The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-25

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By Chuck Rattle
Rasmussen Says Speed
Attack Is Best
When the Boys Hit
They'll Be In
Total 1914 Points In
Six Game String
Team Average Is 50
Points for the Games
Cotton Moves In As
Number Scorer
Kitzberger Gets Scent
Home From Trapping
Larson's Decoy
Didn't Last Long
We were talking with Harold
Rasmussen the other day before
the Glenwood game and the windup
of the pre-holiday season. Out
Of the talk we gathered that Rass
has bit Of moral courage in that
he is sold on the type of game he's
trying to teach and sold too on
the boys ability he's working with.
They're coordinated unit
coach and team and that's a ter
rifically healthy sign. >.
Rasmussen made this state
ment In effect: We could prob
ably score q little more and
look q little smoother and q
little less razzle If we'd slow up
our game. That's what he
said to begin with. Then
he continued In this vein. >.
That he doesn't believe the
game today can be played with
slow team unless the boys
themselves are by nature slow
which puts you out of the pic
ture anyway. ..
Then he said, But when these
boys begin catching up to their
game, and in my own mind I be-
lieve they have the ability to play
hard, driving ball, then they're in"
J.. It's true he's driven his team
hard. He's made them play fast
ball and the result of it has been
as you've seen sometimes, heavy
fouling and the ball up in the laps
Of the bleacher kibitzers. -.
But you've also seen them
win four out of six starts.
And I think at no time has
Rasmussen's belief turned up to
better advantage than In the
GlenwOOd tussle when the team
at one time Is points down
made an amazing comeback
stroke that all but launched
them into the victory seat. -.
They were simply unstoppable
by even the seasoned GlenwOOd
crew when once that fast paced
break got under way. -.
In short Rass feels that he has
a gang Of fellows who can have
speed and poise too and believe me
If it happens they'll be on the way.
With a two weeks layoff until
January 5th here's a brief recapit
ulation for the season thus far
In six games the gang have
won four; lost to Appleton by z
points and to Glenwood by 4. L.
Both losses came from teams who
early took the lead and then fought
their heads off to keep a driving
new offensive from smashing It..
In all their victories Sank
Centre itself took the lead in scor-
ing. In the six they scored q
total of 1874 points against an all
opponent total Of 1876. It gives
the Main Streeters in the six games
an average Of 80 plus points per
game, as against the opponents
average Of % plus. -.
Figures like this are self-evi-
dent on the face of things. -.
They've long way to 60 yet
when they hit the last long
half Of the season. But 10
point average margin per game
In the first six of the season
isn't bad. And to average
80 points game Is darned near
as good as one can expect from
q team first much more sea-
sOned and secondly 1t reads like
mid-season stuff. -.
To get into individual scoring,
John Cotton is Of course leading
the pack. John Is one of those
naturals in the scoring frame. =.
A review of his progress Is inter-
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