Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-26
Madison, November 20

Madison November rs.
Sick, sore and sorry were the
mighty men of Minnesota Saturday
night when they left for their home IN
Minneapolis after being beaten to
finish on the gridiron by the big,
brawny badgers making up the WIS
consin university football team. The
score was to in favor of WISCONSIN.
1t was royal battle; a matching OF
almost equal brain and Drawn. f'or
over an hour and half eleven strong
and stalwart young athletes opposed n
like number almost as strong and
stalwart and we'll trained. 1t was,
indeed, a contest to fill the heart OF
any sport-loving person with JOY. On
the whole it was characterized by
clean, manly playing on both sides
and was almost entirely devoid OF
smuggling which feature has somewhat
married the pleasure of former games
between Minnesota ana Wisconsin.
After the game wa over the Mime
sofa players said frankly that they
had been fairly beaten and had moth
ing to complain of;'that the officials
OF the contest had acted importantly
and their defeat was due entirely 10
the superior skin of their opponents.
BY defeating the gophers by
score of to the badgers have fam
ly demonstrated that they are the
champion football players of the
northwest. While they have not met
the Michigan team, to be sure, stlll
they wolloped the gophers who very
nearly tied the wolverines week ago.
the score being to t in Michigan
favor.
The day was cold and raw and the
sky overcast with grey clouds. These
forbiddImg conditions, however, dld
not prevent a crowd OF 1000 or o,oo0
spectators from seeing the game.
They left the g lilly Eedecked business
portion of the city about | o'clock and
began going TO Camp Randall by
street car carriage and afc Long
before the game was called tie mann
moth grandstand and temporary
bleachers were black With people.
Two bands kept them in good hunlor
until the arrival of the opposing teams.
,TT;a ~ 1Ft ~
ineut people OF southern Wisconsin
were present. GOV. Upham left oil
pardoning convicts out OF the state
prison long enough to see the contest
Secretary of Stat Henry C&sson had
a box and chatJed contidenually about
the next speaker of the leslsla ure
with Assem- lyman-e Jesse Stone,
who refuses TO be candidate lot
the speakership, and Senator Solllday,
both of WATERFOWL. Ex-senator }.
C. Spooner called at the Casson box
during the lntermission between the
halves. Ed. Coe of Whitewater,
chairman Uf the republican, state cen
trail committee and president of the
state board OF norm al regents, didn't
miss seeing a single play of the en-
tire game. He also stopped mo
ment at the Casson box. W. +.
Bartlett of Eau Claire, president OF
the board of university regents, said
it was Just the best game OF football
he had ever seen. Senator W. r,
Villas Judge Bum, H. 4. Taylor. +.
NJ. Fuller. President c. X. Adams,
Regents H W CEynpweth and Chal~
ltrer and hundreds or others anIos7
il rot equally as PR II inent, saw the
game. one party from Mtfroe IN
Guided Assembly, ali y. Is. treat
ex-senator P. j Clawsen, Mayor =
S. Douglas. Deputy State Dairy and
Food Commissioner w. w. CHADWICK,
District Attorney Harvey Clark. Ed
itor l.. A. Woodle and DR.. Clark
Charles Pfstcr and party OF Mil
waukee friends were out from the
cream city.
The game was quite clearly in Wis
ccnsins favor from beginning 10 end.
This was shown by the fact that most
all the playing was done in Mime
sofas territory. The badgers held
their opponents a number of times
and got the ball four times on downs
while the gophers got it but twice for
holding Both sides fumbled fire.
quently One OF these fumbles cost
Wisconsin the ball when it was within
yards OF the gophers goal. The
badgers played in poor luck, several of
their men being disabled by injuries.