The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-11-14
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Of their ability and their will
ingness to play the game. 1t
presuppOses a real battle for
ramblings, however, at least at
this early point, the cases of
those boys who return from
last years troupe and those fel-
lows moving up from the sec
ond team will be reviewed most
earnestly, of course. ..
This squad is going to be big
in more than numerical quantities.
1t should have some height. Re
turning from the first five of
year ago are only Jim Arneson and
Jim Cooper, guards on the last
years teams, who last May got the
nod to co-captain both football and
basketball. That these two lads
were given unhesitating nod by the
boys on these teams to captain
both the sports is indication of the
the lads are willing
to delegate to these Jims. :.
They're trying to get Cooper
in shape SO he can play. When
his knee was dislocated I'm that
Osalxis game 1t reached farther
than the football season, for
that injury will carry into the
early weeks Of basketball. >.
They're getting for him one Of
these knee action guards to pro-
tect the member and strength
en- It while he's getting his
whacks at early season prac-
tice. Arneson this year Is SO
close to six feet that there's
no fun In It. Cooper Is q
bit shorter at about five feet,
nine inches, and moving up
from last years second team is
Bob Rattle, also at five feet
nine.
Tallest man on the squad is ap-
John Cotton. A jun
ior, Cotton Is a natural competi-
tor in most any sport he tries. :.
There's something so ALFRED cool
about him for a youngster it's hard
to believe. He grew like blazes, Is
now six feet, inches. Which ac-
counts for some Of his ineffective
ness as a sophomore. We've
had mothers Of sons, growing at
such tremendous rates, tell us that
the boys were eternally tired. The
growing took all the energy they
might otherwise expend on activ-
ity. Cotton Is too a natural
ball handler, approaches in that re-
spect George Conkey Of two years
ago. John may not get the
ultimate nod at the center spot:
but from our sidelines he looks
eligible for a darn good try at it.
Bud Veeder, from last years
second team, is not a mite un-
der six feet. He's big and hus-
ky, and last year pounded up
some nice scoring tallies In his
second team games. Bud
may be looking at a guard or
forward spot. There's Paul
Keldahl, too, tall and with some
experience. He's not as rugged
as some of these boys.
UP from the Junior high come
others. There's Don Mooney. He's
a sparkplug If ever we saw one.
. He's a mighty atom, can han
die the ball and himself so nat
urally you might think he always
carried a ball around. Since
last season he's tackled on four
inches to his cubit, making him
about five feet six inches. &.
Which makes him a darned sight
more eligible for the ball club this
year than he might have been. Z.
Well, that's a preliminary look at
those fellows we know will bo on
the squad. No squad announce
ment has been made as yet, but
the boys tell us that the squad
will be big. All of these re-
marks are subject to revision. +.
It'll take good hard work for any
lad to place on the lineup this sea-
son.
Osakis Is going to find her
self In much the same spot, In
this coming March Of ~, as
Sauk Centre did I'm the March
Of 80. -. Sank Centre, with
troupe Of bows that bOasted one
Of the best BIB teams this town
had seen, bobbed up after the
'38 tournament with the same
team that won the champion-
ship. It seemed incredible