The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-10-30


last Saturday. although they were de-
feated. 20 TO Is, by the local high
school coacn Pitts of Central was
umpire of The game. ana although.
II doesn't usually follow, yet in this
case Il proved that Central had a
team OF II men instead OF the custom.
AIRY eleven.
The Pueblo StarSJournal on Friday
quoted Coach pits as saying that h,.
was determined to win the Canon civ
same, or words to that effect He
proved II Saturday. He was not only
determined but persistent. and II his
men couldn't do II, he evidently had
made up his mind to do il himself He
almost succeeded.
Central kicken on 10 Canon City.
Wilson got the bali and behind q wall
OF perfect Interference. ran IS yards
before he WAS downed II was a per
feci piece OF football The inierfer-
ence, the open field running OF Wilson
and the speed with which the men
went down the Eeid. was remarkable.
u WAS a good start. and all seemed
lovely wien Puts, the pitiful. appeared
on the scene He had just awakened
and his bcfuddlcd brain seem to Jun.
press upon him that surely something
wss wrong somewhere. 80 he said that
Poole was ofi-side ON the kickoff He
walled until the play had been fully
completed and the boys all lined up
for the next play TO make the an
nouncement. No one else saw the or
side and competent umpire would
hMka h1Aerst xssf. n
had discovered H. He would have
stopped the play in the forming and
would not have lei IL 20 to completion
But not so with PITTS. He evidently
liked TO see perfect football. So lei
the boys race down the neId. thea
discovered the on-sidc. No one else
saw ., but PITTS. the umpire, and the
Canon City boys are gentlemen. so
they iet him have his way and wsrt
back for another kickoff. They were
80 close to the goal when Wilson was
downed that one little play would
have put them over for a touchdoNn
ON the next kickon Pfgg got the
ball and took Il 10 mid-iield Little
Nose Lewis then got busy aud had
his men carry the ball down few
yards. then himself sprintcd id yards
To touchdown. II WAS pretty play.
well executed. aud Canon CITY was
jubllant untIi Pitts. the pitifui. again
cape out OF a sound sleep and discoy-
cred that somebody had been hoidins
in the line Again he failed to blow
his whistle. letting the play 20 TO com.
piction and then made his decision
The fans by this time had become con
- hst "a.
little bright metal instrument
which he draped below h hirsute
appsndage Ga Ia Charlie Chapiin) was
Tor. Give 1t TO any baby aai they
would blow It, but no so pits
The locans again showed themselves
gentlemen. needed the umpire who
disallowed the score and went back 20
do the. play over again. Aud that is
Just What they did. Little Nose
shove dthat his first play was no auke
and again raced 90 yards 10 touch.
down. Pitts. the plddier seemed be-
Yildercd. lie looked avound to see
whether or not Canonite had his
shingnard upside down or whether.
perhaps. u spectators. In his excite.
ment. had spit on the gridiron. but
finding none of these disaualifyins
things. he WIS forced poor soul. act.
ually forced. to allow the score Foote
Kicked goal and the score stood TO o
After four minutes OF play and with
practically two touchdowns disal-
lowed. Canon city finally got one
across. The boys then settled down
to the business of scoring. and con
tinued to sweep the Blue and White
on their feet. They gained at will
and in short period Mack Wilson was
across with the second touchdown Oh
pass from LeYis. Foote failed goal
Score IL to 0.
Capt. Knobbs OF Pueblo. who was
late In arriving. got Into the game at
this juncture and his presence tended
TO steady his men so that although
CaEpn City continued to carry the bail
up and down the field. they did not
score in the second period.
The Central boys. who proved to be
clean. manly fellows. aud who played
sfair football despite partial Pitts)
came back In the second half and
showed their best brand of the pas
time While they were unable To
make spectacular gains, they were
able to move the ball forward by easy
stages, but In almost every case they
lost the ball after II was In their pos
session a few brief moments. When
ever Canon City got the ball they