Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1906 — NO GORE WAS SHED [ARTICLE]

NO GORE WAS SHED

Two College Scraps That Were Up to the Most Civilized , Standard. ONE IN WHICH “DORNICKB” FLY No One Hurt So Far as ReportedTrouble Over District Primarirs—State Items. Greencastle, Ind., Feb. 23. The annual battle between the freshmen and sophomores of DePauw university was fought on Central campus, and the freshman class won its accustomed victory. It was a case of almost two to one at all times during the melee, and the freshmen had a guard around the tree on which the colors were hung almost as large as the complete sophomores attacking forces. The scrap occurred i» an area 200 feet in diameter, and the spectators were kept back from the contest, so that a good view of the battle was had. The crowd numbered nearly 1,000, and citizens contributed largely to the number. Not a Drop of Gore Spilled. The sophomores charged from ths basement of east college and encountered the freshmen after a run of 100 yards. It was a matter of only a few minutes for the freshmen to get their opponents down. The secondary body of sophomores attacked from the side, entering the area from the crowd of spectators, and there followed a quick rally of freshmen, thus preventing the attack being successful. From that time on the only diversion was furnished by secondary scraps. The feature of rhe scrap was that no one was hurt, nor was a drop of blood spilled. ■ Same Story at Bloomington. Bloomington, Ind., Feb. 23. The freshmen and sophomores of Indiana university held the track meet, after which the color rush took place around one of the maple trees in front of Kirkwood hall. The colors were nailed on the tree six feet from the ground. The freshmen class assembled around the tree and the sophomores attemptted to take the colors down. The contest lasted twenty minutes. The officials are members of the upper classes and they ruled out any one who Indulged In unnecessary roughness. Nothing Kittenish About This. Crawfordsville, Ind., Feb. 23. At midnight the freshmen stormed the sophomore camp, in Moose hall, but were repulsed. They bombarded the place with stones ami broke several large windows. Several attempts at kidnaping on either side were frustrated. Sutherland, the giant foot ball guard, was kept on top of the Masonic temple all morning to-keep him away from the freshmen. CROMER FILES A PROTEST Refuses to Pay a Political Assessment, Alleging That ICTs To Be Used Against Him. Indianapolis, Feb. 23. George W. Cromer, representative from the Eighth district and candidate for renomination, has refused to pay the assessment levied by the district committee to conduct the primaries and filed a formal protest with the chairman of the Republican state central coinnjittee. The district committee, consisting of one member from each county, is organized against Cromer and in favor of Horace Stillwell, and ft notified the candidates that an assessment of $3,750 each had been fixed for conducting the primaries. Stilwell Immediately gave his check for the amount, but Cromer refused. He was then informed that unless he paid the money his name would not be printed on the primary ballots and he at once filed a protest, declaring that the committee wanted the money to use against him. Fob Rent: —Two good farms for rent; both accessible to gravel roads, postoffice, railroad station and grain market. Good improvements on both farms. Austin & Hopkins,