The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-11
DEAR CHARLES JOHNSON:

DEAR CHARLES JOHNSON:
As former sports writer and therefore
as one who's had his neck out, l feel you
exposed in daring fashion that portion of
your anatomy designed for cravats when
you called outstate fans down for their at
titude on Minneapolis MarshalPs basketball
team at the state tournament. I refer to
paragraph in your column in your "dont say
paper" last week.
Since my claim to reservation at the
press table at said tournament was rudely
Cancelled when the wrong team got the extra
basket in the regional, l wasn't rubbing ell
bors with you but at my radio yelled for
Chisholm, Breckenridge and Mountain Lake
when they took on your boys and I'm going
to tell you why.
1t isn't the boys. l am assuming they
behaved just about as we'll as the country
boys considering the opportunities they've
had. You know there aren't any backwoods
anymore and darn few yokels, outside the
metropolitan areas. 1t isn't because Min
neapolls chose to stay outside the meet for
years; that wasn't the boys fault. 1t isn't
even the fact that you fellows have notion
that meet wouldn't amount to much without
Mill City participation, although privately,
Charley, | sure enjoy seeing St. Paul set
new attendance records, and what records
No, my sole objection to Marshall High
or any other Minneapolis team that gets in
the tournament, good or bad, is that you
sports writer's build them up until it makes
us all itch to see them do Paychek on YOU.
Wen grant that the home team rates
number one in local interest. And in this
journal, when We Co. Redwood Falls can
have seven-eighths of the tournament pub
llclty without anyone squawking But YOU
fellows presumably cover the northwest.
You do good enough job writing up the
visiting teams, but you overdo the home
stuff. 1t Minneapoltans eat that up in the
home editions, well and good but we'll take
a page less in the fast mail copies and like
And on the subject of publicity. some
FOOTBALL season let's let nature take it's
course. You Twin Cities writer's have con-
slstently picked your "best chance for ALL
american honors in the North Dakota or
Arizona game and given him more build-up
man an oomph girl, come what may, clear
through to the final whistle A couple of
tlmes you've made awful guesses; Won
might even support claims to having lost =
lew games as a result But this is trne
Marshall High is favorite with everv ont
state fan compared with the feeling a great
many OF us have on this other subject.
KICKS ON GOVERNOR STASSEN
seem to come from two sources: l. Farmer
Laborltes, which is natural, proper and ex-
pected. 2. From Republicans who didn't get
jobs either for themselves or friends. Their
complaints serve to impress on the indie
pendent voter that at least some of the cam
palgn promises were kept. Until some other
source OF complaint is noted HarO1d's wor
rles can be confined to state and not person
al affairs.
AN ILLINOIS CANDIDATE FOR
congress stopped talking after So hour spiel
presumably to prove his talents at filibust-
erlng. Men should organize solidly against
the election of fiibusteers. The fair sex
nave capabilities in the field which we can
not afford to encourage. ~
REMEMBER WHEN THE SIGN TAB
les for ladies" on the window meant it was
a place you wouldn't take one