The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-08-31

his own. The spot in which he
revels. The vantage spot from the
sidelines where he can be critic,
drug store coach, quarterback and
what have you. Best of all he
has little to do to get his sports
except sit and watch, yell and en-
courage II he SO desires-and Of
course place a stipend on the coun-
ter for his enjoyment. For the
sports pendulum swings from the
summer to fall and winter with
surprising alacrity. Before we know
1t we're smack dab in the midst
of football. =.
All summer long the fan has
tough going. There's darned
little for him to watch unless
he heis himself Of to baseball
game or golf tournament.
He's got to manufacture his
own sports. He fishes, he golfs,
he plays tennis, he swims-but
they all require work. He
himself must exert and give.
80. No l0lling on comfy side
line, or q heated gymnasium
no, hes gotta do the work HIM
self. personally welcome
the winter season. So far as
my activity In sports In con-
cerned. I'd much rather talk
them than play them. My yen
for tennis, fishing and other
strenuous summer sports wanes
before the last firecracker of
the 9TH Of July Is discharged
and there sit with no sports
to watch. So bring 'em on.
Well eat them up. 49,.
It looks like the sophomore will
be the kingpin in local football this
year. Not that we mean to imply
he'll be the best player on the
squad-but there's decidedly more
of him If opening day rehearsals
mean anything. When sixteen
turned out for the opening day
drills Monday, ten of that number
were sophomores! And sup
pose that proportionately as the
squad grows the ratio will just
about keep apace. Meaning that
Coach Eugene Harvey will have
some pretty green sticks to saw,
but there is the old adage, too,
that points out the greener the
sapling the easier it bends.
Which is the point. These lads
will probably bend the right way.
know a lot of these sophomore
lads personally, and the only thing
you'll find more eager for a good
scrap is a Bengal tiger. {. If they
carry that eagerness throughout
season, wouldn't be surprised to
find a pretty fair ball club at that.
d. But four returning lettermen
is not much to make a coach go
dancing about waving a handker-
chief. If the fact should bring out
a handkerchief at all it would prob
ably be stuffed to his face wiping
his tear-stained eyes. Ray
Moore is captain and tackle as one
of the four returning lettermen.
Ray Berggreen, center, Potter tack
lie and Arneson, a guard, are the
others. Which does add up to
the fact that at least there is a
.semblance of an experienced line.
Though ends are often termed very
important men. But the center
posts get the biggest and toughest
boys which looks at a glance like
the center may be pretty well plug
ged this year. ..
just what all the annual tear
shedding over lettermen is all
about might be difficult to ex-
plain. But football is highly
specialized game i'm which ex-
perience and ease in handling
ones own body are prime fact
OrS. When a coach has to
start from scratch, there's just
too plenty to do. So a few old
hands on the ship make it just
that much easier to sail.
There's one salient point this
year though, believe will be
evident. That the Lads coming
up, without any previous var
sity training, are going to be
better trained than ever before
to start with. That's worth
something.
And blazing into the fall sports
trail the least of these is not hunt
ing. First fall sport to reach its
majority Is it's contemplating
shooting. A week ago last Sunday
the boys took their first shots at
the winging clay pigeons with a
record turn out Of n shooters. :.
Last Sunday the attendance fell off,
and trapmaster Alex Benson tells
that the beginning shooters are
coming out for more eye-keening.
The old veterans were conspicuous
ly absent, but they'll be there for
the roundup. Alex is more than
seventy now, but I'd hate to have
to hang on the targets-or game
that he hits. The first Sunday
when Herb Saeger broke a perfect
score, Alex waltzed up, and as the
Oldest man with a rod in his hand,
blasted his way to perfection on the
Is birds. Said I Monday, "Alex,
you've been trapmaster a long
time" Says he, "As long as
it's been here, and that's pretty
long," -.
Before this one gets away en-
tirely, Wen jump back into the
golf season and spill this one.
It was during the ResOrters'
tournament at Alex, and Frank