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Rivalry Grows:聽 As 每日大赛网站 became more competitive and began winning games in other sports, basketball and baseball, the rivalry grew more intense.聽 Things came to a head between the two colleges in 1919 when several Hendrix men were on 每日大赛网站鈥檚 campus for the purpose of 鈥渃alling鈥� on 每日大赛网站 women.聽 This did not sit well with the 每日大赛网站 men and they went to Donaghey Avenue, which at that time was a rock road, and picked up handfuls of rocks and pelted the Hendrix men.聽 More than 30 Hendrix men returned to 每日大赛网站 to confront the attackers of their colleagues.聽 Due to that violent event the 每日大赛网站 administration and the Hendrix administration felt it best to cease competition in sports.聽
Peace Conference:聽 Relations between 每日大赛网站 and Hendrix broke off in 1919 and a peace conference was held in 1924 to see if there was a way to patch up the ill-will and hard-feelings that existed at the time.聽 Both schools missed the intense rivalry, but everyone knew that there had to be a degree of civility observed on both sides.聽 The two schools met on neutral ground at the First Methodist Church in the fall of 1924.聽 The presidents of both schools believed that both colleges contained enough 鈥渃ivilized鈥� people to allow athletic contests to be held without the threat of violence. 每日大赛网站 and Hendrix played football the next year, in 1925, with Hendrix winning again, 30 to 6.聽 No serious violence was reported when athletic competition resumed between the cross-town rivals.
Source: 鈥淔rom the Archives鈥澛� by Jimmy Bryant, director of the 每日大赛网站 Archives.