The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1913-09-04
WIN
GAME WITH
ROCKvALE
BY PETER STERLING.

Turner's colts technically won last
nights game to 3, but some Rock
vale fans claim that they practically
lost It s to Z. There has been some
little discussion as to which is which
and who is who so after a thorough
investigation We think the following
version is as nearly correct as is pos
sible.
When the game was arranged for.
it was definitely decided. according %
Mr.. Collins of the Y. NJ. c. A, that the
game should start at o'clock and
should last but seven innings. This
particular item was arranged over the
phone and seemed to be satisfactory
for nothing was said about it when
Rockvale arrived and when the game
started.
But at the end OF the seventh inning
Canon City had seven scores and
Rockvale three. The canonites were
exultant. OF course, and thought they
had won the game but Mr.. Easton,
manager for Rockvale, put damper
on their ardor by declaring that the
game must go nine innings, because
he had no understanding otherwise
The question was argued both pro and
con by Mr.. Easton and Mr.. Collins. IN
a sensible and good natured manner.
After a few moments discussion Mr.
Collins. out OF courtesy to Mr.. Easton
and the Rockvale players, acceded to
their wishes and the game proceeded.
In the first OF the eighth inning
Rockville hit Clarke. pitching for Cam
on, quite hard and got FIVE runs. This
made them one run to the good. But
the game had to be called OF at this
point because of the darkness. which
In a large part had something to be
with the runs Rockvale made. Most
every ball that was batted vas a hit
from the fact that the felders could
not see the ball to field 1t.
To show how the darkness caused
so much uncertainty we will cite this
incident: Kimick and Zontine were
easy outs in the eighth inning. Then
came Price who got a single into
center field. Watkins batted a ground
er through short stop and Jones
knocked q single into left. On this
hit Price started from second to home
Gene Hawkey, for Canon. waited near
home plate for the return throw from
left field. He was standing about tea
feet from the plate toward first base.
Price thought Gene was on the plate
and ran straight toward him from
third. Supposing that be had touched
the home plate. he went on to the
bench. But the fact Is that he did not
touch the plate. Gene did not notice
it because he was intent on getting the
ball. Umpire Johnson noticed 1t but
could take no action for neither the
plate nor the player were touched
with the ball after Its return.
After this incident four more runs
were made in that inning. giving
Rockvale one to the good II the inning
had been completed and II Canon had
not scored.
The above explanation is a bit
lengthy and not absolutely necessary
because whether the game was to have
gone seven innings or nine innings
the game would have been Canon's
anyway because under the rules Of the
game the score would naturally revert
to the seventh inning because ths
game was called on account Of dark
ness in the first half OF the eighth
But we give It for the Information Of
those who are not perfectly clear
about It.
Mr.. Collins contention was vindi
Gated when Mr. Easton came to hin
before the Rockvale team left fol
home and stated that the thought hat
occurred to him that he had agreed