The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-13

the statements and the attitude of
Mr.. Winston about the game here the
Saturday before. We wanted to know
that when we came to Cripple Creek
that we would get square deal and
that all wrangling be stopped, and
that unless we were assured of such
by the management of the Cripple
Creek team we would have to cancel
any return game. We waited for an
answer and none came. Cripple Creeh
say they never received this letter.
We do not know about that, but we do
know that the letter never returned
here. 1t had return mark on it.
We waited four or five days before
we even tried to make any dates With
other teams. Not hearing. we went
ahead and made dates for the rest of
the season. eve still have one or two
dates open).
All these things show that no def
mite date was ever made. Cripple
Creek management says that they
went ahead and made arrangements
for game on the 18th. Why go ahead
and make arrangements for game
when no one nor the management of
the opposing team knew anything
about a game on that date? We stood
ready to go TO Cripple Creek, but
when we did not know. We were to
pay our own expenses. as Cripple
Creek was to do down here.
When Mr.. Winston called and said
that they had cancelled all games
with us in the future and then asked
m he raf, b,,r.
here. We took it up with the Athletic
association and it was thot that to be
fair We would pay them just half of
the proceeds of the game in Canon
City, which would amount to about
S21.50.
We had not been in any way re-
sponsible for the mistake, and thot
this was a fair offer for settlement
Mr.. Winston said it was ungentIe-
manly and called everybody here de-
ceptive and that they had been de-
frauded and under false pretenses had
gotten them down here and lot more
of that kind of talk. He went off SO
severely that he did not stop for fur.
ther iscussion of the matter; said
goodbye" and hung up the telephone.
Now he puts all this in the paper as
if there was nothing to it but as he
has given it, Mr.. Winston tried to get
us in bad with another team by saying
that we had cancelled a game with
that team. We Immediately got into
communication with the management
of that team and found out that moth
ing of the kind had been said by the
team he spoke OF. At any rate, we
have two games with the team he said
we cancelled date with.
I We do not wish to become personal
in this letter, as Mr. Winston did. That
alone shows poor judgment and lack
OF any tendency to be fair and to try
even to see anything as other people
see IT. or to allow for any mistake that
he or any one else might make We
said we wuld allow him $21.50 for his
mistake and would play them at some
future date
We are sure that had Mr. Winston
been willing to talk the matter over
friendly with our athletic association
! a friendly settlement could have been
made. Instead of that Mr. Winston
took the attitude of trying to sling
mud and call the school here names
| that sound rather bad.
He makes threats about what I'VE"
will do to Canon City high school.
Anyone with much experience will
know that such expressions as that
usually react. We consider such state
ments as unwarranted and childish.
He wants also to bring something
against some one here personally, it
seems. Then he tries to get on good
terms with the Canon City high school
by saying that I'VE do not feel that
the people of Canon City nor the high
school students would sanction such
conduct had the facts not been mis-
represented to them What facts
does he mean? No one here knows.
The students and the Athletic associ-
alton here know all about everything
that anyone else knows concerning the
Cripple Creek game. All the facts
were given to our association before
Mr.. Winston put his piece" in the pa
per. The association and officers are
dealing with outside teams and not any
/ one individual, as he seems to think.
The object of Mr.. Winston in trying
to make out that we had broken date
with the school he mentioned is to
help bolster up his fiimsy attempt in
trying to make it appear that we had
broken an engagement with him.
OF course he wants to lay the blame
somewhere other than on his own neg
ligence, for his people might think
that he ha poor business ability. "A
drowning man will grasp at straw"
tSigned).
FRANK NJ. HICKEY,
| Coach Canon City High School Foot