The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11

for some points In the pole
vault turned his ankle in the
early event, Is hobbling about
on crutches. Everything
happens to track coach, TOf-
ty!
High school baseballers have
been getting some bad socks in the
schedule too. Shutout with no hits,
no runs against Glenwood's Pepper
who defeated them 10 to o; they
took another shutout powder
against Alex last Friday II to O.
Errors have been a most i'm
portant factor. The strength ON
defense Harvey was counting on
has not presented itself-except in
negative quantity. Pitching,
as he figured, is nothing outstand-
ing. But the boys are trying and
with some support might pull out
all right. In fact even the hitting
is somewhat better than it was ex-
pected. Larson's performance
in a single inning on the mound
against Alex may give him chance
to show his stuff in one of these
first games. Infield errors chalk
ing up 8 to 10 in the last two games
are devastating quantities.
A proposed league for six
communities In this section,
though its initial efforts were
stymied, is not yet dead. =.
Last Thursday evening q meet
ing scheduled at Belgrade wrote
no dice across the face Of the
business. Six teams including
Belgrade, Brooten, Westport,
GlenwOOd, Sank Centre and
MelrOse are figured in this all
local, independent league.
When GlenwOOd and Brooten
turned up missing, no business
was accomplished. The meet
ing may be slated here for this
week.
Only bugaboo in such a plan for
a league is financiaras 1t usual
ly is. But it's a step in the right
direction. Under the proposal teams
are to be unsalaried, all-local out
fits. And Sank Centre, with the
turnout of the material at hand
this year, could hold it's head above
water in such an outfit, I believe.
The financial angle revolves
about a proposal to hire umpires
for the games since it is the con-
sensus of opinion that teams do
not want to operate on local avail
ability. Which means that each
game is going to cost, outside of
initial costs of each game, some
thing extra. And will the traf-
fic bear the load is the question
the boys want to thresh out. :.
Independent ball, I'm case the
league formation fails, holds
more SAVIOR this season than
any other. The grapevine
brings in the facts that ElrOsa
Melrose and the others In the
league to the south have dis
banded. And that makes
available more independent
teams for the market. The
trouble has been in, getting
games and late year efforts
have resolved into playing two
or three teams all season long
until the boys knew their Op-
pOnents as well as their bud
dies. 1t just didn't click.
.. Last week S. G. missed out
on a chance to hook with the
OTW league to the north on
the invitation of Long Prairie.
-. But no representative from
this hamlet gave the seat to
Clarissa to complete the eight
team circuit. -.
On reliable information it comes
that the proposed downtown tennis
court to be erected on the Cities
Service property will fold before its
begun. The Welfare Council
had the deal all set, they reported.
But now it develops that new an
giles on the subject have DETECTED
the plan. This is all quite I'M
official. But in that case the alter
native is that perhaps the maitland