The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-04

The Charleston Evening Post of Fri
day contains the following article reIa-
tive to the football game Thursday af-
ternoon between the eleven from that
city and the Savannah team:
1.-The Savannah football team was
given the game with the Charleston
team by a score of II to in Savan-
nah, but the score does not tell of the
brutal and outrageous assault which
was made upon the young men pre-
liminary to the making of the score.
"The Charleston team returned to
the city this morning bruised and bat
tered, as a result of the attack which
was made upon them with stones,
sticks, and other means of inflicting
bodily injury.
mot one man had been spared from
the assault and while they were able
to get about to-day, it is by no means
certain that they may not yet suffer
serious effects from their trip to Sa-
vannah.
THE most outrageous part of the
whole business was that the assault
was not confined to members of the
Savannah team, but several hundred
spectators crowded the Charleston boys
and contributed their share to the dis
abling of the local team. The women
stood up and yelled Give it to 'em, -
while the Charleston boys were being
beaten by the crowd of toughs. The
police stood by while the Charleston
boys were sorely trying to defend
themselves from the murderous attack,
instead of going to their assistance and
to preserve order, if not arrest the
attacking party.
"It was a most disgraceful affair.
Cases were cited to-day where Charles
ton men were held while stout lusty fell
lows piled horsewhips about their legs.
The visitors were held down, while
big strapping men stood over them
beating them with their fists and
sticks, and when the Savannah toughs
found that they could not inflict in
jury enough with other means, they
would kick the visitors with spiked
shoes.
THE trouble started at the very be-
ginning of the game. The Charleston
team won the toss and Savannah
kicked off. Tom BUST got the ball and
started down the field for twenty
yards. Sumter then secured the ball
and carried it ten yards, when the
pigskin was passed to Holcombe, who
advanced it another ten yards. Sneed
bucked 1t for tVe yards, and then the
fight began. The Savannah team was
unable to hold the Charlestonians.
They saw defeat staring them in the
face. This was not a part of their
programme and they We're determined,
according to the evidence at hand, to
win the game by foul means if they
could not win it fairly, and they there
fore resorted to unfair methods. While
Sneed was bucking, Hunter was hit on
the side of his head with sharp in
strumcnt, cutting off a part of his ear.
He was the first man hurt. Sneed was
still pressing on and the Savannahians
determined to put him out of the game,
so one of the men hit him a blow with
a stick. The man who dealt the cow
ardly blow was of course restrained
Immediately by several Charleston
men. The signal was given and the
general attack began upon the Charles
ton team. The Charleston boys were
of course well able to care for them
selves under ordinary conditions, but
surrounded and being pummelled by
400 men was more than any ordinary
fifteen men could stand. The odds
were too heavy and the Charleston
boys got the worst of the deal. The
attacking party did not confine their
assault to the team, but they assault
ed the substitutes of the Charleston
team as we'll
When order was finally restored on