The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-13
YOUNG McNUTT
CHALLENGED
TO A DUEL
IS Baron - RosenoW
Thirsts for Blood.
MEDICAL STUDENTS EXCITED
JOKE TO BE EXPIATED ON
THE FIELD OF HONOR.
Sand Dunes in the Vicinity Of the
Affiliated Colleges May Be
Drenched With Gore of
Combatants.

"You must fight me; 1 demand salts
faction for this insult, sir!'
"AlI right, old boy; what shall 1t be
swords or pistols?"
'Bahi 1t is no joke. 1 shall send my
friend to you at once. Here is my card.
Good for you. old boss; here is mine.
Send him along"
| The above conversation, marked by sup
pressed excitement on the part of the
challenger and aggraVating nonchalance
on the part of the challenged, is alleged
to have taken place in the Toland Medical
| School of the Affiliated Colleges several
days ago, and has since formed the alb
| Sorbing topic of discussion among the
student body. The youthful medicos are
now on the qui Vive. Bones and tissues
are forgotten, and all interest in the
! study of anatomy, osteotomy and kindred
I matters are obScured in the prospect of
| real meeting on the field of honor between
scion of German nobility and an Ameri-
| can aristocrat For, be it known, the
! central figures in this highly exciting cpl
! Sode are none other than Baron Albert
Rosenew, late of Germany, and Fletcher
! McNutt, son of DR.. w f. McNutt of this
! city. Both are credited with being fire.
| eaters and spillers of gore, and when
! they come together something is bound
! to happen. In the meantime the dissect
| ing room at the college has been con-
]
champions of the principals in the pro-
posed duel indulge in heated discussions
of the relative merits of the men.
In appearance the Baron" has the ad-
| vantage. He has all the earmarkS of a
| duelist, and it is whispered that he has
] at least a dozen bloody victories to his
old country. Then, too. the Baron"
! ignites with the facility of parlor match,
! something very desirable in genuine
duellst Of the old school, as the display
of pyrotechnics is calculated to fiuster
the other fellow and cause him to lose his
nerve.
riously, and therefore would be disquali-
! fed to fight in the realm of the Kaiser, or
| in any other realm where dueling is rec
| ognized as legitimate among the best
| families" However, the Baron realizes
that his opponent has not had the bene-
| fit of his experience in the business of sat
! McNutt's favor rather than be denied. 1t
| is understood the seconds have been Sc
and some nice moonlight night two young
men will seek a secluded spot in the vi
! spatter the surrounding sand dunes with
honor Of the Baron has been restored to
its ,wonted brilliancy Then they, Will
shake hands and swear to be friends for
! evermore, pledge each other and their
seconds to secrecy-and send a report Of
present programme, according to those
! who pretend to be posted, but the con-
!
and instead of shaking hands after the
| scrap one of the duelists may be COM
PEELED to shake the dust Of the country
/ from his feet while the friends of his
! late opponent are engaged in packing the
remains. of their champion off to the
| Morgue-or the dissecting room.
1t is not known just how the misunder-
standing arose, but it appears that
| young McNutt who is somewhat of a
| Joker, has been indulging in his natural
! propensity of late at the expense of the
Baron" Both are third-year men, and
the. "Baron's" peculiarities of manner
1 and speech appear to have appealed ir-
resistibly to McNutt's sense of humor.
! Now the Baron" has no humor in his
makeup. With him life is a serious mat.
| family, which is in itself sufficient to
eliminate Ievity from the composition of
jokes, While appreciated by the majority
| of his classmates, were not relished by
| the noble German. He could not see
where the fun came in, and declared he
was being prosecuted. Somebody told
him he could put stop to the nuisance
only, by challenging McNutt to mortal
against that young gentleman he declar-
ed himself and issued his def, which was
as promptly accepted, and now those
who are in on the secret are impatiently
awaiting the denouement.
When seen at his home, 2707 Sacra-
mento street, yesterday the Baron" de-
MED that he had issued a challenge.
II was all a joke he explained. 1--WE
had little argument and somebody sug
| seller bottles or something of the kind.
But it is nothing, l assure you"
Probably some friend has Informed the
Baron that duels are prohibited in this
country and that if he wants to keep
out of Jail he had better not advertise
! McNutt discreetly says he has received
| no challenge, but does not deny the pos
| sibility of being called out by the man
whose just wrath he has aroused. The
students are hopeful, and if the battle is
| not pulled off because of police interior
ence they will be the most disappointed
| lot of medicos that ever welded
| scalpel.