The sun., 1897-11-15
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No football game played In this city for years
has given tho spectators moro FOR their money
than the provn.C Carlisle contest at the Polo
Grounds on saturday, In which the Indians were
worsted by tho whites, 1s to IA. Not only was
the game itself exciting, but the whole perform
nnco was of such free.for~all nature that the
crowd did everything It felt like doing short OF
running with the ball during the actual time of
play. Between the halves hundred men and
boys sailed out on the field, took possession Of
the ball, and kicked IL about for ten minutes.
In tho second half fully 400 persons were upon
the Rridiron, inside the side lines. rushing up
and down as the fortune OF battle swaycd, now
this way and now that, and in more than one
case seriously interfering with the play. At
least one-tenth Of this number were men who
wore the uniform Of the New York Police De-
partmont. Presumably they were policemen.
but Il was obvious that they were there as spec
tators merely.
Line and press badges had been issued to tho
number of 100 TO tho coaches and principal ad-
berents of tho two teams and the newspaper
men. A rope stretched along tho side of the
field was linod with policemen. ANY person
wearing o badge who wished to get to the side
lines, where the badge was supposed to admit
him, was stopped and catechised. Those hav-
ing no badges walked on unmole ted, the result
being that when the game started there were
twice rs many persons along the lines who had
nc, business there as there were persons who
had. A bitter cold wind blew across the field,
rendering unhappy many men in light over
coats who sat upon the unsheltered bieachers
Perceiying that it was more warming to run
about the Held than to obstruct the progress of
the breeze in immovability, they came down and
added TO the crowd.
During the first half of tho game the side line
spectators kept pretty well within the SIDE lines
NJ, had I'm
field in the intermission, however. than n thin
youth, tastefully attired in sweater worn over
where the ball had been left, and picked IT up.
kick 1t out. Percy shouted friend, start
Percy kicked the friend caught and kicked
| back and as the ball rolled along the ground
! twenty eager pursuers went after it. A boy got
it. only to be sent sprawling by young man,
| who tell on it, only to lose his hat. Two other
| men promptly fell on the hat and the enthusiast
was out the price of new one. He kicked
| toward the side line. whereupon a score of new
aspirants for honors rushed out ana fought Tor
Of the leather eat heartily fherg
| cent piayfulness. One man lost his temper and
hit another in the face, but they were separated
| part Of the tied
Here a little fellow, perhaps Il years old. fell
90 Sozen ane men and boys sWooped up him knocked
| him down.. and buried him under mass Of
wriggling bodies. When the % mass 3, ,untangied, ,
after minute he came to himself and limped
| Off the field CRYING. Fortunately he was not
and thus furnished the on,asculated and hys
terical journals which howl about tho "bru
tality, OF football " another occasion for theil
The bali went flying across tho field again
two men fought for 1t on the ground, and seven
| teen others turned surprising somersaults owe
them. One man was kicked in the eye, another
nose was bleeding. and third iimped ava.
made a move toy interrupt the proceedings
and whom the players returned they % wer
obliged themselves to "shoo away the GROVE
BY this time spec: ators were five deep al
along tho line. In one place sun man counte'
| six Central Office detectives in plain clothe
there to sec that nobody stole the chalk marks
the second half the entire crowd edged forwar ar
step by step In vain did the managers mpsg Of tn tn
f. IN hs hY %
Laugh Esashiin an and Capt Groo were both on the leid
it must be ali right. One big copper about tn
size OF tho giant Indian Redwater made an al
tem to drive on back some S Of the Spectators but
couldn do it alone and gave up the Job
pnes The 1ndaps
little Richardson of the Browns caught the bal
lodged a tackler and scooted like hare rgt
lines % with the rest Of tho players following. ri
J police broke and ran for their lives. but not
ing i indian nd tackiers who were after the runne
On the next lineup there was some roughin
| in the line and q prospect OF trouble. whereupo
several officers rus he'd upon the field.
| IF You'll mind your own business, sal
Capt Pierce of the Indians to the most oflicior
of the number. "and keep the crowd where
, belongs instead a Of interfering there wouidn
The police sifted back to the lines without a
resting any one amid the angry protests {
both teams. Some of them looked at lnspectt
Mclaughlin and Capt. Groo, but those ofticia
were engrossed in conversation The last te
minutes OF the game were played in darkne
, ON field narrowed to two.thirds of its prop
, width by the encroachments Of the police al
Carlisle men said that unless they could be a
, sured OF different police arrangements the gan
, | would not be play ed here next year.