The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-22

Spotlights On Us
Osalxis Likes Osakis-
Melr0se Cares For MelrOse-
Melr0se Has Best POise-
Nelson Gets Apples
GlenwOOd Best Conner
Monte Assured of
Conference Head Ticket
The spot light, manned by thous-
ands from those midwest and south
municipal precincts from which the
tourist simoleons spring, was on
us. At sportsmen shows in
both Chicago and st. Louis, recent
ly closed, some $1,000, it was re-
ported by Leo Kohl, of Alexandria,
viewed the exhibit of the Spotlight
lake region. What the Spot
light had to offer was an album
a family album Of the family of
towns banded together to promote
the tourist exploitation Of our sum-
mer crop Of goodness. Scenes
from the lakes in this region were
compiled by the association to show
at these events. Sauk Centres
scenes were quiet bits of summer
haven, taken from the Park and
looking out over Sauk Lake. i.
.
Both Melrose and Osalxis are
suspiciously positive that the
district pie is going to be div
ided, one way or another,
among them to a certain point.
Then each seems reasonably
certain that one or the other
is going to get the whole slab.
-. Osalds pins its hopes on a
string of IA victories In Is
starts. just as we've pointed
out again and again, that Long
Prairie is dangerous no matter
how unOrthodOx, It was that
Todd county crew who smash
ed that winning streak In what
amounts to at least a minor
disaster to Osalis.
What has happened once to Osa-
kis can happen again. A fact they
are more aware of than anyone
else, perhaps. Which means SIM
ply that the pressure, on the out
side already great enough, from the
inside is going to be even greater.
Those Osakis boys are going to
press harder than ever to keep that
from recurring. In the tourna-
ment it happens only once, no mat
ter how great the seasons record.
Hard as it is to maintain a
continuous winning streak, it
might have been better for their
morale had Osakis continued with
out a break. Now their thoughts,
as the thoughts of their opponents,
will run along: we were beat once,
can 1t happen again. Even a
defeat or two couldn't have taken
the pressure off Osakis this season,
because everyone knew she was
going to be hot. Had she had a
disastrous season, the lads around
the circuit would still have pointed
for her. There's always the
problem of hitting the seasons
stride from the beginning and then
praying it'll hold through the race.
Or sacrificing the tally of the sea-
son and still praying things won't
dump you in the race. Osakis
should be exonerated. She's taken
the least gambling chance, given
her townspeople the best basketball
club in many years, winner or no
winner, they should be proud of
that club. +. I'll say this: If Osa-
kis comes through all the way,
she'll earn and deserve every step
she's made. And this columnist's
hat will be higher in the air than
anyone's. Because pressure is
an unseen foe to lick. i:
MelrOse, we learn from the
MeEH Script, Is stringing
along patriotically with Mel
rose. They're pinning hopes for
a district 22 title, long now In
coming since the last, though
not as long as Sauk Centre
waited, on an impressive rec
ord In the Granite Six race. =.
Coach Wrucke echoes Melrose
sentiments, Its MelrOse or
Osahis." Melrose has q
couple factors In her favor. One
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