Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1912-09-15 | Page 16 | 60 Hurt in Riot at Football Game

60 HURT T IN N RIOT RIOTAT RiOTAT AT FOOTBALL GAME Stones Bricks Clinkers and Revolvers Used at Belfast I Belfast Ireland Sept Sept- 14 A H.-A A fierce fight was wal wa waged ed In the Celtic park football grounds today in which sixty of persons were severely Injured two them being In a critical condition Five of the Injured are arc suffering from tram shot wounds The Tho fight took place at time half-time In Ina Inn ina a n game in the league series between tho the Belfast Celtic team and a team representing Linfield The Linfield's were ere loading by a score of 1 to 0 0 Some Somo Celtic supporters unfurled a R. agreen agreen green reen and arid white flag and started to parade Linfield partisans displayed a n nUnion Union Jack Tack Immediately stones bricks and clinkers were hurled The police wore were powerless The opposing mobs thousands strong strong- surged ed toward tho thc playing field fJeld where a regular battIe battle battle bat bat- tle tIe was fought In full view yiew of the spectators In the grandstand The rhe report of ot a revolver caused a lull and many man left the grounds but the tho stone throwing was soon resumed both inside and outside the grounds g More revolver er shots were fired but po- po lice Ico reinforcements arrived and separated separated separated separ separ- the tho mob