| A History of STRUM and the TOWN OF UNITY by Roy Matson |
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| the least talented athletes. But, as a coach would often learn, these same boys could make a business move successfully in later years. The first team of any note was playing in 1911. Members were young farm boys who had practiced and played together for a couple of years. Finding competition was not difficult but those were horse and buggy days and travel to neighboring towns for games required time. The roads had a one-word description - horrible. An old member of that team related that a game had been scheduled with Osseo, at that city. Two team members had bicycles and it was agreed that eight players would begin walking while two would ride the bicycles a half mile, leave them and begin walking. The eight would reach the bikes, two would ride the next half mile, leave them and thus proceed, each in his turn. At that time what is now Highway 10 followed forty acre fence lines up through the sandy prairie, requiring both leg strength and time to reach the up river town. The team arrived in time for the game, a little leg weary but full of enthusiasm and ready to do their best. The 1911 Nine, a winning team, played on the present Strum Millwork grounds. A picture of their rustic bleachers, band members, team and a Fourth of July crowd appears elsewhere in this book. The battery was Ed Rognlien and Marshal Moltzau. |
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