Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-10-31 | Page 2 | Police Use Tear Gas on Crowds of Wild Wisconsin Grid Fans

Police Use Tear Gas on Crowds Of Wild Wisconsin Grid Fans MADISON Wis Win Oct 31 UP IP Thirty eight persons half of them University of Wisconsin students were booked by the police department Saturday on on- law violation charges in a wild homecoming homecomings home home- comings coming celebration Friday night one night one of the worst the police ever experienced 4 The celebrants estimated at about bout started from the lower I campus at 7 p. p m. m after a rally I around a huge scrap pile contributed contributed contributed contrib contrib- by fraternities and five hours later police pollee officers had cleared the streets by the use of tear gas Charges against those arrested ranged from disorderly conduct to I malicious destruction of ot property All AU were ordered to appear Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day before Superior Court Judge Roy H H. Proctor or forfeit their bail ball of from 10 10 to 25 25 Seven squad cars returned to w th broken windows and twisted radio aerials Front windows of four stores on State street were smashed Madison has a 10 p p. p m. m curfew for youths under 17 17 but Police Chief William Villiam H. H McCormich said it was impo impossibly impossible ibl to enforce it He said that some of those arrested II included high school students The homecoming celebration celebration- I usually identified with tear gas beI before before be be- I fore it ends was ends was touched off oft by the hopes of Badger fans that Wisconsin would defeat Ohio State in their Western conference football football football foot foot- ball game Saturday I