The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-11-03

Clarence Nathe. If ever there was
a persistent disciple for any cause,
1t is Clarence. Each year, the min
ute the trees start undressing, he
Is fondling his blades, talking skat-
ing. =. He has hollered, cajoled,
pleaded, and begged-but in vain,
he thought. :. But not SO. OF
a sudden the song-he thot might
be swan song-was taken up as a
hallelujiah chorus. Groups got act
lively busy to promote skating Kinks.
Several were attempted on the
lake, but the wind swept expanses
made proper maintenance almost
impossible. -. Then, last year thru
the efforts of the School Board,
the playground was cleared, rink,
lighted at night, was underway. The
year before one had been started
at that spot but too late.
Well, Clarence is singing
again, but it's q brand new,
gayer tune this year. 1t looks
like things are underway. Ray
Steir, recreational man here, re-
ports that q project at the Fair
Grounds Is set. Permission has
been granted to build a rink on
the lot. Water mains are deep
enuf to afford water spraying.
:. We ourselves checked on
that doubly with Ray. Ray
and Clarence Dickson, who
cared for last years rink have
some practical experience to go
on. And the Fair Grounds
is an ideal spot since q north
fence Is fine protection against
winds, and a small building
might be pressed into service as
a warming house. -.
The need is here for a double
action skating program. It's prac-
tically the only winter sport that
can be followed in this section. If
there's an abundance of snow, skat-
ing on the lake is done. &. And
there is assurance that the play
ground will be flooded again. ;. :.
Fine. Then the Fair Grounds
rink can be made big enough for
hockey playing. And the other rink
can be for those who just want to
skate idly around. And the tend
ency toward accidents is at once
cut more than half. Steir told
me this week that the attendance
at that playground rink, covering
only a quarter of a block, averag-
ed more than $50 daily. Relief for
this congestion and absolute elimi-
nation Of hockey from this rink will
eleminate suggestions Of accidents
surprisingly were absent
from the rink last year. :. It gets
my okay. -.
One thing more. These Kinks
should be set to go by Thanksgiv-
ing. And the outlook is that they
will. For the best skating is from
that date until the first of the year.
After that-who SHOWS?
This six-man football, that is
creeping its insiduous way into the
ranks of a prominent sport, is gain
ing wide favor. And the reason
runs something like this: Last week
a Little Sank team beat a Sank
Centre pickup outfit so to 20, or
some such score. Exactly it doesn't
matter. But here it is. Find an ex-
hibition Of the 11-man game where
one team is allowed to score twen-
ty points while it's opponent is
scoring fifty. 1t just doesn't hap
pen. And the average fan wants
scoring, and in this pocketsize game
he gets it. ;. Now I'm not one to
offer throwing over the boards the
regular game, but this new edition
has something, don't you think?
/ looked for a better exhibition
against Glenwood than the 80 to Z
score indicates. It seemed that
psychologically the locals had much
in their favor. Now from what
I can gather the retreat was more