The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-03
S0pHS DOUBLE VICTORY.
rurY RETAIN MONOPOLY OF PIPES
an WALKING STICKS.

-,.rdid Contests Yesterday Between Column.
h,,,. freshmen and Sophomores-The
Intter's Young Athletes Defeat Their
pIynls In the Cano spree and Tug of War.
Practically all undergraduate work stopped
.hort at Columbia University yesterday after
.oon The greatest contest Of the college year
~ Noruingslde Heights. the cane spree and
,ho ,ur-o'.war, was held. The faculty. TO a
,.rea extent, as well as almost tho whole stu
don, body, left all other occupation and locked
s,,t 10 the gymnasium and then TO the athletic
o.d opposite the big library. Acrowd OF about
1000 saw the sophomorcs OF the school OF APP
rlied science score a complete victory over their
freshman rivals.
L,a result the sophomores retain the right
thew won az freshmen to be tho only under
classmen privileged to carry canes and smoke
rIpes According TO custom, the freshmen are
barred from these rights unless they win the
annual struggle between the classes. The cane
.pree took place yesterday in the new gym
naslum. Neutrality-suspicious. mat had been placed
IN the middle OF the floor as a ring. Around this
we're a dozen small mats as safeguards. The
ireshmen and sophomores crouched about
these. DIR. Watson L. Savage. the Medical Direc-
Tor Of the university stqrted the hrst bout, ). II;
hfiss GanS for tmNtf6 Tie %iiiSShtweight honors. For two
successive five-minute rounds they tried. with
out result, to wrest the hickory stick from ono
smother. Mr.. Tucker. an instructor in the
was lust about to call time in the third round
when Higgins. by a splendid effort; jerked the
sane away from the sophomore, The freshmen
carried Higgins of on their shoulders yelling
"FFn"r the middleweight bout N. P. vulte repre-
sented the freshmen and A. n; Lawrence the
sophomores, Nulte is q splendidly built youth.
He appeared to be stronger than his rival. who
was stroke Of last years freshman crew. The
sophomore went at Vulte like a whirlwind. and
after about three minutes OF wriggling he got
hs back against Vulte's chest, and then by
ireshman's hands.
The crowd was now in a state Of great excite
ment: everything depended on the heavy
weight bout. D.. w Smyth. q %strapping big
freshman. was pitted against g. Welles, the
strongest man: ACCORDING to gymnasium tests.
mer and tongs, but the freshman proved no
easy prey. After about two minutes OF wrest-
linz SMITH vent down. The cane was under
his body and across his. Jaw. Try as he would.
however, Welles could not loosen the wise;
like grip, Of smyth's left hand The second
ever, the great strength OF the sophomore
told. He downed Smyth, wound one leg
around the treshman's neck and then tore
first the right hand and then the left from the
cane. The lsophomores were 80 jubilant that
they, too. carried the victor of on their
The spectators now rushed over through the
snow to the field opposite the library for the
tug-o'-war. There were sixty-two men on a
side. DR.. Savage and Mr.. Tucker again Off
ciated as referee and umpire respectively.
For ten minutes the crowd stood in the snow
and watched. The sophomores got an advan-
tage at the beginning which they held to the
end, winning by ten cleats.