The daily sentinel., 1909-10-25
BOYS AND GIRLS BACK
FROM TRIP TO
DELTA

r The special train to Delta re- +
r turned Sunday morning at 1880 +
+ O'Clock. +
+ AS stated Saturday, the girls +
+ were defeated by the score of 10 +
+ to 8. 1t was close and inter 4
+ esting game. and was lost only +
+ by the narrowest margin. Not +
+ until the Thanksgiving day I.
+ game, when an opportunity will +
i. again be afforded to try conclu- +
1. sions, will the local supporters +
1. accept the result as final. -
+ + + +t+ 81 + + + =
The writer was not present to see
the game, and consequently cannot
comment upon the management or
the comparative strength of the two
teams but those who did witness the
| contest state that Grand junction
was at all times the equal of their
victorious opponents Be that as it
may, the decision has been against
Grand Junction. and. though the col
lar rubs, it must be worn until an
other opportunity is presented to
place the harness of defeat upon the
team ii fits.
\ hornets nest is stirred up in
The Sentinel representative who
accompanied the team phoned the re-
suit in as a victory for the Tigers:
but investigation proves that the ref
eree's decision was against us in this
respect also.
Regardless of whether this decis-
ion was fair or right, it must be re-
garded as final. and 1t should have
been accepted and the game complet-
ed, unless, as some state, the rulings
We're so rank as to make it dishon
orable to accept them, in which case
the Locals did right in walking of
the field In so doing however, they
forfeited the game; and the only
thing to do is to resolve to thump
them on their return by hard and
fair playing. and prove the conten-
tions that Grand Junction has the
superior team.
Any bad blood between the two
schools should be put aside and the
game played on its merits, for there
is no pleasure in defeating team
which is unwilling to play fair and
to take their defeat If it is admins
tered
II is to be deplored that the game
ended in dispute, as this is the first
that such n thing has happened, and
no one will believe that the Delta
people as a body would for a moment
countenanee anything but square
dealing and fair play, or that the
Grand Junction boys did not believe
that they We're justified in walking off
the field because they were not re-
eeiving a square deal. Then, it is
obvious that he whole trouble arose
from misunderstanding or differ
ence in opinion in the Interpretation
of the rules governing the case at is
sue, and, regardless as to what the
referee decided at the time, if 1t can
be proven that he was in error the
official result of the game should be
conceded pro or con by the school
which is found to be clearly in err
ror.
As suggestion, why should not
the whole thing be submitted to n
committee to impartially decide
which side is entitled to the decision
which was in doubt and the game
then be awarded to the school which
the committee determines is entitled
to it? If necessary, the entire game
could be called off and another at a
different date be arranged. This
would be better than to have it re-
corded in school history that cham
pionship game ended up in a quarrel.
and thus the principle of The Hague
tribunal could be employed to the ad-
vancement of the best interests of
both schools. on a small scale
Captain Caldwell stated that, had
Grand Junction known that they
We're FORGETTING the game. they would
! not have left the field.
Principal Cole stated that they
were certainly entitled to the game
from the viewpoint of merit. but
would have to concede the game to
Delta on the referees decision unless
1t could be proven that the rules sus-
| talned Grand Junction