The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-11-23
Players on County Seat
Football Team Ask
About Contest.
NEUTRAL MAY DECIDE
No Athletic Board With Which To
File Protests, So Tribunal
Must Be Organized.

There seems to be some difficulty IN
determining the winners OF the football
championship of Lake county and as a
result THE LAKE COUNTY TINES foot
ball championship trophy has not yet
been awarded
According to the decision OF the ref
cree Crown Point is the winner OF the
trophy but Hammond has announced
its intention of contesting the game
on the grounds that there were certain
alleged violations of the rules.
Ordinarily there is a time limit in
which games may be contested and
this is usually five days. day or two
ago. Professor Hill or the Hammond
school wrote TO Professor Highway OF
the Crown Point school. stating that
Hammond would contest the game
1t seems that there is no athletic
board connected with the Lake County
High School Athletic association with
which protest could be filed and SO
the Hammond boys are at a loss TO
know just how to proceed to determine
whether they are right or wrong in
the claims they are making.
In the meanwhile Crown Point is
saying, and rightfully too. IF HAM
I
they protest, and If they are not, why
don't they say So"
1t has been suggested that represen-
tatives from each school get together
and decide upon some neutral football
authority to whom they could each
state their case ana abide by his de-
cision in the matter. 1t Will be neces-
sary for the authorities TO get to-
gether at once, however, and take
some action in the matter as the cup
rightfully belongs to Crown Point un-
til Hammond is sustained in it's con-
test and another game is played to de-
eide the winner.
The Other Side.
The Crown Point Register has the
following in the last issue in defense
of the points at issue:
"At no time in the game was there
any chance of Hammond scoring, as
c. p. almost always held them down
and repeatedly gained possession of the
ball, on their third down, only to lose
/, again and again by fumbling. Ham
mand made many futile attempts to
kick the ball, but were blocked on
every attempt.
I'm the second half. G. p. used new
tactics, and Young started out by car
| ryinS the pail forty yards in three
downs. Both sides made many and
mostly unavoidable fumbles, but finally
I. p. carried the ball to Hammond's
one yard line, when Hammond claimed
that Fox gained possession OF the ball,
and that a G. p. man relieved him of it.
which is utterly false and Hammond Is
well aware of the fact, Young having
the ball, which he carried, and was
| laying on it, while Fox through a bump
on the head or some hallucination i'm
| agined that the tips of his fingers
came in contact with the pig skin. A
long argument ensued, in which it was
Iafinally decided that the touch-dow
should count for c. p, as it most cer-
tainly should, although it is well
| known that Hammond will probably
attempt to contest the touch down.
Much surprised was expressed by the
Crown Point boys, at the attitude Ham
mond took over the game. It was evil
dent to all who saw the game that the
touch down was fair. The ball was
dead according to rule 6. paragraph
g before it was fumbled. After the
referees decision giving the ball to
Crown Point. on the spot where 1t was
dead before is was fumbled, Hammond
said nothing more about it and the
local boys took 1t for granted that
they were satisfied. Our boys express
much regret that the incident happened
but they feel that all of Referee Heis-
ers decisions were just and unbiased"