First Protest of TADW Season 1!!!

In Friday's kickball battles, a disagreement arose between Army 5 and Army 2. After Army 2 failed to produce more than 1 player, Ms. Bowdoin called a forfeit. A few minutes later, a couple of soldiers from Army 2 arrived and played in a "just for fun" game with the many soldiers from Army 5. The soldiers were all mixed up.
Then, a couple more Army 2 soldiers arrived. They now had a total of 5 players. At this point they said, "Come on, this is BS! We're here. Let's play! We'll take you on, just us five against your full team."

The time was between 6:45 and 6:50. It was nearly dark. Still, the armies battled for two and a half innings and then stopped with the score 8-4 in favor of Army 2.

Here's the question to the Council of Wars: How should this situation be resolved?
Before you jump to judgment, consider the following:

The Rules, as outlined on Blackboard:
Kickball Friday Eve: 6:30-7:15.
ALL GAMES MUST STOP AT 7:15. The score at that time is the FINAL SCORE.
If we all start at 6:30, we might be able to get in five innings. If your game reaches 5 innings before 7:10, the game is over at that time.
Army 2 v Army 5 Softball Field
Send teams of 15. 9 players on field at once. Mix them up.
Sign up here on Blackboard on the TAB that says TEAM SIGN UP.

Army #2 clearly did not arrive at kick-off time, which was 6:30. In fact, our game (Army 4 vs Army 6) was already well underway, in its second inning, when Mrs. Salit rode up on her bike to question if we had seen any sign of Army #2. That Army #2 was late is not a matter of dispute. It is a fact.

Also a matter of fact: nowhere in the rules is a specific time given before a team forfeits for not showing up to battle.

Ms. Bowdoin's decision to call a forfeit for the absent team was a matter of judgment based on the conditions on the field (i.e. falling darkness and Army #5's desire to at least play SOME game).

That Army #2 did not arrive with the stated number of players (the rules said: "Send teams of 15. 9 players on field at once. Mix them up.") is also not a matter for debate. Army #2 states that by the END of the game, they did have about 10 players. Army #5 didn't think they ever had that many. It was dark.

However, many Armies failed to send 15 soldiers. All other armies, at least to my knowledge, had at least 9, however--in other words all armies but #2 managed to produce enough soldiers to cover the positions in the game.

In Army #2's defense, Ms. Bowdoin did eventually accept their challenge of "us 5 take on." (Though there's debate as to whether or not the forfeit was ever officially called back). Then more soldiers from Army #2 arrived. And when both teams decided to call the game, Army #2 was winning 8-4.

According to Army #2, the game was abandoned after 2.5 innings because Army #5 started walking of the field. It was too dark to see anything, really, but Army #2 wanted to "finish it."

Incidentally, the game ended before 7:10 (the finish time given in All School) or 7:15 (the finish time given on Blkbd).

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