The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-13

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>. Ping pong slap-slapping back
and forth. Dogs snoozing on the
grass. Drawer swimmers taking
off from the tower. :. Cool breezes
to mop your forehead. -.
A thin trail of ashes lead to q
discovery that seems to have
clay courts licked In this ham,
let. -. While we're passing
around bouquets to those who
have contributed much to the
sport light I'm this hamlet may
we include Louis Larson. This
year Louis was asked to sup
ervise the reconstruction Of the
Country Club tennis courts. He
went I'm and did q grand job SO
far as anyone can tell. At least
the courts are standing up In
great shape. And the story
behind 1t Is entertaining. 80.
There's q pathway that leads
from his back door to the ash pile.
AS the ashes are carried out, little
dribblets Of the stuff have fallen
onto the path. ). Rains have piled
in on it, pressure Of walking. ).
Suddenly Louis found that the path
had an almost cement-like quality.
The flash Of an idea. Why wouldn't
it work on the tennis courts? 1t
might. It did. Using water
and wood ashes over the surface,
where it had broken, made sur
face that Is yet to be topped in this
hamlet. There's another little
item, too. It was Louis conviction
that sand dumped on the ice in
winter over the lake would add to
the beach at the Park. But there
were others who envisioned the
sand being carried away in the ice
crackup of spring. +. It's now a
fact established that sand, probably
generating heat through pressure
on the ice, will work itself through
the thickest ice in the most extreme
weather. Deposit itself neatly on
the bottom directly under where
it was laid. That process is be-
ing used to sand the City Park
beach. ..
Roy Gilbertson, of Benson, Is
setting for himself a record In
consistency that Is fast bObbing
him to the front among golfers
in this section. A man who
can win golf like that In anna
teur circles should be deucedly
unpopular. But not Roy. They
all say, There's a good fellow"
-. Anyway, Roy has establish
ed for himself a record Of 81
consecutive matches. He won
four at the Country Club here
Sunday to become champ and
medalist. Roy tells of the
things he's learned In match
play in this fashion: 81 used
to play my opponent. But now
with an eye on the pars, I let
the other fellow look out for
himself" And good COM
petition that is too. -. The
boys were all pretty tickled
with the shiny, new trophies
they won ON Sunday instead Of
the now customary golf balls
and merchandise, sometimes
including socks that DOM fit.
Picture this industriousness to
learning-Doc Frantic loops, that's
Franta) with a board on his arm
so he keeps it straight on the
swing.
Buck Potter went out fishing
the other day, came back with
four dandy sunfish. So across
the street was e. HI. Thomas,
South Dakota man, and mana
ger of the attraction Ezra's
Farm that appeared here sever
al days. =. Buck Topped down
the fish still kicking Il mean
the fish, not BUck). In few
minutes Thomas came running
across the street, with the fish.
"We've got to have these fish
with their Threats cut and their
eyes closed before we can clean
them" at which statement Buck
nearly fell off the Christmas
tree-or whatever he was at the
moment sitting on. So La Pot
ter graciOusly cleaned them for
him. But the Thomas family
cn,rJd aat fhoro with p1lsfn