The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-01-04
Thursday, January A, 1910

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BY Chuck Rattle
s. g. In Acid Test
Alex Rides High
Don't Sell s. G. Short
HOw's Your Pirate Talk
Skating q Lost Art
Grit COlumnist Finds
New Work For Columnists-
Well, what'll it be? Revenge for
Alexandria, or a spot in the dis
trict sun for Sank Centre. The
game at Alexandria tomorrow,
means one of those two things.
Either Alexandria will be the hero
of the hour; or Sank Centre will
be the villainous meanie who helps
knock Alex pre-tourney dominance
to a spot behind the Shall.
You might think we're plac-
ing q lot of stress on one ball
game that only begins the local
start In district play this sea-
son. But it's because the boys
on the street are looking at this
game with a good deal of ques-
ton. =. They're prepared to
settle back and shell out to see
the locals bring 1t home. Or
they're just as adequately set
to smirk, I'VE told you So" -.
We just don't want to seem
unlnfOrmed is all. Profession
al reputation and all that sort
of rot, YOU know. :.
There are a few angles though.
In the first place Alexandria and
Sank Centre have in lot of ways
comparable schedules. Alexandria
and Osakis, for instance, can't be
rated side by side because they
don't play comparable schedules.
Alex opponents are always much
tougher, particularly the pre-holi-
day numbers. OF course, with
Osakis busting Alex off is some
criterion. So to both Alexandria
and Sank Centre district competi-
ton this season is comparatively
new.
Then too right now Alexan-
dria Is riding high. Her veter-
an lineup is doing that for her.
The same lineup, virtually,
that was plenty good a year
ago. Which gives this Sank
Centre game o new signifi-
canoe. Because Alex Is not go
ing to fail In q chance to drub
Sank Centre. Not these same
boys who year ago were so
humbled by Sank Centre (35 to
II In q tourney finaD that the
lads cried In their defeat. :.
So they're out for revenge. =.
There's another point or two.
Alexandria can't hope to ride into
any tournament as a dark horse.
No need for her feigning. She
might just as well dish it our dur
ing the season and scare the others
into the air raid shelters and get
it over with. You can't count
Alexandria out of any tournament
race. When the heats on; they
love 1t. :.
Since Alex sits on the pinnacle
of the rating in district % so far,
it would be a notable feather in
Sank Centres cap to beat them,
naturally. For Sank Centre,
defending champs, are not even
mentioned in ratings. And Grey
Eagle is mentioned in one or two
of them. Now Sank Centre
could go through on a dark horse
flash except for a couple of things
one might overlook. :. They are:
one, that she wears the district
crown and no team with that stig-
ma is free from the jousts until
it's been knocked off; two, she's
had that title two years; and three,
there's a matter of home towners
this year. Because the tourna-
ment comes in Sank Centres own
back yard. I'll tell you one
thing. though, Alex or no Alex, to
count Sank Centre out already is
selling them short. -.
There's this much to remem-
Der. Last year some guy, to
whom I listened, drat NAH
hide, said: 9TH be miracle If
they come through" I quoted
the gentleman's add. And you
know what happened. No,
while there's flicker of hope
you'll find me POllyannaing the
home tOwners. If they lose, the
ruffle In my direction Is hardly
notable. III they win, I'm
= right guy and oh, SO well-in-
formed. III climb on the other
side of the fence and forget the
locals, and they go ahead and
lose, I'm dried-up pessimist.
knarr xuSv, I'm fra