The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1899-05-26
STATE THEIR SIDE OF THE CASE.
Vermillion University Feels Sore Over It
Treatment in the Athletic Contest.

Vermillion University Feels Sore Over Its
Treatment i'll the Athletic Contest.
A Vermillion correspondent to the
Sioux City Journal takes up the State
Universitiy's side of the case in refer
ence to the action of the athletic assoc
istion in disqualifying five students,
thus losing to Vermillion the silver cup,
and says that the action of the faculty
and students in Withdrawing is COM
mended by Vermillion citizens. The
correspondent says
When the students reached Mitchell.
100 strong, Thursday morning on =
special train secured for the occasion.
they were feeling judilant and were
we'll received. The sports opened at
shout o'clock, and at the close of the
day the University of South Dakota
had nearly everything to her credit.
The sports were continued on Friday.
and when toward suppertime the pro-
gram closed, it was found that YER
million had gained more points than all
other colleges combined, having 88 to
her credit out of q possible 1876. This
gave the costly silver loving cup to the
university Tor permanent keeping, and
they were rejoicing over their success
to no small degree when the informa-
tion WAS given out that certain pro-
tests which had been entered against
Albert Burkland and John Johnson,
Frank Welland and others OF the State
university had been sustained by the
committee, which had been in secret
session all evening, and that the cup
had been given TO Yankton college.
This was very surprising to the repres-
entatives from this place, but they
promptly turned 1t over to the commit
tee, and they in turn to Yankton. And
they also asked that their resignation
from the South Dakota intercollegiate
Oratorical association be Immediately
accepted.
| Friends of the university claim it is
the same old deal that the University
of South Dakota has undergone many
times before, and in every former meet
ing it has been the "uni versity against
the state" a prejudice which has al
always seemed to exist against her.
The only time the university ever Sc
cured first place in the oratorical con-
test was at Yankton three years ago,
and such howl of plagiarism was then
set up and protests entered that Miss
Alice Hyde, the winner, of her own
choice, gave it up, Yankton winning
first.
The faculty and students say they
are content to let the matter stand as it
now does, but that they desire that the
people of the state shall understand the
underlying Jealousy which they claim
now and always has existed against
them. They want it distinctly under
stood that the athletes who partici-
psted in and won most OF the sportb at
Mitchell last week were eligible beyond
, question in accordance with the rules
governing the state association.
The following paragraph ID added by
the Journal in ference to the trouble OF
Friday night:
Persons now in Sioux City, who we're
present at Mitchell, report that after
the events were decided several fights
took place between Vermillion men and
Representatives of other colleges, ow.
ing to the i'll feeling inspired by the
charges OF the professionalism. The
l Vermillion men were burning red fire
t Friday evening because of their victory,
D and the other college men promptly
J. put it out. This caused several knock
l downs and general disturbances,
. When the victors were on their way
!, to the train from the Dix house they
+ found the sidewalks blockaded, and
more fighting resulted. Another
blockade of the walk was encountered
: near the Raymond house, where the
l young ladies OF Vermillion were stop
D ping and for whom the Vermillion boys
had called to escort to the train. NJ
one was seriously njured in any of the
t plentiful.