The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-11
SOPHoMoRES BADLY SOLD.
ooLUMBIA,s, FRESHMEN WV an
OTHER SIGNAL VICTORY.

- ,.,.r Class wen Fail into the Trap set
cor Them. and n Day Of Rierre Warrare
,,,,.1-Ex.Mayor Graro's stable rBesieEed
"a ~, Garrison voliryed with EEEp.
kidnapping, fist fights, n siege with eggs as
,bo offensive weapons, and n riot that necessi-
ta,od nolice force TO quell IL wero Incidents that
moptcd the beginning yesterday Of tho revenge
IN, sophomores OF Columbia University arc
coino 10 wrcak upon, the freshmen, who have
within n month won the cane spree. tied in the
emo rusb. walked away with the tuR-of.war.
and Ind their pictures taken without molesta-
tion on the library stops. To have their class
dinner without a hitch would have capped tho
clim,x for tho sons Of 1901. and It was the
sonbomorcs' effort TO prevent this which caused
the rumpus yesterday. During the day tho
"sophs' kidnapped ten freshmen. Four of the
sons of 1901 werc spirited away, and tho frosh-
men class, 200 strong, attempted u rescue.
The bostilities had boon planned for q week.
Some little angel had whispered into the cars Of
A sophomore that the freshman dinner would
surely take place on Friday, and as 1t Ia the
bounden duty of the "sophs" to prevent this ban
quot they promptly set % work to map out
their line of action. Acting on Instructions.
they arrived early ut the big university on the
hill, most of them clad in sweaters.
They separated into little groups Of about ten
men each. One Of. these went to the foot of the
elevated station at 125th street. another stood
ut tho top Of the great flight of steps leading
I'D through Morningside Park to 118th street,
and still another waited at the college. A cab
had been hired for tho day, and q stable had been
prepared to receive the victims. At about
half. past 0 o'clock tho fun began. Young Mapcs
of the freshman class had just finished the long
climb up the l16th street steps and WINS start
ing unexpectedly toward the college grounds
when he was nabbed. He made a stout resist
ance,. but It awaited him nothing. He was hus-
tied into the cab with %neatness and despatch.
A couple moro Of his classmates were handled
in n similar manner and then tho cabby drove
off with the three prisoners.
Meantime the crowd Mt 125th street had
been watching for a young man named Fox.
III He same came along bn Evoons schedule SISa time but IT. s some ,nS
enemy at the foot Of the station stairs, and turn:
ing, shot up again as fast as he could and
tho way to Forty. second street and then went
across to, to a s, cable =, caTi He got 2 of, . at tihi,0Oilhl
marched right into their arms. With a fresh
man named Livingston he was bundled into a
cab and forced to sit quietly while he was
driven off TO the prison.
The freshmen were koenly alive to the situe.
past 10 o'clock. and decided to attend recits.
tions. They went to their work In a body. At
half past - their r. real AL work rsnoI ssg q hit They Ssgd got
and then started of. They had learned that their
classmates were imprisoned IN a stable on 109d
bliCCb hthl lIS ohu Ii WhOlc oliCB
gave up work to watch the fun. The sophs had
no wincreased tho number Of their captiyee to
e cro;Sha at steil least sas s 6Gcn ran { to q 1 18th street street and
down Morningside drive to st. Lukc's Hospital.
There 1T IT stopped; 4 Freshmen scout ~ brought
oners to the stable Of ex.Mayor, William r.
Grace at 124 East Seventy fifth street.. The
rest they had .parolcd on their word of honor
that they would neither attend the dinner nor
help their comrades.
Hurriedly the, freshmen elected A. ". Hen.
hnrSnu THAR lnadar and hn ra1lnd nnnn Thorn IN
rescue their classmates. Russell Grace, a son
Of the ex-Mayor, together with n dozen OF his
block of, A few Of the freshies saw this and
made a break for the sophs. They escaped
Town AMSTERDAM Avenue. Then began began a o1 race
reach the stable first. The freshmen divided,
some taking the cable cars. others the elevated
The sophs took the cable. but a couple OF cars
behind the men of 1901. At Eighty.sixth street
sophs ran across the Park, beating the fresh
men out by about n block. They reached the
stable ann. IN mi til g to get in am and to harricnde the
and gone to Seventy. fourth street. They were
stable began. While the freshmen We're dis,
cussing a plan Of action Robert 6: Green. the
crowd. So did his classmate Msrtin. Green
was promptly hustled off: Later 1t was learned
that with three Of his classmates he had been
street and st. Nicholas avenue. Martin made
more Of u fight. Stewart. the heavy weight cane
out into the street, banging away at each other.
Finally both rolled over just as a policeman
came and separated them. Martin was freed.
Then the freshmen massed themselves before
the side door or tho stable and began to push.
Little by little the door was straining inward
when three policemen came up ON the run and
drove the b~esiegers Off.
The freshmen again held a council of war.
Some wanted a warrant taken out to have their
comrades released, but they wcro dissuaded
from doing this by some upper classmen. A
big crowd Of citizens had gathered about the
stable by this time. More policemen came.
The freshmen returned to the siege. and were
leading to the. cellar when the police charged
them. Then they stationed pickets to see that
no sophs eascaped and retired to await develop,
the roof and began to jcer at the besiegers.
This enraged the lower classmen, a dozen of
whom disappeared. returning soon with a lib
together. and while they were giving a cheer
sophs didn't notice this and continued to jeer.
Quick as q flash a fusilnde OF eggs shot up to
HE roof o0d o They ss Smear re tb the defenders the Tb sta,
was no reply to this sally. The freshmen wait.
ed a half hour longer and then went back to col.
They had left some volunteer pickets behind
to watch after their interests. Ono of these was
lie marched braySly; up yH1' and IL down in in 'front.' osfe 81
the stable, bowling defiance. and looking ven
i,,"N '.s '"S eothb ~ UNIV hiii IA
side when the policemen stopped him. Esser
boldly resumed his patrolling. Finally at a lit
tic after A o'clock the sophs nabbed and took
him to join tho other prisoners.
Meantime at. the college another row had
taken place. The freshmen had.a little pass In
front OF Schermerhorn Hall. superintendent
Darling and Dean Singer, the portly ~janltor
quelled this. racket. At 5 O'Clock the whole
sophomore class. with the exception of the foul
captured. was in Mr.. .Grace's stable. They
brought the animals" as they termed thu
freshies, up from the cellar and made then
make speeches. The last called upon was Esser
They made him talk for about ten minutes, In.
terrupting him constantly with cheers and jeers
Finally they made him lead a cheer for 1900
Then he was paroled and let go.
At q o'clock they let the rest Of the captive.
go on condition that they would not go to the
dinner. A days work had been gloriously done
thought the sophomorns, md the freshmen din
ner had been stopped. But 1t was the fresh
men who laughed last. The joke was on tn,
enemy, for no dinner had been planned for las
evening. The deception had been happily con
ceiyed and clevcrly carried out, and the mon o
1901 were again the ~victors.