The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-06-08
Sport
Ways
BY Chuck Rattle

Grinning Banks of Sank Lake
Conversation Pieces
So We Give Sermons
Save q Life!-
Swim During Supervised Hours
Gals Get a Break
Ladies Take FoOd-and Golf
Lone Tennis Court
But It'll Get Company
Ways Okays Water Fete, or
Leaving Town With Kohl
Up on Sank Lake are farmers
with land on the high banks where
the naked sand grins out at pass.
ing boatsters. This year Sank
Lake went to a new high, along
with hundreds of other lakes in the
vicinity when rains punched in the
last half of May. The dam outlets
are taking care of the heavy flow
age; it's receding steadily to its
norm. But here's what happen
ed-and it happens every spring. :.
Along those grinning banks, the
water laps at the sandy bases and
each lap carries back a filtering of
sand. Hours later from the
top of the bank rumbles down in
to the lake some of that choice
land. High water, coupled with
waves, give those farmers a head
ache. One told me this week, I'VE
need five or six feet of shore out
from those banks to allow for
wind" q. These fellows have a
problem which we in our endeavor
to keep nice shoreline at the park
and a fine head on Sank Lake per-
haps don't realize. In 1910
one told me he had pasture land
with grass so tall cows could hide
themselves in it. It's all in Sank
Lake now. Each spring takes it's
toll of a foot or two of these banks
There's a serious endeavor to keep
the head at a compromise level
here, but each spring, with num-
erous inlets into the lake, they go
through that slipping process. .
Says I to Bill Otto Monday
morn by way of conversation
pieces, Been fishin' lately?"
"Nope," says he, mot since yes
terday." ..
I think I'll just bunch all our
little sermons in one place this
week and then you can go on read
ing quietly. First off is base
ball. This town doesn't want base
ball." one told me this week. Here's
proof: Sunday the gang had a two
dollar gate or Whereabouts. {. This
season Sank Centre is laying into
the field one of the finest base
ball teams in a list of long hot
summers. And there's your at
tendance. Sunday, after they had
tied Belgrade a week ago, they
walloped back to clout their way to
Z to victory. But nobody saw
it, save the guys on the team. Z.
So there's your problems. Next
Sunday they play Glenwood over
there. But on the 18th they're back
in town. Good time to get on the
band wagon.
And there's the one about
swimming. . . So I'll give a
flash to parents. The beach
will be supervised by Mr.. and
Mrs. Gene Harvey from 2 until
each day at the Park!
Parents should see that chill
dren swim at those hOurs-Or
accompany them at other per-
iOdS. Reason: Last season
alone, Gene pointed out, there
were cases-five of tfrem-that
easily could have been serious
accidents.
For the third successive year the
city recreational program gets I'M
derway with a schedule of events
that looks like it will top any
other offering. Into the pro-
gram this year jumped the Sank
Centre Welfare Council, from which
representative group of local lad
les we will hear much. They are
rounding up volunteer leaders to
help Mrs. Harvey, handicapped
from lack of assistance up to now.
And the girls will embark on
a hobby horse list of events that
should hold some pretty high in
terest. It seems that the boys
get the long end of the deal on all
these things. Look at football,
sports of all kinds, Scouting
everything for the boys. So
when an organization comes along
and says, Gals, we're doing some
thing to help you out" say to that
it's not only epochal-its colossal!
s*s
Now the Junior Legion base
ball program will swing into
action. Each Tuesday and
Thursday night, at $3.50, rrac-
tees will be held, Ray Steir
announced this week. There
is a strong prospect that
practice game will be held Sat
urday as a warm up to the sea-
son. Alexandria or Long Prai-
RE may be the opponent. v.
Got another announcement to
make. Gene Harvey says that
the play day medals, for win
ners in the penthalOn at the
school have arrived. Winners
may get them by calling at his
home. -.
Mr.. Hall, of the Hall resort at
the north end of the lake, bob
bed up with northern that
was a honey Sunday. 1t
tilted the old weights at 16
and One-lralf pounds! Wow,
give me air, gimme my tackle.