The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-06
THE GRIDIRON.

ANN ARBOR, Oct. university Of
Michigan, "a; Michigan Military acad-
envy. 0.
WEST POINT. y. T., Oct. 5.-West
Point, 5; Trinity College, 0.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Oct. 5.-1Iarvard
had no difficulty in scoring p points
against Amherst this afternoon in thirty
minutes of good football. fast at tunes
but frequently long drawn out and slow
on account of fumbl.ng.
PRINCETON, " j., oct. 1.-The Tigers
defeated Rutgers here today in the initial
game of the season on the nome grounds
by a score OF q to 0.
ITHACA. n. Y. Oct 5.-Cornel played
Pennsylvania state college today and
neither side Scored. It was fierce battle
from start to finish
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 5.-The Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania football team de-
feated the Franklin and Marshall eleven,
of Lancaster, today, by d score OF 4 tC D.
MINNEAPOLIS. pet. 5.-Football-
Grinnell, s; University OF Minnesota, /.
NEWARK. n. J.. Oct. 5.-Lafayetre
College, u; Orange A. c., 0.
ALBANY, n. Y, oct. 5.-Football-Yala,
70, OHiOni u
LAWRENCE, Kan, Oct. 5.--The Kansas
University football tenn defeated the
Midland College eleven from AtchisOn,
this afternoon. by score of SO to D
CHICAGO, Oct. 5-The football game
between Northwestern University and
Beloit college today came very near re-
sulting in Il riot. The bitterest kind of
feeling was engeniered between the
friends of the opposing teams.
Northwestern had the ball and it had
just been advanced ten yards by Potter
when Thorne. the Northwestern left
guard, ran around the line to where Ba-
ker the Beioie back, was standing, and
deliberately struck him a tremendous
blow in the face. breaking his nose,
stretching him ot$ unconscious on the
grass. The instant Thorne made the as
sault he turned and ran back 10 the
line without waiting to see the effect OF
his blow.
The attack was apparently unprovoked
and in an irstart Thorne was surround
ed by the entire BeIoit team Many OF
the spectators had witnessed the affair
and crowded over the ropes to see that
their men were given a fair show if it
came to q fight. Atkinson, the big Beloit
captain was beside himself With anger,
and made several attempts TO get at
Thorne, from whom he was. separated ny
the mass of spectators, who had come
in to take q hand in the struggling mass.
President Robertson. Of the Northwest
eTn, HdppGi-ttl W Nc vi lAAS iA~ANt
and rHn up 10 the PROSTATE player
demanding an explanation OF ThorEe.
BY this time the two teams
were surrounded by Sc eral nun IN
dred students from both colleges in the
midst of whom the large police detail
which had been sent to preserve order at
the game were utterly poWerleSs. Mem
bers of the football team cursed each
other right and left, and it seemed as
# the game was bound TO end in a rlct.
A few of the cooler READS made an at
tempt to get the crowd outside the ropes
but were unsuccessful.
Captain Van Dooser waded into the
midst of the crowd and commanded the
men to get back enforcing his actmon-
:tiop by several vigorous pushes: The
field was cleared after a wait OF fifteen
minutes and the game proceeded, Thorne
having been ruled off Baker was car
RED to his hotel where he received the
best of medical attention lie nad Dee9
was too weak to stand the terrific onset
made on him by Thorne.