
prising teams that Harvey has put
on the field. They pulled their
punches when you least expected it,
and they dished it out hard in just
such uncertain quantities. In spite
OF the fact that at least five of the
nine seniors playing were playing
their first year Of regular football,
the gang won games, tied two,
and lost only two. X. They pulled
surprises out of the bag in each
game, strengthening each depart