The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
Thursday, October 10, 1910
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BY Chuck Rattle
Fans Like Surprises of
These Main Streeters-
Backs Show Up New
Running Power
Rural Boys Pack
Line With Wallop-
L. p. Not Outf0ught-
It took your correspondent three
games to learn the names Of these
football players, but now we've
got them and believe we can give
you a bit about them now.
Consensus after fans saw the
lads for the first time is that
(1) the club has spirit, (2)
they know where they're go
ing, and (S) they may pull some
surprises at any moment. -.
az that reserve strength par
ticulariy at the line posts is
fairly good. -.
AS a whole, primarily because of
the weight and precision Of the
line, the club has power. 1t was
stymied by only one line in four
games and that was Benson's with
whom they played scoreless tie.
There two lines so evenly matched
that neither could gain just stopped
each other. But it has decep-
ton too. It scored on a pass
play, after ground work had failed,
and it did the singular item of scor-
ing after three plays-going down
for nearly 60 yards without con-
verting a first down.
The club has one fault that's
doomed nearly every game. One
succession, after going way down
field, usually ends begged down.
Now credit must go to a defensive
club that boys an offensive on the
pay dirt stripe. But sometime
this same crash Of the offensive
may lead to trouble. So far in
games where it's happened-notab-
ly against Morris and Long Prai-
rie-the boys have turned in all
the stronger after their initial fail
ure.
There were several surprises with
most of them wrapped up in Dave
Vandesteeg and Bud Veeder. :.
We're not picking out stars, but
these boys have moved along fast.
(. Vandesteeg has grabbed the
number one spot on the fullback
list, and the lad really goes. His
line gives him every cooperation,
but against Long Prairie in two
plays he mopped UP 81 yards to
score. On the first he was hit at
the line, halted momentarily, and
broke into the secondary for IL
yards. On the second he swept
end, with unheard Of speed for a
fullback, to score. Veeder Is
at the end slot, and he's not the
bean pole variety that one usually
finds at high school ends. He's big
and not the type you'd associate
with speed. But there's rarely a
punt he's not down on. He rushed
passes against Long Prairie that
was the initial movement against
any danger Of passing threat.
He caught pass from Jim Coop
er that waltzed him to his first
high school touchdown. :. He
liked the experience. I rather be-
lieve that his post-game grin would
belittle statistics on the yards
gained, had it been measured. :.
Another boy that moved to
fine play was Paul Kuefler. Not
an early season starter, Paul
has grabbed that number one
spot at quarterback. His as
signments are all blocking and
he did a good job. Jim Arm
eson has moved up fast both in
his blocking assignments and in
his field generalship. Against
Long Prairie he used Cooper
and Vandesteeg to full advan-
tage.
There's Jim Cooper. in the rum
ming spot in that backfield. He
made a new name for himself Fri
day. He took the work horse as
signment, let the glory for scoring
go to other boys. :. Jim hurdled
the line, lodged and twisted his
way to UPHELD gains that were a
definite prelude to later scoring
thrusts. He passed to Veeder
a scoring touchdown. -.
One of the standout qualities
Of this team Is its rural boy per-
s0nnell, and for line stalwarts
they aren't topped. There's
Trutna, Cheney, Lying, Ecklund,
Plant, Emblom, perhaps others.
-. But these lads are eating
IL up. Like football? Well one
parent told the superintendent
that playing football made it
. bit inconvenient on the farm,
what with the car gone. But
that the boy liked 1t so much,
the parents were getting bit
Of q kick out of Il too.
They've been q tonic to spirit.
It was laughable the other