The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-27
Sport
Wags-
BY Chuck Rattle

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Peanut eaters, it's Baseball
Phching-hitting Troubles
Players Two Deep
Need League Setup-
Miss-Like q Mile
Gals In Sports
Fish Peddler Deluxe
Roamin' Muskrats-
Anyone, who has enough teeth
left to chew peanut with bit of
eclat, knows about baseball. And
by the same token all know that
baseball is as much part of Amer
lea as the horseless carriage and
the radio. Baseball is a game
which the Yankees beat everybody
in, in case you didn't know. :.
Not to be Outdone by other
precincts the season will open
here, and not far off for to
day is the day-it's play BALI
this Thursday afternoon. To-
day, against Osakis, is the tip
of round in a sub-diStrict play
off that will find two teams in
district % the winners, and
playing for the district cham
piOnslrp late i'm May. E. Usual
troubles that beset high school
baseball activity in this north
ern zone is besetting the club
of MIR. Gene Harvey. Yet
on top of that, he has been I'M
usually fortunate in Q) the re-
turn of veteran squad, and
(2) the turnout of squad that
numbers near 25 men, and
places his club at least two
deep in all positions. :.
OF course, there are the usual
pitching and hitting troubles. Base
ball pitchers and hitters have to
be developed, and they're young at
the high school stage of the game.
Usual early season arm-weariness
has captured his pitching staff, and
sickness has cut into the roster
But without those expected
difficulties, things are a bit roster
in the high school baseball picture
than for many springs. Both
Torfin, who is a new find in the
pitching quantity, and Pangburn
are treating mildly sore arms. {.
Nothing serious with either one OF
them, just the turn Of events that
usually accompanies this not too
warm weather. Torfin has de-
veloped nicely as a relief to the
pitching duties, but an outfield
workout last Saturday was not too
good for his arm. TroneSs, the
third on the pitching staff, has been
i'll. Pangburn, almost alone, car.
ried the load against Grey Eagle
Saturday and allowed darned few
hits. But this week Pang is nurs-
ing that arm to forestall any sore
ness that might arise. This pitch
ing problem, in the kind of weather
we have here, is not an easy one.
Unless pitchers are carefully guard
ed, arms can be damaged. :.
Fortunately Saturday the day
was a baseball day. Hot, a
warm sun pouring energy into
those arms, it was the first real
break in the weather that had
turned up. =. One thing point
ed brilliantly to a nice perform
ance. Anyone who remembers
last years efforts know that
errors cost some ball games. In
five innings against Grey Eagle
Saturday there was a single er-
rOr to mar the infield and out
field work. Some of those
lads, playing first time posi-
tons, grabbed off some tough
assists and pulled them thru
without an error.
Baseball has had certain ills in
this town; in fact it's always been
a little sickish. Perhaps one of the
main troubles is that baseball is
handled rather haphazardly in the
sense of scheduling games. &.
Needless to say, all towns are now
hooked in one way or another with
some local league. Schedules are
mapped ahead fully to cover the
season with enough open dates for
larger attractions. . And the
teams that stay without the leagues
are a bit out of luck for games.
That's what's happened here. 1t
isn't case of not having the fell
lows or even adequate managership
in these teams that have been spon-
sored. But scheduling has been so
haphazard, beca use of no league
connections, that interest has been
hard to maintain. I'm speak
ing now Of the summer program,
not the high school campaign.
realize league hookups are difficult;
but it looks like the best solution.
49,
And orchids to the Sank Cen
tire Welfare Council for their
work in promoting a downtown
tennis court. Moving in only
few short weeks, this repre-
sentative group of Sank Centre
women, have forged to the fore
as a community asset with this
their first bit of constructive
application. think nothing
quite SO fills the bill as an all
around sports program as ten
mis-. Any age, any stylist can
enjoy the game. -.
You fishin' guys are in a bad
spot here. Sank Lake missed be-
ing in the southern zone-with a
much earlier opening season-by
about half a dozen bait casting