Dr. Forest C. Allen < ane £0
Lawrence, Kansas oe page #

After the game the two score books were not checked while the
two scorers were st4ll at the Y.M.C.A. After the crowdf}the teams, |
had Left the building, I took the official score-book and began preparing
the summary(as was my custom) preparitory to phoning in the results of
the game to the Springfield Daily News. To my astonishment I discovered
that the box score showed that the game was a tie with Central Labor
Union making 32 points as did Dr. Pepper. I rechecked and"readded®™ until
I had repeated the process five times. In order to check with the
other scorer, I phoned him and had him read his box-score to me. To his
amazement he found that his box-score was identical with mine and that
his book showed 32-352 in the box-score, while his running-score showed
2-31. This could mean nothing except that identical errors had been
made by the scorers.

Now the questions:
What should be done in a case like this?

(lL). Should the game have been given to Dr. Pepper since the error
was not discovered until after the game was over and the
teams and spectators had left the "Y" building? ( The officials
did not sign the score-book),.

(2). Should the game have been declared a “eo

(3). If it were declared a tie game, should an overtime period have
been played at a later date, or should the game have been
thrown out as™no-game", ana another one played in its stead?

The rules committe of the League met and reached a decision, -
together with the help of the two officials who refereed the game. It
will be a great favor to us if you will tell us what, - according to
rules - we should have done in this instance. If there is nothing in the
rule book to cover such a situation, ean you, and will you tell us
something out of your rich experience that will help guide us in the
future if some similar tense situation arises?

I found nothing in the Official Rules to help me in this case.
The Committee ruled that the game should not be counted, and declared that
it must be played over. Did we do right?

Thank you very much for your attention to this.

   

ardner

P.S. I learned of your recent game with Camp Crowder. You™played them
for your amusement, and they beat you to your a zement™ i!