The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27
AT THE INDOOR SHOW
AWi1dly Enthusiastic Audience Sees
the Game at international
Auditorium.
Every Detail of the Game Was
Played With the Stereopticon
Bulletin.

The Minnesota-Wisc football
game was witnessed yesterday after
noon by 5000 people, gathered in the
International Auditorium, where the
play on Randall field was reproduced
by the Journals remarkable device,
the most perfect and up-to-date meth
cd ever adopted for showing a foot
ball game.
1t was joyful crowd that wendell
it's way homeward. to dinner after the
final score was posted up, at 4:30 yes
terday afternoon. They had seen Min
nesota beat Wisconsin on badger soil.
and they had seen it in a way that
absolutely satisfied them. The enthu-
siasm of the audience over the game
was vociferous, but after it was all
over they talked much about the
wonderful realism OF the SHOW" as
about the game. In some ways the
Journals reproduction was more sat
isfactory than seeing the actual game,
considering the temperature. The
crowd sat in a comfortable hall in
stead of shivering on bleachers, and
instead of seeing mass Of players,
unable to tell one from the other, the
audience yesterday knew the name of
the man who made every play for
Minnesota, and saw his portrait on
the screen while the play was made.
Many ladies attended. .a
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Journals stereopticon device leads the
world. 1t worked yesterday without
g hitch. A staff correspondent on the
| field at Madison bulletined every play
| over a special wire, which led into
the gallery Of the auditorium.
Near this wire was the full equip
ment, consisting of two stereopticons,
with their operators, a megaphone
announcer, and members of the Jour
nal staff. One stereoPticon was fitted
with diagram of the football grid
| iron, with the fve-yard lines and the
goal posts. Upon this field, moving
in any direction, were seven dots, with
the letters showing the positions Of
a teams line on the defense. Another
| movable dot represented the ball.
When the ball was put In play, its
| location represented the team on the
Offense. The seven dots were ranged
opposite representing the team on the
defense. When the play was made,
! the ball was sent thru the opposing
team just as the man on the field at
Madison directed. At the same time
the man with the megaphone told the
crowd who made the play, and warned
the crowd when something sensational
| was pulled off,.
nj the first half every one was ner-.
vous, and it was hard to work up en-
thusiasm when Minnesota was losing
| the ball on fun bles, and Wise ons1n
was threatening to score by place
! kicks. Soon after the second half
opened, however, there was something
doing, and the crowd soon was wild
| with enthusiasm AS Minnesota
! rushed the ball for one long gain
! after another, the cheering put the
| megaphOne man out Of business, and
instead Of announcing who made the
play, the second stereopticon simply
I,
the ball on the screen. Then the play
was made on the stereoDtlcon field.
Finally there were only eight yards
left to go, and the crowd began to
call for Schacht. Up went Ger
| rnany's" picture, and the enthusiasm
was terrific. Then the bail began to,
move, and every one held his breath
in suspense, till it shot clearly across
the Wisconsin line. Then came such
a scene as one only sees on a football
field or at one Of T h u q rs
football shows. The cheering contin-
ued while Rogers picture was thrown
on the screen, and the doughty captain
kicked neat goal in full view of his
thousands of Minneapolis admirers.
This scene was only repeated on the
next two touchdowns.
l By system of code signals, the
I board showed the exact location of
the ball, both from end to end and
from side to side, so when Balm tried
his goals from the field, every one
could see just what his chances were,
and when he just shaved the goal
posts there was a gasp Of relief.
The entertainment was given joint
ly by The Journal and by the Mime
sofa Daily, and a large per cent Of
the crowd were students, who did
such effective roofing that the team
must have felt the inspiration all the
way down to Madison.
The Journal Newsboys' band played
4 brilliantly before and after the game,
and between the halves. Biograph
. pictures were also an interesting
diversion after the first half
Indiana Beats Ohio State.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 27.-Indiana de-
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