The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-05
NIGHT
QUITE HARMLESS |.
CROWDS MAKE PLENTY OF NOISE
BUT LITTLE TROUBLE

Throng Of Rowdies Parades Nicollet
Avenue, Followed by Police Rival
Enthusiasts at the Theaters Res
taurants and Hotels the Center of
Excitement-Jollity at st. Paul.
Football night in Minneapolis was not
what Minnesota expected it would be.
The defeat on Northrop field, saddening
as it was to the university and the
whole state, was a godsend to the po-
lice. Had the gophers won, the whole
city would have been turned upside
down.
There was no lack of excitement, but
the happenings We're only feeble lndi.
cation of what might have been. =
a q hot time in old town tonight but
when Bush kicked a goal from the field
all orders for jollifcation were men
tally cancelled and later on were actu-
ally abandoned IL 81
The Minnesota players were, the
guests of the Metropolitan theater last
night: Dr.. and Mrs. H. l.. Williams,
together with Captain Current and TIT
ner, Brush, Cutting, Marshall, Kremer
liams was given a rousing hand when
he made his appearance in the box and
the Ski i-U-Mah yell was given with q
good will. There was no lack Of Wis
consinism, however, and the :" U-Rah-
Rah' yell was very prominent in the
intermissions ' 4. s.1 @s
| r., At Other Theaters. ~
At the Dewey theater there was
| huf no
| ance. About three-fourths Of the spec.
| tators were Wisconsin adherents and
they shouted right Justify. ~ '|"-.*< =. . .'S,
The other fourth were loyal Mime
sotans and the Ski-U Nah yell was
often heard. Frequently the business
on the stage was interfered with but
there was. no serious interruption anqa ans
peacefully and the best Of friends.
At the Bijou, .Orpheum, Lyceum and
Unique theaters both Wisconsin and
Minnesota had their adherents. and
there was considerable cheering, but nc
interference with the performance
worthy of mention. r.. 49,. ~,
The police had an easy time. About
thousand hoodlums, boys and youths
marched up and down Nicollet avenue
and tried to start, something, without
avail They were followed by croWt
ed. There was some shouting and toot
/ ing of horns, but nothing to call fo,
interference by the police. The reserves
! grouped in parties of three, walked >th'
| streets but had nothing to do aside
from cautioning those who were. in;
clined to be too svociferous. ;s2ss:%e
FL, At Hotels and Restaurants.
It was at the hotels and the leading
restaurants that. theS most excitemen
! developed. Most ofSthe real Badger
went to st: Paul to sjollify with II, j,
team, but enough remained over e
swamp the hotels. Eat the dinner hou
it was almost Impossible to get a tabl
at Schiek's, Crombie s, Ially s, ConrYsss
the Nicollet cafe and other frstrelas
places. The Wisconsin contingent hal
won money and were not afraid IL
spend it. ss
4 The Wisconsin crowd was the mos
/ numerous and the famous HU-Rah
i Rah' yell, interspersed. with ssAnoka
a Anoka,. Minnesota cried in derisior
! drowned. out the cries of the loyal Min ~
4 nesotans who, in spite of the defeat g
i their favorites, were game to the last
q and shouted Justify :wheneyer they coul
4 get the floor. -, t,'ss., :, II IT
4 =. Brush and Weisel Cheered,- Il
4 An unusual incident occurred at th
4 National cafe when Percy Brush lnrl
q bered in, followed by 4 tsMummgsg
q Weisel. The place was crowded, spriI
:. cipally with Wisconsin rooters, an
I upon the appearance Of the. two gophe
,S They were not; yells of derision, bu
Il cheers for the men who fought losin
s battle so bravely. Brush was loudl
: called upon for speech but he refuse
, to talk. The 2. Wisconsin men WEI
bubbling over with good cheer. and i
, honor of the valiant Minnesotans the
= sang stttSki-U-Mah Songs and gay
5 Minnesota yells. ..ns~- .atci = ;,
3 At length, worn out with. the hurde
Of their Joy, the Wisconsin, rootel
thronged the union station and strus
! other to reach the special train whic
: was to take them back to Madison. Th
!, cardinal ~horles were WIDELY scattere
} when the time came for them to tur
their faces homeward, and the speci'
was held for half an hour after tt
time set for it's departure to give II
: stragglers chance to come up. s~
n Jam at the Station. r..
> Many Of the badger contingent Wi
: remain with friends. in the city unit
y tonight, but the greater number le;
- last evening. There was no disordI
y at the station, but the crowd was den.
= and the jam about the gates uncomfor
II able. The Wisconsin shouters were te
I I happy, however. to mind the discor
= fort and enlivened their wait IN liz
g by sending up a few rousing yeIls. +
. AT the St. Paul. station the crow
. was more impatient. The delay at Mi
y neapolis kept tho people waiting lor
q after 1880, the time set for the train
L departure, and they were: in anythir
{ but pleasant mood. Is - !
The police complained a little again
! the hoodlum element, not member
l, which could break into school with
r "jimmY,' but which carried I'll
g maroon and gold with all the assu
s ance of the alumni and did it's best
! make trouble. The sleety rain while
y began to fall about 10 O'Clock killt
s the enforced enthusiasm of this el
t, ment, H. u ~. - q. O.. = ass5.
II Telephones Busy. ~.
VI The telephone exchanges and 9th
s sources Of information were more ths
! sWamped. An extra force was on sha1
4 at both the Northwestern and NV
~ City exchanges. but even then cou
= hardly, handle the business. How MAJ
= calls were answered could not even
d. estimated last night, but the numb
went into many thousands for each.
II Thousands Of people turned out 4
: see the fun which was anticipated, b
. there was little excitement compar,
= with the -doings after the Visions
9 game Of last year and the Michig;
y game Of 1903.
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