The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-13
Sport
Wags'
BY Chuck Rattle

BY Chuck Rattle
Ducks Desert In
Droves, Leave Dilemma
Game s. G. Team
Finished Its Season
Team of Veterans
Looked For Next Year
Melrose Game May Get
Earlier Spot Next Year
Ladies Bowling Moves
Into Big Time Class
Duck hunting, the boys aver, is
about all wound up. Sure, 1
know, the season lasts until Nov
ember 90 giving a go day season.
But that assumes the fact there
will be ducks and assumes that
weather won't go freezing very Of
ten until that date. They say
that local ducks have deserted in
great numbers, the northern flight
has been on in intermittent little
groups for some time. While
the prediction of the conservation
department that the northern
flight would be spread might be
true, it still holds that you have
to be Johnny on the spot when
the flight comes or you have miss
ed it as neatly as Bob Vandesteeg
aiming at a pheasant.
They wrapped up the football
season In the coolest moth balls
it has ever been my displeasure
to be a part of. It was
really cold out on that old park
that night. Even the heat
of a Homecoming and a tradi-
tional clash with Melrose did
not seem to have much in keep
ing the temperature from wrap
ping a few icy knuclxles acoss
your face. Result was there
might have been a crowd there,
but all you could see was the
expressionless front ends of au-
tOmobiles. -.
That Sauk Centre team lost
everything during the season but
Appleton and its shirt, but a gam
er bunch of kids you never saw
:. They battled their hearts out
for four full games in the last half
of the season particularly. :. They
wound up with a 6-6 tie with Will
mar, to victory over Apple
ton, a score against Osakis and a
safety against Melrose. That's all
that shows on the tally sheet on
paper.
But back next year Is a game
little line with the experience
of some bruising ball games be-
hind it, and the fleetest back
field in a long time. There
are freshmen moving uD and
the older heads virtually fill
the spots for next season. :.
We're not going into the outlook
any more at the moment, for teams
of veterans have cracked up be-
fore. How many will move from
town or fail to show for football
next year is guesswork. As
suming they'll all be back, it's a
swell start on something new. :.
The team was harrassed with nee
essary arrangements this year.
First off some of the boys didn't
want to play ball, so they didn't.
Then injuries that knocked
Elmer Proell out of the game re-
arranged the team still further.
Head Coach Ray Schwartz
was giving this gang of his all
the credit he could find.
For these lads that wound up
the season had the attitude and
the heart to stick something
out that certainly couldn't have
been too high adventure for
them. They're a swell bunch,
was his comment.
The school announces now that
1t will attempt to arrange the Mel
rose-Sauk Centre clash earlier in
the season and further attempt
will be made to wind up the sea-
son in the last week of October.
:. I've revised my own thought
a little on this last game Of the
season. I've thought that the last
game was a good psychological spot
for the Melrose-Sauk Centre meet |
ing. Traditional rivalry and all
that, you know. A chance for the
seniors of both teams to wind up
their careers with a jostling good
game. >. -