The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-10-30
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BY Chuck Rattle
Team Wore Its
Disguise Well
GIenwood Had Best
Ball Club, But
Grindy Gets Thrill In
End Game, Cousins Battle
Mighty Mites At Center
Can't Be Blown Down
Jewell Top Defense Man
Hansmann Has His
Hard Luck Might
PrOell Looms As
Developing Back
Four Men Are Seniors
If that was the same team
against Glenwood that I saw earl
Ter in the season against Litchfield
and Morris-the disguise was per-
feet. I didn't recognize the
outfit. .. A gamer, more battling,
harder fighting, more spirited
bunch of lads from Sank Centre
I've personally never seen playing
football. Outmanned, out
weighed, out experienced and out
speeded-they were definitely not
outfought. They didn't quit
for one minute. They never acced-
ed defeat. They gave the best
they had. If their best isn't as
good as their opponents best-well,
what of it. I can't ask for more
and neither can any of you.
Let's straighten out one point.
L am not satisfied and neither
should anyone else be with
% to 0 defeat. Sank Centre
merits a better place in the sun
than that. But in this instance
the score is incidental to the
point. Glenwood had the bet
ter team by long shot. more
powerful, more experienced,
and deserved what they got in
the way of a victory. ..
But when a gang like this Sank
Centre crew starts from scratch
then starts over again, and with
the smallest team in years shows
development and poise and trick
cry and attitude and some sheer
CUTS thrown in-it's a bit of all
right. :.
Make no mistake, this game
could not possibly have gone to
Sank Centre. 1t was like q
Minnesota over an Illinois or q
Pittsburgh. ..
We want to talk some of the
boys. Let's take Jack Grindy
He played his second game at end
Second varsity game in his whole
career. He's a sophomore, and the
reason it's only his second game
Is that he suffers from some nasal
trouble that is aggravated until the
first frost. So the practice night
after the first frost, there he was
prancing and raring to go. . .
He got a thrill that comes darned
seldom to boys so new to the game.
He snagged a pass, intercepted
from Glenwood, and streaked so
yards before he was caught.
A more thrilled lad you never saw.
. There's another angle to the
play. Jack was playing end to end
against his cousin. Cliff Grindy, of
Glenwood. In this battle of
cousins. Cliff came out with the
heavy end of the bacon. Two
plays after Jacks interrogation he
duplicated the feat. Later he scor-
ed on a pass completion. 80.
Moving over to the center Of
the line the boys who flank the
center on the guards and The
center himself are three of the
smallest and handiest bOvs I've
seen i'm those vital plugging
spots. At center is Dick
Berggreen, freshman. who for
his size is the best all around
tackler on the SQUAD. Add Cor
DIV Rowland and Gamradt at
the guards and there's a center
spot that won't move.
GlenwoOd with all Its towering
power, couldn't gain through
that center. :.
There was Jean Jewell. Jewell
Friday night established himself as
the top notch tackler of the crew.
He's not too big but he lays them
low. On two occasions he DELAYED
almost certain touchdown marks.
Jewell rose to new heights
on the defensive that night. =.
Mooney is working into his block
ing assignment in good shane and
his choice of plays was good. He
called the pass plays that came so
near scoring it was close enough
to give fans a thrill.
Bob Hansmann, a hard work
player, got his night Of tough
luck all wrapped up in one
game. He fumbled the ball
that set up Glenwood's first