The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
AAMLlNE DID NOT QUIT
METHODIST KIcKERS TELL ABOUT
GAME WITH N. D. U. TEAM
Claim that FIickertaii Players Refused
to Obey the RuIes-Loomis the Par
ticular Observation-Disclosures Escapes Be-
ing Crippled.

According to Right Halfback Ken
nedy of the Hamline university foot
ball team, the great indignation" and
not the quitting of the Hamline team"
in the game with the North Dakota
university at Grand Forks Monday is
without excuse. 64'6,M
The Hamline men claim that for
more than half the game they tolerated
the unfair tactics Of the North Dakota
players and it was not until the game
threatened to end in g. row that, Ref
cree Zimmerman forfeited the game to
Hamline and Capt. RAIDER withdrew his
men from the field. Tiz1
1--WE did not get fair treatment at
Grand Forks said Kennedy last night.
81 regret that it happened,s but the re-
ports of the correspondents put our
team in a bad light before the public
and we must tell our side. 5
Tells HamiIton's Side.
81 will tell you as near as possible
the true story Of that game. thinner
man, one of our players, was named as
referee. He was accepted by both
teams. Finlayson, the former Mime
sofa player, was named as umpire.
when the game started Referee
Zimmerman found 1t impossible to keep
Loomis, the North Dakota coach, Oft
the field. He persisted in coaching his
men during the game despite the pro-
tests filed by Capt. RAIDER of our team.
almost every time the game was
delayed by a player being hurt LOOMS
was out on the field instructing his
backs, and several of our players heard
him rebulling the men for not fixing
RAIDER. He said in the hearing Of sew
eral Of our men, I told you before to
get that - RAIDER.
Nasty in Second Half.
"The first bad trouble came when
RAIDER kicked a goal from the field.
The North Dakota men claimed that he
did net drop kick and Insisted that he
had hunted. The referee refused to
allow the claim and that simply made
it harder than ever for chance at fair
football.
"In the second half the North Dakota
players lost no time in starting more
Giss greeable work. They We're slug
ging before. but in this half they APP
peared anxious to cripple every man
on our team. RAIDER was the one par
ticular man they sought.
1--WE kicked off and held North Da-
kota for downs and then hurried the
bali over for the touchdown that gave
us the lead. A short time after North
Dakota worked an end run and got
down within ten or seven yards of our
goal. The referee waited after each
play for the Iinesnen to catch, but now
the Dakota crowd thought they had us
going. and without waiting for the
refe reefs whistle they Started the next
play. We had not Iined-up and the
referee carried the ball back.
Players Would Not Wait.
Every time the ball went back the
Dakota players would Immediately
start play and go ahead again. The
referee would carry the ball back and
would then be surrounded by the North
Dakota men, who used the most foul
language in rebuking him. Loomis
their coach, came out and Joined in the
arguments. Our team permitted Capt
RAIDER to do the talking. Capt RAIDER
withdrew the men from the field to
wait fer the end Of the. trouble, but the
North Dakota men would not stop and
the referee forfeited the game to Ham
line"
The Hamline men declare that the
Grand Forks players displayed the
same unsportsmanlike spirit at every
opportunity. Even the water boy, they
say, refused to allow the visitors tc
drink from his pail.