Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-12-11
Madison, Dec. 4

Madison, Dec. 4.
The athletic council of Wisconsin
university, at it's session at 5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, decided to permit
the proposed Chicago Wisconsin game
next Saturday and to sanction the
agreement reached at Chicago Friday
night, which Dean Birge, as its repre-
sentative, helped to formulate
the arrangement by which
Michigan and Wisconsin will hereaf-
ter alternate with Chicago in Thanks
giving games and by which the big
seven Of the past is increased to big
nine by the admission of Iowa and In
diana universities. Upon receipt of
the statement of the council, Manager
Fisher Immediately wired it to Stage at
Chicago and telegraphed the members
of the team to appear at the training
table Sunday evening, preparatory to
going into hard training on Monday.
He received a reply from Stage that
was in the nature of an appeal, the
Chicago coach suggesting that the
game, if played in Chicago, would
bring an income of $4,000 to $25, 900.
Mr.. Fisher refused to recede from his
position and issued the following state
ment to the public:
To the Citizens of Madison-The cit
liens of Madison have for some time
been requesting the management of the
football team to give them a good
game of football in this city. I am
now glad to be able to grant the re-
quest. Though at a great financial
sacrifice, I believe the loyalty of the
citizens of this city and of the state to
this seasons team entities them to the
pleasure of seeing the Wisconsin team
try for the championship of the west
on it's home grounds. Mr.. Stages es-
innate of the gate receipts were the
game played in Chicago shows the sac
rifice the management makes in order
to give Madison the pleasure and the
benefit of this game. The following
telegram was received this afternoon:
Mr. John L. Fisher: Suggest that
you consider playing this years game
in Chicago and next years game at
Madison or Milwaukee. I think it a
fair estimate that the receipts would
aggregate $4,000 to $4,000. We have
use of the Washington Park street
scrapers and sweepers and would clean
the field quickly of snow and slush
"A. A. Stage"
It is my task to look after the fnan-
cial end of this years football team
and I regret losing our share of the diff
ference between $4,000 and $4,000,
the latter amount being all we can
reasonably hope for in Madison. That
a good1y proportion of Madison citi-
zens will attend the game goes without
dispute, but the management ask some
thing more. We want every store,
hotel and dwelling house literally COW
cred with bunting, every person who
can to come to the game and an open
arm policy displayed towards all the
visitors in the city that day. And the
management, in view of the benefits
accruing from such an influx of visit
ors from neighboring and smaller vii
lagos, requests that all places of bust
ness be closed from 2 to o'clock in
the afternoon, in order that all may
see the best game of the season. The
benefit to our merchants from such a
crowd of visitors cannot be over-esti-
mated and to ask in return that all
places of business be closed for two
hours, in the face of the sacrifice the
management is making, does not seem
unree sonable. Respectfully,
John L. Fisher.
Public Relieved
The football fans and friends of the
university about town heard heavy
signs of relief, when the announcement
was made that the game would be
played in Madison, they having feared
that the inducement of the great profit
to be made by taking the game to Chi
cago would prove too great to be dis
regarded by the Wisconsin manage
ment.
Mr.. Fisher stated Saturday night
that arrangements will be made to seat
10000 people at Camp Randall The
Ringing Bros circus seats from Bar
aboo will be secured if possible and
bleachers will be erected with them at
the north side and probably both ends
of the field to seat $500 to 1000 people.
The present seating capacity of the
grand stand bIeachers is $500. The
management will also place chairs
arond the edges of the bleachers, TAX
ing advantage of every opportunity to
secure extra room for the great crowd
that is expected to come from the city,
the state and Chicago.
The officials for the game will be
Evarts and Bob Wrenn, Harvard foot
ball experts, the former as umpire and
the latter as referee. The admission
prices for the game will probably be 81
and So, final decision on the point not
having been reached. The sale of seats
will open at Sexton & O'Neil's and
Summers drug stores on Tuesday
Game will probably be called at 2
o'clock sharp. A rate of at least l Is
fares for the round trip will be granted
hv tho railroads which NAV give a So