The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-10-30
CANON CITY WINS b.. 'Y2OTO IS
FROM! Central DESPITE HANDICAP
INFLICTED BY THE TWO OFFICIALS
Locals Sweep Steel City Team Off Their
Feet in the First Half; Central Comes
Back Strong in Last Quarter.

inc ei'ss-efosh, anu resorting ouf little
to straight football. although Piss
made consistent gains through the
line whenever given the ball.
The third quarter opened with Cen
tral receiving the bail and she
whipped down the field for yard after
yard tin she was on Caon City's TO-
yard line, with the fourth down. and
one yard to go TO make the distance
Canon City showed here bulldogged-
ness. and when Central started an end
run the locals poured all over tho
Central attack and threw the runner
back for big loss.
In the fourth quarter Canon CITY
got the ball ON Central's l0-yard line
and Little Nose eeneraIized his team
and the BAH through the use of Lar
ierty and Pieg to the two-yard line
directly between the posts Then he
pulled his own special stunt. got up
close TO the giant Foote. whose
spread-out legs formed perfect arch,
called for the hall and plunged
through Foote'S legs and planted the
ball behind the goal. Foote kicked a
pretty goal. Score. - To o.
Central got the ball on the next
KICKOFF and started up the Geld. On
The 25-yard line their only successful
forward pass was pulled of, Walters
to Hughes, and the latter made
pretty run for the first Central touch.
down. and the first score against
Canon City this seasan. Walters failed
10 kick goal Score. 90 to 6
Within three minutes after this Max
, well. referee. donated to Pueblo an
additional seven points by an error in
decision. This touchdown was iiuke
pure and simple.
Canon City go, the ball on Centrsi'a
2o-yard line. Nose called for a for
ward pass. and as the play started
and Nose brcezed the ball into the
air. Maxwell blew his whistle The
Canon boys, true TO football rules,
stopped playing Immediately. The
bali. however. was in the air. and
knobbs grabbed il and sprinfed for
the Canon goal passing four Canon
men who did not attempt to stop him
because Maxwell had signaled cessa
alton OF play The locals expected
the bail TO be called back. so imagine
their surprise when Maxwell permit
ted Pueblo to go on with the kicking
OF the goal. Protest was made Inn
medisicly. and although the rule book
showed conclusiveiy that Maxwell was
in error. he allowed the play just the
same. so Central had the touchdown
and scat donated TO them
Purely through the officials alone
Canon City lost two touchdowns. and
were forced TO donate another to Cen
trail Yet tney won despite all these
handicaps
When Maxwell blew his whistle.
Pitts. who since early in the game.
somehow or other had fouua how to
use his. also blew the one he had. and
Maxwell blew his again. yet the play
continued on the part of Pueblo just
the same II was up TO Maxwell to
have called the bali back. but he did
not dc SO. The rule which governs
this situation Is as follows.
The bail Is dead when referee
blows his whistle or declares that y
down. fair catch. touchdown. touch
back safety or goal has been made
The referee should never blow his
whistle TO indicate foul while ball
Is in play. but II he inadvertently does
so the bali is dead and the play shall
stop
Maxwell admitted after tho game
that he had made n mistake. He did
not do II out of spirit OF unfairness
because he is as square as die and
an honorable gentleman, always will.
ing TO give everyone their just due
His work throughout the game was
good with the exception of this one in
cldent The funny thing about the
whole thing was that p. Pitts. for
once. blew his whistle-but at the
wrong time.
The Central team displayed excel
lent gamencss. After being over
whelminely drubbed In the first half
they put up a most commendable bat
tie in the second. For time they
PLAYED Canon to standstili. Canon
did not play up to standard in the
second half. The line was woefuliy
slow and seemingly weak. The back
field did not put any pep into their
plays. 1t was case OF too much
Pitts or something. However. In the
FIRST half Canon showed that they far
ioutciassed Central in every phase of
the game. both defensive and offcn.
sive. Their Interference was gen
uine and accurate. their passes were
invariably successful. their line hold
like a stone wall.
Canon was budly crippled. too.