The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-09-19
BY Chuck Rattle

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BY Chuck Rattle
Barometer Game
Benson Rated High
Fans Follow Well
Sank Centre Begins
End Football Decade
The Bee-By Michels--
That barometer game Is over. The
period of watchful waiting, the in
tangible steps of whipping a foot
ball team into shape for the open
ing gun is over. From here
on in the coaches round up the
tangible evidence, check the lack
of sparkling here and there, and
work on the ignition system.
They have something definite to
go on now. It's always the
time when coaches, lining up their
material, have so little to go on
that they scarcely know what the
club will do-until 1t gets under
pressure.
It's a long range shot at the
best to go judging a club by
its opening game performance,
but it's some indication Of their
strength especially when they're
matched against a good club.
And Benson has good
club. For Sank Centre it
would appear that the barOmet-
er is rising, with at least only
partially cloudy weather ahead
for a game. Like the weather,
football fortunes can change
over night. But certain things
were a bit evident Friday. -.
There was the usual amount of
opening game fumbling. Those are
chance happenings, affect in no way
the future Of club, and indicate
only the healthy premise that the
club is eager, bit over-anxious.
Most coaches would rather
have that. Benson got the nod for
the HlOSI DSiAooAA AAe~N't
primarily, more speed, club with
some older heads apparently. They
held the sway in the attack.
.
But Sank Centre showed
some surprising bits of attack,
took over the second half.
They demonstrated most fully
this point. They are versatile
on the defense. The first half
Benson was showing them
around pretty well; they met 1T
gracefully and dug in finally to
exhibit a clean stand on their
own Is yard line. They then
reversed tactics, the line per-
formed with notable improve
ment over the first half exhibit
ton; and the attack moved bet
ter.
Since the preseason dopesters
were rating Benson as a strong
contender for the West Central
Conference this season, it would
point to the fact that Benson does
have returning players. The
indecision of the game Friday
points not negatively to an over
rated Benson club. But it does
mark up the stock of the Sank
Centre club to some extent. F.
The barometer looks fair. +. But
there's so little to go on now.
There is this positive factor.
The boys have high spirit. They
met with a spirited defense the
fast moving Benson attack. -.
At halftime one of the boys on
the line told the coaches that
they could tire BensOn's line.
And IL did seem that they
did. 1t was a fair pat on
the back for the reOrganized
coaching system. For it indi-
Gated clearly that four men
working together can whip the
fundamentals into club more
gracefully than one man--any-
one man.
There's no Slgnlflcance Dut ul-
rectly behind that Benson field was
a cemetery-in which nobody was
planted that night. 1t was eerie
though heightened by the fact that
it was Friday the 18th. I. 1t is a
great stroke for modern education
that enlightenment Is creeping in.
Those lads had no more regard for
Friday the 18th than a mosquito
does for your epidermis.
That taclxling Is great stuff.
A Benson man chased Jim
Cooper clear out beyond the
yard markers and tackled him
at the spectator restraining
cable. The tackle came just
at a girls feet, swept them out
from under her, and with a
firm grip on the cable she
swung like the daring young
man on the flying trapeze. :.
And over there was a fair dele
cation Of local fans. There was
Freda O'Gara and daughter, Bev-
erly, in a red skirt, mean Bev-
erly. ). And Ruth Ceynar and
Marion Arneson. Mrs. Berg
green, a constant fan, and last