The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-04-20
defeated their efforts. Shuck,
thot there'd be some shooting.

0efeated Cneir euOrtS. SnuCk,
thot there'd be some shooting.
Well, there are things about high
school baseball that are discourag
ing. The biggest one is the wealth
er. It's a rare season when wealth
er breaks right to give the lads
more than two or three weeks
Then along comes year end activ-
tiles with the graduating seniors
and cuts off another week or So
And the coach stands around
wondering what happened to the
baseball team he had two weeks
ago. But there are things more
serious. You can't send kid out
to pitch a ball game with only
three nights throwing practice,
Harvey said. And we agreed read
lily, on accounta arms have been
ruined like that. :. Only salvation
is that plenty of limbering be done
first indoors, and have two or
three-the more the merrier-pitch-
ers for relief. And then pray. .
1t wasn't so many years ago that
baseball was given its walking pap
ers from nearly every high school
in this northern sector. =. No sea-
son, no fun, they assumed. And
so out she went. :. But then along
came the very earnest fact that no
one learned baseball. And If no
one learns baseball, whereinell are
the Joe DiMaggios and the Babe
Ruths coming from? OF course,
that's purely an academic question
and does not require an answer
since know that they are not COM
ing. But it was largely pres
sure of outside groups that rein
stated baseball in high schools.
The American Legion, with its
Americanization program for youth,
has been responsible in many
communities including this one. +.
So perhaps the old game won't die
after all. And every now and then
from one of these Junior Legion
teams, that here is a continuation
of the season begun in the high
school spring, rises up and takes
the old game by the horns and goes
Here's the roster of the boys
who are willing to take on the
spikes and take some cuts at
the bat: Jim Arneson, Ray
Berggreen, Stanley Burt, Cyril
Carpenter, Eugene COkeley,
Geo. Conkey, Jim Cooper, Don
Deziel, Arthur Ecklund, Hilary
Egan, Donny Ethun, Carl Hill
debrand, Bud Hunt, Joe jack
son, Henry johnson, Larry
johnson, Donald Knapp, Don
Kringen, Russ Larson, Jim
Pangburn, willard (Garge)
Rasmussen, Jerome Reinardy,
Ralph Steffes, Arthur Trones,
James Wiles, Everett Wolf. -.
And that's a nice assembly of
boys. If they can't play
baseball, there's plenty for foot
ball. =.
Here's something. While you
boys think of gun powder and guns
all at once, let me point out some
thing. The Chinese are the most
civilized of all peoples. They
invented gun powder-and then
used it for fireworks! -.
1t would be fun to talk to the
two Johnny Muskrats that dar-
ed venture into town the other
day. They must have DEEM
ed it high adventure. And If
they got back home, I'll bet they
astounded the whole colony
with their exploits. 1t SEEM
ed first one appeared. He am
bled right down main street un-
til Andy SOrensOn spied him,
caught him, and popped him in
to a box in Gus Otto's garage.
I'm jail for trespassing,"
he thought 1 suppose. :. Only
a short while later came one of
his brOthers-or was 1t a sister.
:. No matter, Al FredcricksOn
caught Mm-or her-and pop
ped him-or her-iDtO the self
same box. :. And so per usual
the gang began to assemble that
evening. And this must have
been funny. The box tipped
over and out poured the rats.
Well, sir, they were just
a bit angry that they had been
couped up and missed going