The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-27
Sport
Ways
BY Chuck Rattle

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BY Chuck Rattle
Sauk Centre Athletic
Program Broadens To
Become All-School Effort
Melrose Football
Schedule Change Neat
Wurst, Kane Top
Men Bowling For Week
Dorothy Weaver Sets
New Women's Record
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Sauk Centres school isn't forget
ting the usually forgotten boy in
the athletic picture. That fact is
dramatized this week in a some
what subdued sort of way in the
announcement that Garld Smith be-
gan basketball drills, under authen-
tic conditions, for some thirty-five
grade school boys in the public
school ranging from the fifth thru
the eight grades. That group
later will be augmented by groups
from st. Pauls school. i.
.
In times like these when the
nation is asking for men of
physical well-being (and in
other times 1t is still desirable
quality the school here Is talk
ing the national defense bull
by the horns. Fact Is now,
we've found that Sauk Centre
school athletics Is a broader
program than probably at any
time in its history. -.
The things that are being pointed
up in athletic programs are the
obvious things. The boys who play
the regularly scheduled games in
which the public has a deeper,
more intense interest are the sung
heroes. But behind the scenes
a vast group of other boys are
working as hard, less ostentatious-
ly, probably less capably, but none
theless hard. It's about this
group we want to talk. We
want to talk about them because
this group is probably the most
important thing in athletics in a
way and is the real reason for
Incorporating athletics into an
educational program. :.
The thing that has brought
this broader athletic picture to
sharper focus Is the increased
force of manpower for its d.
rection. Years ago one man
was employed for coach, phy-
sical education director and
other odd Jobs about the ath-
letic program. He had one
strenuous job and 1t couldn't
be covered adequately. -. But
sufficient man power today has
moved the physical education
branch into a separate depart
ment In which boys who have
no inclination to make sports
an extra-curricular proeram
can vet cultivate some aptitude
toward recreation and athletics
In general. :.
But aside from the physical edu-
cation administered for both boys
and girls, there are goings on that
are broadening the picture. . .
One of these things popping is the
work of Garld Smith who is hand
ling the grades and Junior high
extra athletic activities. :. There
are certain advantages in athletics
that any boy can do well to have.
It's a neat break in a day in which
he is studying and working. 1t
has in cases strengthened individ-
ual confidence to a point where
q boy has come along in great
shape.
In no case are these younger
players exposed to severe ply
sical or mental strain. They
are expected to work, of course,
for the positions and the top
places on the squads. That's
the spirit of competition. -.
But frequent, lengthy resi- ner-
iods are injected into the prac-
tices and playing periods are
shortened to q degree cOmmen-
surate with the age group.
So it becomes a good practic-
able health measure as well.
But one of the striking things
about these lads is the development
that comes. Every now and again
one of these juniors begins cutting
capers pushing the varsity crew
hard for positions. And this year
a crop of freshmen move in that
have something on the ball. g.
Not only Is this movement Of
correlating physical education
and athletics q good thing from
the standpoint of reaching into
nearly every Granny Of the