, 1900-11-26

- 1890 -
p%erience in Fort Collins. The score
was l6 to 0 against them and they feel
that the game was stolen from them.
Besides, ]indignities Of various kinds
We're heaped upon them and the boys
have returned home with anger in their
hearts.
1t will be remembered that the last
time the two teams met, which was in
Laramie last year, the Fort Collins
team walked off the field and refused
to finish the game. The score was
against them when they quit. 1t was
expected that there would be some un.
pleasantness and that considerable
feeling might be displayed. But there
was no anticipation of the trouble
which began immediate upon the arriv-
al of the Laramie team in Fort Col
Inns.
Got Little Sleep.
In the first place the transportation
scheme was bad. and the Laramie boys
think it was arranged so purposely.
Three hours of sleep was the best the
boys could get on the night before the
game, taking that while awaiting train
connections in Cheyenne. Then the
train from Greeley landed them in Fort
Collins fifteen minutes after the time
Set for the game. They got into IN
omnibus and hurried to the field. Thus
u~nprepared and hurried they went into
the game and played well. But every
thing was against them. 1t was under
stood that Toomey. the crack player
and coach of the Agricultural College
team. would not play in this game. He
vent i'll just the same and carried the
ball nearly every time a gain was
made. He is a wonderful player, big
and athletic. and n of the most IA
nous men on the gridiron in Colorado.
When the Fort Collins team had the
ball the men in the Fort Collins line vi
olated one of the first rules of the game
by tackling and holding the men in the
Laramie line. The referee, a man nam
ed Smith. whom not one of the Lara
ME team knew. or knew anything
about, only laughed when his attention
was called to this persistent violation
of the rules. He let it continue.
Down the Field.
In spite of this Laramie three tim es
in succession carried the ball straight
down the field in much the same style
Of play that the Boulder team put up
when it won from Laramie recently.
Three times in succession the ball was
carried to Fort Collins ~three-yard line
and was there lost. At the end of the
first half the score was 5 to 0 in favor
of Fort Collins. but the outlook was so
good that considerable Laramie money
was put up at hat juncture. But
the unfair tactics of the Fort Collins
team increased from that time on aud
Laramie could not win. Not only did
the foul work in h line grow worse.
but the conduct on the side lines was
outrageous. A crowd of young fellows
threw rocks at the Laramie team and
Crater. playing in the pack field says
he was kept busy lodging the shower
OF missiles. Miller was hurt in the
play n had to retire. While he lay
on the side line grooming with pain
a fierce kick in the ribs. Scott went in
to take Miller's place and as he was
about to take his place, a man rushed
out from the crowd and hit him behind
the ear with his fist. And still the ref
cree smiled.
AS said before, Toomey won the game
for Fort Collins, assisted by the guards
and tackles, who grabbed the Laramie.
men and held them, or tried to, instead
of using legitimate kind of interior
ence Toomey would give the com
mand, "One side over" and while the
line men punched themselves and held
the Laramie team Toomey would slide
The Laramie boys played a hard game
and when they could get hold of Too
mey they downed him hard in his
tracks. In one of the downs Toomey
was hurt. His shoulder bone was
broken and he was compelled to retire
from the game. But this was near the
end of the game and too late for the
Laramie team to take advantage of his
absence.
Looked Like War.
After the game the visitors went t
the armory to change their Globes and
found it wise to march there in solid
formation for their self-protection. A
mob followed them all the way. Once
In the armory, the mob gathered on the
outside and at last forced their way
inside. It looked for a minute as If
there would be the %livliest kind of a
J fight but as the Laramie boys slowed
Ia willingness to take care Of them