Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-10-26
CELEBRATE 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 %.


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 ''yeriscope" report
ives received, drew an audience of 500
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
breathless while the kilograms were
being read and wild in its 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
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 ball 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 disap-
pointment and pain. Pent-up feeling
has opened the fioodgates and
escaped. The excitement is
over There is the feeling
that a misfortune has 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 a
celebration in honor of the great and
good 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 a foul was
launched and spread rapidly. 1t was
said that Richards had made his run
and touchdown on 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 nothing! 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 rapidity 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
Yale's field that counted for a great
deal and seemed to have made no great
defense of her own grounds. The af-
fair was largely kicking game but
O'Dea did most of it and easily the best
of it. Mcbride was able to use his leet
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 wonderful
run. He gave promise of it few min
utes earlier in the play when he Sc
cured a heavy gain before being
tackled The mystery concerning the
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:
2:40 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 to
the field. Another band heads crowd
of Wisconsin rooters. Western team
arrived at the depot at 1:25. A good
crowd of supporters were on hand to
welcome them.
2:50 P. M-Ya1e team led by "Big
Hickok'' and followed by an army Of
substitutes came on the field.
3:15-The marching detachment, |
headed by their bands, enter and take
positions on opposite sides of the field. |
Yale wins the toss, and takes north
goal with the wind in their favor.
Wisconsin kicks off at 3:12 to Yale's
25 yd line Yale fumbles and it is |
Wisconsins ball. Failing to gain, o.
Dea tries drop kick and fails. Yale's
ball on Is yd. line. Yale goes around
left end for 10 yards. Second down, no
gain Mcbride kicks to center to o.
Dea, who returns to Yale's 40 I'd. line.
Peele goes 2 yds. and O'Dea punts to
Yale's % I'd. line. Mcbride punts to
80 I'd. line. Wisconsin's
ball on the second down. ODea FUN
bles and loses Is yds. O'Dea punts 70
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