The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29
COLUMBIA BOYS RUN RIOT.
HIGH OLD TIMES IN THE TENDER
LON PRECINCT LAST NIGHT.
They Paradsd broadway Cheering and In

They Paradsd Broadway Cheering and In
vaded the Theatres, winding Up with
Free Fight with the Police In Front Of
Hammer stein's Victoria-Somo Arrests.
The college boys made things lively in the
Tsnderloin last night Capt. Price OF the West
Thirtisth street police station remarked
at midnight that he had not seen .
single Columbia man the worse for liquor.
but he admitted that they were as full OF
other kinds Of spirits as an egg Is OF meat.
The first demo nstration occurred at Hammer
STEMS Victoria. The victorious football team,
the baseball team and the rowing crew
were In the boxes. eight in all. and
with them were Coach Sanford and Manager
Mitchell Coach Sanford made little speech
to the boys and asked them to keep order.
This served to restrain them until the begin
ming OF the second act. There were fully 80
students from Column bia in the auditorium.
Finally one OF those In the boxes arose and
gravely began q speech OF which the merits Of
the Columbia team were the principal topic.
Then pandemonium broke loose. The yslls
from the bo1es and from the auditorium were
enough to crack the plaster.
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ss1re and Hf o S%t @ play ;SSn
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In the meantime 400 Of tn. Columbia boys
Capt Pre: had antiepsted that Ibis would
o. pGc.m.n Tne sa q
TIE house refused t9 Hdmt NIT the BOYS dse!Hrh h
kept em from tying e oTc. q ,hs
Shouting HhsE %s'SSss etsf sh $ s5Sa:
nd m Tla
eliis;s II. ticket, ssI.r ,aid ADJ that b. had had
sell any tickets. There was only one police
man there and The b ,Su qIicky KY, over YER.
t~ VOICE ticket taEsrs and oysrpowsred them too
They swarmed into the house. and their cries
Of Joy were taken up by those already in the
The managers Of the house teephoned to the
West Forty-sevsnth street station and mum;
to us, their clubs freely beior. quiet was
restored and there we're a number Of broken
nay and what was S% ot OF PG X.
'ifV'i loo Of the student. from Columbia
sn. and "'s put out s' 5ef the Eve
Just woke un" When they reached the Forty
second street station they put out all the
sns sS' r.. d chen hut to to
ana yell and made no arrests so long as the
sport was OF the harmless II noisy kind.
The Yale men were scattered about among
the Theatres. but naturally thev kept quiet.
The police expected trouble after midnight.
when the theatres we're closed and the boys
had driftsd into less innocent places OF amuse-
msnt
After the show was over at mersteins. a
crowd Of about 400 students gathered in front
OF the theatre and began to howl Fully forty
policemen had been summoned from the West
Forty seventh street station and they ordered
the crowd to dispense, but were laughed at.
Longacre. one OF the members of the team,
made a speech and WAS carried about GU the
shoulders OF his fellow students Then the
police charged upon the crowd with their clubs
and free fight resulted.
Policeman No. 1921 got into fight with
Henry ". Shoemaker. the manager Of the
track team. and knocked him down with his
club. Then student Of the name OF Knight
hit one OF the detectives in the nose. splitting
1t badly. Insie OF a minute a riot was in
progress Nothing but swinging arms were to
he seen and the air was flllen with profanity.
The fight extended clear to Longacre square.
where the students finally broke and fled. 1t
was reported that number OF them had been
arrested.
seventh street police station said they were
William COmstock. ~ yenrs old. OF 121 West
1lSth street. and Harold Knight. % " g old,
OF $40 West 1891 street The other students
followed them to the station and made such a
disturbance in front Of the station that tho
captain had to call out the reserves and clear
the biorr