The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18
GOPHERS SCALPED BY THE RED MEN
IN BIG INTER-SECTIONAL CONTEST
Greatest Crowd in the History Of
Minnesota Football Sees the Ma
1 room and Gold Humbled
by Carlisle.

Io"u oA1y Wy IHe SiISuI4y LSnCer C1nCS
of their crimson and yellow ribbons
and the darker color of their faces, the
Indian rooters followed the fortunes of
their team with intense interest and
supreme satisfaction. Too few in mum.
bers to give the Carlisle yell in any
volume they contented themselves with
the piercing. EsIyow-yow when their
favorites gained.
But the Carlisle graduates were not
the only ones who came down to see
the game. LaRoque, Archie Libby
and Little Boy are all Minnesota In
dams, and their prowess is the pride of
the entire Chippewa nation. Gus and
Theodore Beaulieu, government en-
Bostilrian, Allan F. and Dan Morri.
son, Joe Perrault, George Morrison and
Alex McDougal, clerk on the White
Earth reservation, Edward Perrault,
chief of the reservation police, and
Sam Sloan, sergeant of police were all
there.
A Real ogema Sees Game.
Chief Anidusogwon, who can remem.
Der when the redman s battles with the
whites were waged with deadly weap.
ons and fraught with far more danger
than the friendly strife of the gridiron,
was one Of the notables present. He
lett the field Immediately after the
game, but those who sat with him saw
that he was pleased to see his race win
one more battle from the whites on
their ancient domain.
-. Also included in the aboriginal con-
tlngent were Edward Rogers, former
captain of the Carlisle and the Mime
sofa teams; Edward Warren, star at
Carlisle and Minnesota; John Carl, a
former university player, j. E. John
SON., famous as a Carlisle and North
western university quarterback; Eu-
gene Warren, Charles Gardner. John
burnett, Charles Warren, from the
White Earth reservation, and Miss
Louise Rogers, sister Of the famous
Ed. IN addition to the White Earth
delegation there were thirty former
RESIDENTS OF the reservation who were
In Minneapolis to receive their annuity
Major Mercer, superintendent Of the
Carlisle school.
Boxes Were All Filled.
Every box was filed with it's party
OF society folk, whose smart garments
were hidden under robes and tarpaulins
from their automobiles Automobile
seat cushions also formed part Of the
campaign against the cold. .
President Northrop occupied a box
at the center of the field and STAYED
until the end Of the game, despite the
In the last half the crowd became
unmanageable and broke thru the wire
fence surrounding the field. Repeated
charges by the ushers and the police
detail failed to drive them back to
their places and the last five minutes
OF the game were. played with a wall
OF spectators craning their necks over
the side lines.
At the finish the seat cushions began
to ty and at one time merry war Was
carried on with Jumps of snow hurled
back and forth between the side lines
and the bleachers.
Long before the game was ended
many of the less interested of the
crowd yielded the field to the cold and
made. their way homeward They
were in some respects the wise ones for.
"hen the game was over there was a
repetition of the jam at the gates and
many people had to wait an hour be-
fore securing a place in car.
While chagrin and disappointment
relgned supreme in the breasts Of the
wearers of the maroon and gold they
were game losers. A few "muckers, -
1t is true, did their usual stunt of hid
ing their. colors and posing as hackers
or the winning team, but the majority
were as loyal to Minnesota in defeat as
in victory: On every hand were heard
words OF praise for the Carlisle team.