The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-13
c. c. HIGH SCHOOL
OFFICIALS REPLY
TO UNJUST CHARGE
FROM THE DISTRICT
Cripple Creek High School
Principal. Makes. Asser-
tions Declared to be I'm
true.

A letter of explanation as to why
the following letter is published in
the Canon City Daily Record:
On Friday evening, Oct. II, 1919, the
Crippel Creek Times-Record published
letter signed nv the coacn and bus
mess manager of the Cripple Creek
football team concerning football
games that were supposed to have
been scheduled between Cripple Creek
high school and the Canon City high
school.
This article was very flimsy ex-
cuse of sportsmanship and was so one
sided in its nature and so misleading
in its statements and so personal i'll
its references that We thot it bst 10
make an answer to the article.
Two weeks ago we sent our an
swer to the Cripple Creek Times-Rec-
ord for publication, since the other
article by the coach of the Cripple
Creek team had appeared in that pa
per. That paper refused to publish
the article, so we had no chance to
get our article in the press except to
have the home paper publish the ar
tcle. Thru the fairness of The Daily
Record we are permitted to get this
article before the people here and
the people of Cripple Creek. We are
doing this simply to make the facts
straight in .his case. and do not wish
TO. enter INTO any controversy win
any one, for it is poor sportsmanship
for a team TO crab after it las be an
beaten so badly as Cripple Creek was
by the Canon City team.
AS to the statement of the Cripple
Greek coach about their schedule be-
ing full and could not play us at any
other date, we have Investigated that
statement and have found that they
have had at least two open dates since
that
The answer to the Cripple Creek let
ter:
Canon City. Colo, Oct "a, 1919.
The Times-Record. Cripple Creoi'.
Colo.
A statement of facts concerning the
Cripple Creek-Canon City foot
ball games.
This letter will answer the state
ments made over the signatures of A.
F. Winston. principal OF Cripple Creek
high school. and Griff Lewis, mcnaeer
football team, in the Cripple Creek
Times-Record of Oct. II, 1919
No. /. Canon City high school did
not cancel any date with the Cripple
Creek high school on Oct. 18th
No. 2. The letter as published in
the Times-Record on the above date.
written by Mr.. Hickey, was correct
No. 3. No answer was given this
lcffar hxy ~ als,
in the article
AS to the telephone conversation on
Oct. 1st: Mr.. Hickey called Cripple
Creek and asked if Cripple Creek
would come down to Canon on Oct.
9Th. Mr.. Lewis said that he could
not tell just then, but Would call next
morning. He called the Canon City
high school next morning and MIR.
Hickey was not in at that time and
Mr.. Lewis talked with Mr. Thomassop,
teacher in our high school, and told
him to tell Mr.. Hickey that they,
Cripple Creek. would be down on Sat
urday, Oct. 4th. No mention was made
of the date for the return game Mr..
Hickey did not even talk with Mr..
Lewis on that morning, but Mr Win
ston says Mr.. Hickey assured them Of
a game on the 18th The 18th was
not even mentioned in that conyersa-
ton, nor in the one on the previous
evening
Cripple Creek came to Canon City
on Oct. 4th. The coach, Mr.. Winston,
made several remarks before and af-
ter and during the game that were
anything but sportsmanlike remarks
Eircf ha ha ho- ..f
the Canon City team as to their being
high school boys or not. For quite Il
long time he kept his team in the
gym after they were dressed for play,
hesitating whether to play or not. Dur
ing the game Mr.. Winston made this
remark to one of his men when the
boy had gotten a pretty hard bump,
Wait till we get this bunch up to
Cripple Creek and we will get even.
This was said in the hearing of one
of our teachers.
During the game Mr.. Winston was
on the field many times. which is not
according to the rules of the game
He made the statement that tho Of
ficials did not know anything about the
game and that their boys were not
getting a square deal etc We usksd
Cripple Creek to furnish an official
and we would furnish one. Mr.. Win
ston did not secure any one, so we
were forced to get two. One was the
physical director of the local Y. NJ. C.
A. and the other was one Of our high
school men.
Af:e.. the game Mr.. Wins on never
as much as congratulated us on win
ming tne game nor did he saw ono