Article: Bizarre playing conditions, Gordon Tech another lesson for Elgin.(Sports)

Gordon Tech fielded a top-rate baseball team Saturday afternoon against Elgin on Chicago's northwest side.

The setting fell well short of the Rams' standard, though. Playing their season opener, the Rams thumped the Maroons 14-2 in five innings at a venue that was curious, to say the least. Gordon Tech coach Bill Miller and longtime friend and Elgin coach Dave Cooklin opted to keep the game in Chicago despite less-than-ideal conditions.

"Bill let us know on Friday that there was a good chance their field wouldn't be ready and that we'd be playing out in the grass in the outfield," said Cooklin, whose youthful Maroons slipped to 0-2 after being 1-hit by Rams ...

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