The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-30

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BY Chuck Rattle
The Sorry Tale of
Troutman Gray
Ladies' Bowl Stronger
Conference Play Early
Benson-Tech Jinx-
Old Skating Axiom
Falls BY Wayside-
Spot Muskrats A-plenty-
Now it can be told; the story's
complete. It's all about trout
man Gray-Harold to his chums of
which he has many. Right off the
bat last spring when the trout sea-
son opened, things went badly for
Harold, but they were so insight
ficant it didn't seem they would
precipitate the catastrophes to fol-
low. The very first morning
he went out, he went out without
his creel, that basketlike hamper
trout fishermen wear over their
shoulder. He had ordered one; it
arrived a few hours after he had
left on the first expedition. -.
But that was only the begin
ming. Sometime later, it was a
beautiful morning. Pete Mich
els, who invariably turns up
in the william role as regards
Harold's troubles, was with him.
Harold was bending over a
stream, working intently on q
trout that lay in the shady
OvergrOwth. When OF
sudden a hornet emerged as If
from nowhere and stung Har-
old-right over the brook. -.
Which event amused Michels
no end, and which event was
really the precipitous one that
lead to the landslide.
Well, sir, Harold had hardly re-
covered from that trip when he
decided to go north to try his luck.
Hardly had his footballs quoted
out the door, when Bill Otto, his
boss, was on the phone conniving
with Michels. OF course, they
said Harold had gone north to es-
cape the bees. AS well he might.
So they called a meeting of
the clan, worked out proper re-
ception for the returning Walton.
It was all planned. They would
have a truck with which to bear
away the great catches of spark
ling fish; they would have every
thing but band playing. :. But
1t backfired. Harold's wife thwart-
ed the Williams in the nick Of time,
snatched Harold off the train at
Long Prairie: :. And the boys sat
with the truck waiting. -.
That nearly ended the import
ant happenings for the season.
But Pete Michels Is not one to
let things lay. Not Pete. =.
Last week he presented to Har-
old memorable token Of the
seasons fishing-a bees nest
neatly arranged on q small
branch. It hangs now over
HarOld's desk. -.
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Those gals on the North Ameri-
can ladies bowling team have hit
a new stride. They were all agog
last week over winning some games
Ann Pflipsen yelled at me across
the street. They won two
games last week from the Noonan
New Home Addition team, all mar
ried women, for their earliest win,
I'm told. They lost third
game to that crew at Alex by the
aggravating shortage of one pin.
But they did end a long time win
ming streak for this one Of the
toughest of the ladies teams.
1--WE did it without the handicap
too" they announced rather proud
ly. -.
In it's basketball efforts Sank
Centre rocks early into West
Central conference pay uuS
season. It's the local schools
first attempt in basketball In
the conference, and she starts
as a full-fledged member with
the same rights and privileges,
and duties, as the other seven.
December 9Th on the local
court, she opens against Ben
son, first of q round-robin SER
les with conference opponents.
But Benson Is more than
a conference opponent. She's
one Of those traditional early
season rivals who have linked
Sank Centre for four years.
Last year with Judy Conkey ty.
ing the Benson crew In last
minute thriller, 1t looked like
the ink was to be broken. But
Benson pulled out In time to
win marginally. It's the
fifth of the series coming up