Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-10-26
ALLEGED DRAWN
CONTEST AT YALE.
EXCITEMENT OF SATURDAY
Opera House and Library Hall Scenes
OF Intense Interest During Receipt
of Reports of the Great Contest
Detail of the Game From the
Wire.
Madison, October 20.

The great Wisconsin-Yale game of
Saturday aroused an enthusiasm
among the students and the football
fans of the city the equal of which has
not been known in many years. Lii
brary hall at the university was
crowded with students and the opera
house, in which the ''veriscope" report
ives received. drew an audience Of SOC
people, among whom were many ladies'
The excitement at both places was in
tense. On each stage miniature foot
ball fields were displayed and the ball
was moved from line to line as the
teams rushed or downed or kicked it,
! During the first half the audience was
GREATNESS while the kilograms were
being read and wild in it's applause
when the announcement was made
that Yale had not yet scored or that
the Wisconsin goal was not in danger.
Again and again the ball was sent into
! Wisconsin territory and deep down
| toward the goal but the wires licked
off the welcome news that the wonder
full foot of O'Dea had kicked it back
again and that the fighting had been
| transferred to the grounds of the
enemy
| When the first half ended without
Yale having scored, the audience broke
into prolonged applause and college
yells rent the drums of ears and every
body was happy Excitement in
creased. Men and women leaned
forward with eager faces and seemed
straining to hear through the thousand
miles of space. The minutes passed.
The wires repeated the fierce struggles
Of the fighters the great work Of the
men behind the shoes The second
half was nearly over and there had
been no score Would Yale do It? No,
O'Dea has kicked the ball far back
into Yale territory There are only a
few minutes. not more than three or
four, left The hope of every listener
is that things shall be as they are I'M
less Wisconsin can rush the BAH over
those fifteen yards and score.
What is that the announcer is say
| ing? Richards has taken the ball and
rushed all the way down the field!
Scored a touchdown! Every face falls
There is a genuine groan Of dsap-
pointment and pain. Pent-up feeling
has opened the noodgates and
escaped The excitement is
over, Is the feeling
that misfo,, come a battle
has been lost. In a moment, the game
is over and Wisconsin is defeated.
Students Celebrate.
In the evening the students held
fgood work of their fellows in the east
ern city A big bonfire blazed on the
lower campus and 300 undergraduates
danced and sang about it. The rumor
that Yale had scored on foul was
launched and spread rapidly. It was
said that Richards had made his run
and touchdown on a forward pass. The
statement was eagerly seized upon by
the men about the FIRE and made much
Of They chanted an air OF which the
refrain was, Six to nOthingi Nit! Nit
Nit" Two hundred Of them marched
downtown in search Of a confirmation
of the rumor besieging the telegraph
Office and the Democrat. Scores Of
telephones rang and the excitement
grew with the rapidly of fire until It
was quenched by the news that no hint
Of unfair play had been received
Again the gloom settled down over the
city and Yale graduate laughed.
In the opinion OF local critics, Wiscon-
sin played the best game Of her history
but would have been at the complete
mercy of Yale had it not been for the
great kicking of Captain Pat ODea.
Wisconsin was able TO DO no work In
Yales field that counted for a great
deal and seemed 10 have made no great
defense of her own grounds The af-
fair was largely a kicking game but
ODea did most of it and easily the best
of It. Mcbride was able TO use his eel
with excellent effect but It was the
team work and not his individual eff
forts that won the day for Yale. Rich
ards seems TO have made q wonderful
run, He gave promise Of it few min
utes earlier in the play when he SEE
cured a heavy gain before being
tackled The mystery concerning the
whereabouts Of Wisconsin's tackles
and backs at this critical moment was
the disturbing question Of the evening
Game In Detail.
The following are the bulletins Of the
game. giving the play In detail
2:AO p. M.-The day IS perfect for
football -Four bands, heading an i'm
mense crowd Of Yale students number
ing at least $500. are marching out 70
the field. Another band heads a crowd
Of Wisconsin rooters Western team
arrived at the depot at l:25. A good
crowd Of supporters were on hand toll
welcome them.
$50 r. NJ Yale team led by Big
Hickok" and followed by an army Of
substitutes came on the field.
3:15-Thc marching detachment
headed 81 their bands enter and take