The morning news., 1897-08-28
CADET DUELs AT ANNAPOLIS.
Time When Every New Arrival Hal
to Lick Somebody or Re Licked.
From the Chicago Tines Herald.

hGduttS OF IOll Brown 0CnQOi DAYS
and Tom Brown ar Oxford" like the
hooks fo, .ho ,,,,,,it,,o.. - 49,, III.
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'ia'ii'iIesS collssIs OF portrayal OF
youngster VINO was thoroughly a boy
ready TO give with a generous heart. TO
beln with a WILLING bond or,7 70 r..o,,+
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WIN oloW' rom Brown mao lghllhS
plOou Al nun. II came uoWh 70 MN IN
Icu Icu -, cam IIUlh tie WAlte-shlHileu sax
oHS WHO trunk win the Iquor OF palue'
leeIeu dIouAu lhe dragon stahuaru OF SEN
t@c' ia. II 10 d Booa thlhs lof america thai
tHe same ploou HoWs IN tile VEINS Oh lJs
SONS writer's may write ana preachers
may preach' put the Wofld-our World at
iedst-"ll! 'ahe 10 us arms the poy VINO
- aS "ilAiouS 70 HSHl dS 70 pldS' ~ pre-
Glcls great thlhgs OF him ana Is willing to
HeIp nam alohg. CUT OF these pattles
COliS pIdChSueu eyes ana Dloouy noses
put ioI any hafHl' oeIl-cohHaehce Is porn
ol Cleh ana lne aplIlty 10 make the mana
sudru lle nead. mere USED 10 De an ola
IeiIoW III DoIldu county IeNas VINO eX-
pressed ms utter condemnation Oh nelgh-
DoI III Inns way Shlte MN on one
checK ana nell turn the other- Smlte MIN
on 'he olheI ana ne II nave your arrested
linen ne spa IN DISGUST
II Is not known that the authorities
OF lhe naval academy at Annapolis en-
courage nghtlhg There IS nothing in the
puDhshed rules urging the cadets TO fol-
10" the advice OF dead Sam Randall and
get toSether as often as possible. But
IL IS certain that they DO not discourage
II; Ihere are tales among the embryo
aulhlIals, handed down from class TO class,
OF now the preceptors have stood afar and
watched the battles through spy-glasses,
BruiitlhS at each Well-dehVered blow ana
peItlnS gIeeIully among themselves on the
u
LHdI tHe younger cadets-those IN their
Irst year-come IN little while to believe
Cuat the powers are very friendly TO
HsHIei, anu WouIu olIer acuVe encourage
heHl 10 compats II 1t were necessary
"hlch IL lsn |. Ihls state of affairs may
not Conuuce TO STUDY Dut II does conduce
70 the ueVeIopment OF muscle and the
ia'IeHinS OF the nghtlng instinct. Not
long ago cadet took leg leave of the
academy ana wandered into Baltimore,
"heie ne spilced multiplicity OF main
olaSes' AS result ne hrSt whipped
cap GriNer' then whipped TRENT OF the
CAP urlVer, ana then whipped two police
men, VINO had walked up in time to see
tHe emu OF the Tray. lie got back TO the
sIouhus padly battered, out standing well
uHuer ms canvas. Inc aftalr made some
morse ana persons went TO Washington to
OBTAIN the cadet dismissal. There they
ihet isntlns BOD Evans ana mistaken
~ detalled the circumstances, requesting
ms influence What. beloved the vet
erah' DISMISS a boy ike that! Licked
Iour men IN one night. Damme, sirs,
are you crazy! what in the blue - do
you thlhh d haVal oihcer Is for? When
ne graduates give him to me. Put him on
my SNIP want hundred like him..
IN Ihe matter OF humping his fellow
there are certain rules governing the ca
He'. .'1 Ihey are ieges non scrptae, but
lronciad nevertheless. The epithet liar"
must be resented with an instant blow
All insults must be accounted for on the
spot Ihe only spots exempt are the
chapel ana class room. The combatants
are Immediately separated by any one
standing near. first year man is per-
mltted to separate seniors. After that the
code mas play. The combatants name two
seconds each. These lay the matter be-
fore a member of the senior class. He
fixes the place and date of the encounter
The place is always an open space behind
the gymnasium 1t Is not turf, but is
ground worn bare and hardened by many
feet. 1t has been Redeemed time and again
by the best blood in America The time is
always the afternoon of some Saturday
No meetings are allowed on week days
The rules are the Marquis Of Queensberry
three minute rounds with a minute rest
between. The exception IS that no gloves
are used. Wrestling is not permitted OF
course. Occasionally. however. when one
or the combatants has had two years
training in the spaTing school and the
other IS newcomer the old style of
rough and tumble" fracas is allowed.
Always a senior class man Is master Of
ceremonies appellate court and supreme
court IN these hsic liugatons. The sec
onds are there 10 handle their men. but
All points or dispute are submitted to tho
senior. Ills decision is never questioned.
A night Is fought out until one of the men
Is deemed incompetent by his seconds. who
throw up the sponge. Then he is borne to
the hospital The sponge never goes up
uhtl ne IS MADE ht for the cot. Woe to
tne warrior who cries enough or quits
when ne is abie TO continue. Nothing is
leIt MN save 70 depart 20 civil life. His
classmates ana the men in his dormitory
VIII not speak 20 MN. lie IS "coventried."
mere ls no instance Where these bare
khuckle duels nave mad fatal termina-
tioh' Inc participants are endowed with
'he DIessins OF youth and are always IN
coIi4i'loh'
80 numerous are cadet combats that
uurns the hrst SIX months OF year until
an or tne new comers nave whipped some
Dody or neen whipped there IS often not
iine or a saturday afternoon 10 hnish with