The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-09-28

outs. Next month, says Man
ager Conner, Kleber comes to
Twin Cities for q wlhrl at pro
fighting. And SO Melrose
and Sank Centre 60 marching
hand In hand to the boxing
Over at Willmar the other night
the boys had quite a situation. 1t
ran something like this, I suppose
Should we pass, punt, or pray?
That they compiled with at least
two of these contingencies, I can
personally vouch. You know
it was back in 1895 when Sank
Centre took a similar drubbing, tho
there have been occurrences inter-
mittently since. That year only
Graham, Egan, and Bellinger were
the returning lettermen. And
much to Melrose' delight, that
town to the south mopped up in
great fashion so to O. And the
old cycle caught up with the gang
The cycle is a situation that
confrOnts coaches nearly every
where at one time or another,
but here they occur with un-
common regularity. Disgusting
regularity, too, we might add.
The thing revolves about
the fact that here there is a
recurring problem hinged on
the fact that too many seniors
are playing their first year of
football. At the very time
when they should be most eff
fective after a couple years of
play, many of these seniors
have come out for the first
time. 1t can't be done that way.
football requires longer time
element.
Like every other season, a coach
has this much on his shoulders. To
try to build a team that can play
ball; at the same time cast an eye
to the future. Harvey has candid
ly admitted that these seniors want
to turn in the goods or he'll sac
rifice this year completely to gain
experienced men for the next sea-
son. But for the present the
future is only a background topic.
Harveys playing all the angles
this year. Last week, supplement-
ing the scrimmages, he showed
them football pictures. He plans
to take them to Minnesota to watch
them play Purdue. He scrimmages
them against the Junior College
team. All of which adds up
to the fact that these lads do need,
and are getting in every tangible
form it can be capsuled out, ex-
perience. 1.-THE more they see
of the right kind of football, the
quicker they'll grab onto it," he
says. That's why he pointed to
the Willmar game as real build
er. Once they begin to sense that
the thing to do is block and tackle
right, to meet the snap of the ball
and be on the go, charging hard
then they've got the ticket is his
theory. :. The whole thing is that
as long as they keep learning, and
Harvey feels that they really are,
then things are looking up.
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A few things were rather
pleasant about that game. One
was JacksOn's work who went
into the backfield for the first
time. Another was fine play on
the part of certain linemen like
Cheney, Kurren and others who
hadn't showed before. Com
bined with the work of Moore,
Beste and BOtz who did show
in the first game, the line took
a sudden turn for the better.
But there are a few furlOngs to
60 toward perfection, he would
have us know. -. Hildebrand,
too, showed new strength in
that game at the fullback post.
Most devastating thing about
any attack against Sank Gem
tire is speed. A speedy fleet of
backs can run circles around
our ends as did Willmar.
There was one other thing that
bothered in that first game. Cooper
got off some dandy puntS, but he
took his time. And the wonder
arose could he do it under the
pressure of a fast-breaking line. i.
Well, evidently he could and did
Because he sailed those punts out
Friday, and was able to pick up
on his timing great deal. -.
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