The first two games were split between the two participants, with the home team taking each game. However, the third game was postponed due to various oversights by the organizing committee. The remaining games were eventually canceled by the Colombian team, effectively forfeiting the title to Venezuela.[1]
The third game was scheduled to take place on August 16, also at the Campo Deportivo La Salle. However, when it came time to play, there were neither umpires nor games committee members present at the field. The game was rescheduled for the next day, August 17, but the organizers apparently gave different start times to the two participants; the Venezuelan team was told it would be in the morning, while the Colombians were told it would be in the afternoon.[1]
After the fiasco of August 17th, the organizers changed the format of the series from best-of-five to best-of-three, meaning that the next game would be the tie-breaker and thus decide the tournament. On August 18th, however, only one umpire showed up at the playing field, and no committee members were present. The Colombian team voted to cancel the third game, effectively forfeiting the tournament to Venezuela.[1]
Medalists
Event
Gold
Silver
Men's baseball
Venezuela Domingo Blanco Humberto Viao Andrés Naranjo Manuel Castillo Celestino Figueroa Candelario Burgos Candelario Guevara Lorenzo Méndez Miguel Cruz Hector Figueroa Agripio Mora Pedro Terán Germán Báez Jose E. Vasquez Natividad Sanoja F. Figueredo Felipe Viena Vicente Figueroa
Colombia Samuel Saltarín Eugenio Diaz Manuel Soñé Carlos "Petaca" Rodriguez Pedro Ramos Pedro Meriño Andrés Florez José Ramón Cuadro Victor Pedroza Céstar Diaz Pedro Miranda José Araujo Cosme Pájaro Isaac Villero Luis Lastra Euclides Diaz Isaac Diaz Julián de Avila
^"Cartagena y el béisbol" (in Spanish). El Universal. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2024. La primera participación de Colombia, en 1938, fue en los Juegos Bolivarianos que ese año se organizaron por primera vez con sede en Bogotá.
