Two days later, the riot had an immediate impact ("Mayor Seebirt..." 1). The students went to the Klan's downtown headquarters when a false rumor circulated that the Klan had captured a student (Tucker xvii). A fight broke out between the Klansmen and students, and it only stopped when Notre Dame's president, Matthew Walsh, came and told the students to go back to the university ("Mayor Seebirt..." 1). As a result of the riot, on August 23, 1924, the Mishawaka Klan office informed its members it was closing because of the lack of funds (Nevel 89). The area Klan groups only had a few more events that even had newspaper coverage (Nevel 90). The Notre Dame students also faced criticism from both members of the Klan and citizens of South Bend (Tucker 179). One Klansman wrote to Walsh, calling his students "ruffnecks," "hoodlums," and "mackerel snapping anarchists" (Tucker 179). A different Klan member wrote Walsh a threat on an edition of the Klan's newspaper, and another letter promised "hot lead" (Tucker 179). However, after Notre Dame won the 1924 national football championship, the students were recognized for being a force against the swarm of anti-Catholicism happening in the country (Tucker 188). Winning the championship took away most of the threats and instead made Notre Dame a university proud to represent the Catholic population (Tucker 230).