Friday, May 5, 1961
Caverna at Taylor County, Cancelled
A rainy spring continued to play havoc with the high school baseball schedule. For the second time this season, a game would be cancelled and not be re-scheduled. One postponement against this same Taylor County team had already been re-scheduled and played at Caverna. Two other postponements are yet to be played. With the district tournament scheduled for next week, the return game at Taylor County would not be re-scheduled.
Saturday, May 6, 1961
Caverna 8 Glasgow 4
Three years ago Caverna met Glasgow in a first round game of the regional tournament and the Scotties had things well in control leading 13-5 in the seventh inning with Caverna a strike away from elimination with the bases empty. Somehow Caverna came back to tie the game and win 14-13 in extra innings. You can hardly fault Glasgow for not having scheduled the Colonels the past two seasons with the sting of that defeat still on their minds. This Scottie team was hopeful, though, having already handed regional powerhouse Warren County their only loss of the season. Young Glasgow left-hander hurler, Murray’s slow junk baffled Caverna in the early going, but Joe Campbell, 5-0, had his best start of the season retiring the first thirteen batters that he faced. Caverna broke open the game in the top of the third by scoring 5 runs to take a 5-0 and by the top of the sixth had increased the lead to 8-0. At about this time Glasgow must have remembered the eight run lead they had against Caverna a couple of years before and decided it was time for a little reverse déjà vu. An error, a couple of hit batters, three walks, a bloop single, and possibly a couple of passed balls later, Glasgow, who was only able to put six men on base, had responded with four runs of its on and narrowed the lead to 8-4. Maybe it was because of the game being played in the early morning; maybe it was the still wet conditions, but Caverna looked nothing like the team that had played its best game of the year two days before. Still, an eleven hit attack was enough to prevent Glasgow from gaining revenge for possibly the most embarrassing defeat a high school baseball team has ever experienced in the history of the game.
May 7, 1961, The Park City Daily News
Caverna ~ The Early Years 1950-1962 