St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-06

| twenty biggest and strongest men
| In both of the classes We're chosen, the
] sophpm0res under tile leadership of, G.
E. Adams, while Howard Woo IMAM
captained the freshmen, each sworn to
fight for the honor OF his class. and all
trained down to the pink OF condition
Over six hundred spectators gathered
| on the campus to witness the rush, and
for an hour previous to the appointed
time pandemonium reigued throughout
the entire place as each class strove to
Ouryell the other i'll its zeal TO encourage
its champions. After the usual pre-
llmlnary scrapDing and rushing, prompt
iy at $3.50 the forty brawny athletes en-
tered the ring formed by the excited
spectators and lined up on their re.
spectiye sides; in the middle was the
| cane, with the biggest men of each
party getting secure grip on the
stick and bracing themselves for the
first rush. j. 5. Dalrymple, C,ndit and
Meyers, Hines and Foss looked after
the interests OF '97. The signal was
given, and Immediately with great
surge the two lines became one con-
fused mass of writing arms and legs,
as the waiting men Sprang upon the
cane, wrenching and pushing in their
attempts to get hold On the stick or
pull off their opponents. After the
sound OF the whistle the cane was en-
tire!y lost sight of by the spectators.
and nothing indicated which side was
ahead. Now and then couple of the
contestants would roll out of the wrig-
Cling mass and engage in little wrest-
ling match on their own account on the
side until one would get the upper
hand, and then they would inmedi-
ateiy plunge back upon the pile,
| or, grabbing stray aim or leg, try to
drag the owner from the mass. The
fight continued four minutes, and then
the referees whistle sounded, and the
limbs aud bodies were carefully untan-
gled until glimpse could be had of the
cane. when it was discovered that the
Freshmen had seven hands on the oakeu
club and the Sophs fourteen. A rest of
six minutes was then taken. after which
the second inning began, with Dalrym-
pie, Finlaysou and Adams for the Sophs
and Winkjer. Hill and Lee for the
Freshles, on the cane. This inning was
but a repetition Of the first, only that
the contestants were little less active
on account OF their exhausted condi.
ton. After four more minutes or
pushing and straining, time was
called, and it was found that
twelve Freshmen and fifteen Sophie
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total OF nineteen hands for '97 and TWEEN.
ty-nine for '96. The crowd Immediately
acted as students generally act on such
occasions, the Freshmen quietly retir-
ing to the dressing rooms and the victo.
rious Sophs. with their Senior sympa-
thizers, proceeded to execute wild
war dance and make the place hideous
with their yells. The rush was charac-
terized by ali entire lack of all brutality
aud smuggling. and no accidents more
serious than bloody noses and bruised
shins resulted.
The twenty rushers on the Sophomore
side were. Dalrymple, f. J. Savage,
Hugo, Zinther, Sassp. Dustin. Hill, Adj
ans, Anderson, Condit. Kinney. Evans,
Slusser, Hampstead, Heene, Bergner,
Walker, Mcdonald, Finlayson, Jones.
Adam Boyer and Galloway. The
Freshmen rushers were, Howard Wood
man, Dick O'Brien, Maughn, Meyers.
Perry, banner, Winkjer, Hines. Foss,
Hill, Bessess0n, Armstrong, Simpson,
Baker, Murphy, Macintosh. Wood,
Lee. Brackenbury. Oleson and Donald
son,