The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-27

For the lover of excitement the
football game on Denny Field. Sc
attic, yesterday was more sensation
al than any three ring circus which
ever showed in the big city on Pu-
get Sound. The football contest for
the championship of the United
States occupied the center of atten-
ton some of the time. At other
times men were more interested in
a dog fight at one end of the grid
iron From this their attention was
called to a riot at the other end of
the grdiron in which two thousand
men and boys surged out over the
grounds fighting each other with
fists and apples. This began early
in the game, and in the second half
increased so rapidly that the game
was finally called when eight min
utes remained to be played, it being
impossible for the police available
to manage the situation.
HOW the hlOt was 0duSed.
The appearance in Denny Field
yesterday would make an interest
ing study for any psychologist.
The causes of the riot hace been var
iously given by different parties.
The greatest cause seemed to be the
distribution of several boxes of We
natchee apples. These were to be
given out for advertising purposes.
They have advertised Wenatchee all
right and have also advertised Seat
tie in a most undesirable manner.
Boxes of apples were carried by
the ushers in front of the bleachers
and grandstand and the fruit was
thrown into the crowd. Sometimes
an apple would go into mems hands,
sometimes it would go into his eye.
Sometimes a man who had caught
an apple would eat it and throw the
core 10 somebody else. Sometimes
boy who wanted those standing in
front of him TO sit down would pelt
him with apples. DR.. Mccoy says
i.c saw enc man get hit in one eye
with an apple, the next instant one
hit him in the other eye, and he
turned around and hit the man be-
hind him who had not been doing
: thing; then they both started to
rpnmcling each other. This sort of
thing seemed 10 be duplicated from
al sides until at one time there ap-
peared to be five hundred separate
ed distinct fights going on in the
ncb out in the middle of the grid
1roa.
The police. who were mostly stu
dcrts sworn in as deputies, tried to
c,ssli tho disturbance, but only got
uA crcifully beaten themselves. The
tcc.fs tried to play, but finally gave
j, N. Wcnatchce allowing credit 10
Oak Park for the last touchdown
and goal although they were not
made.
Other contri5utory causes to the
riot doubtless were the intoxicated
condition Of hundred of men and
bows. There seemed to be spirit
OF jealousy Gil the part of Seattle
high school boys. and many think
that they deliberately interferei
with the game.
Wenatchec Advertised.
There is no question but that this
football game was given Wenatchee
q remarkable amount Of publicity
On q street car going out to the
game the reporter of the Daily World
overheard a conversation between a
gentlemen and lady on the next seat.
She asked, Where is Wenatchee?
Her gentleman friend replied that it
was the metropolis of an apple pro-
ducing valley located about two
hundred miles east on tho Great
Northern railroad and on the oppo-
site side OF the mountains. He then
whit on to explain what wonder
fuA-valley it is and what excellent
fruit is raised there. That question,
Where is Wenatchee?" was prob
ably asked a hundred thousand
times yesterday in all parts of the
United States and the newspapers