The Washington times., 1902-05-04

of all classes being in the throng mob
OF sturdy sophomores are almost con.
stantly on hand to guard IL. while az
mary more freshmen surge back and forth
around them. waiting for an opportunity
to tear the notice down.
| That little slip Of paper is the sum of all
greatness in the lives of the students lust
at present. The trouble lies In the fact
that 1t is a memento of one of the biggest
rushes and free-for fights that has been
seen at the college for many day. Thurs
day afternoon during a baseball game be-
! tween the 'sophs'' and freshmen the two
| classes cIashed and in the general 6vbt
| that ensued the other classes Joined in
Just to help 1t along" Practically the
whole college was engaged in the scrap and
the casualties were startling in number.
The notice concerning the revolver waa
placed on the bulletin board as a reminder
OF the conflict and the freshmen who N
Is claimed. were defeated, are wild with
the desire to destroy the paper The
'sophs" on the other hand. are eoualIv
anxious to protect the notice. with the
result that the corridor In the vicinity of
the bulletin board is almost constantly
thronged with students.
The big class game between the sopbo-
mores and freshmen was played Thursdav
afternoon. and in token OF the conttnu,r
war that exists between the lower cIass-
men nearly every student turned out ;.
see the game. 1t was half expected that
some sort Of scrimmage would resnIt
perore the close or the game and all were
! anxious to see IL and participate IL neees-
sary.
Matters were proceeding very well es-
peciaiiy for the "sophs' until the niddl.
OF the ninth inning. The rooters wer.
singing and bowling to their hearts CON
tent. Everybody was happy AID in excsl-
lent condition for a fight.
Suddenly little Hennessv coxswai, n,
the Georgetown crew. sprang from b;s
seat. and. rushing over to the sophouore's
tier of seats. tore down the 'O4 nav th,,
had been fastened up there and dash
across the field with it. In a moment the
entire sophomore and freshmen bleachera
were In commotion. The bows rose
from their seats and jumped down to tbs
field. Then redhot chase after Hen
messy began. both classes pursuing him.
one to protect him and the other To thrash
the young man and demolish the flag.
Out in the field the leftfelder had 500,
Hennessys move and promp,Ir snr.n.
over to head him off, He tackled the liz
tie fellow, and the pair went down to-
gether with the coveted '04 flag under
them.
A moment later the members of the txo
classes arrived on the scene OF battle
and the conflict began in earnest The
freshmen were endeavoring to rescue
Hennessy and destroy the flag. while the
sophomoreS sought 10 thrash him and re-
store the flag to its former post.
The battle that waged around the field
was fearful to behold. Sophs "swatted'
freshmen. and turn about. Coats we're
torn from their owners backs and ripped
into small strips just to add to the en-
joyableness of the occasion. Hair was torn
out OF the students heads by the handful.
and blood was everywhere.
Finally the juniors and seniors could
stand watching the glorious scrap from
distance no more. and in body they de-
scended and hurled themselves promiscu-
ousiy upon the warriors. Then the fight
waxcd doubly warm Freshmen and sophia
lost track of each other. and friend
thrashed friend in the general mix-up.
Clothing was demolished at a fearful rate.
When the conflict had lasted fully ten
minutes the faculty OF the college got to
hear OF it. and rushed out on the field
to quell the disturbance. But the fight
was not to be stopped so soon. The boys
were just getting we'll into the scrap. and
their fighting spirit was aroused BY that
time barely one fellow in twenty had not
had his nose blooded or his eyes ham
mered shut.
Still they continued the class war. The
faculty saw that 1t was utterly impossible
TO put an end to the fight until nearly
every man had been knocked out o. one
side won. Presently the sophs secured the
nag and started to make off with IT, but
they were again surrounded by the howl
ing freshmen and the emblem was torn
into shreds- TIE sophomores. however,
secured the larger number of scraps OF
the flag. and were consequently entitled
to the victory. But from the appearance
of every student on the field it seemed
as il all sides had received their share
OF casualties.
Order was at length restored among
those who had clothing enough left upon
their backs to remain on the field. and
the game was proceeded with. But so en-
crossed were the students in the outcome
Of the fight that no enc has yet been
found who knew which class won the
game.
To further add to their victory. the
notice concerning the rusty revolver
was tackled up on the bulletin board. And
In the basement corridor a sophomore
painted a ludicrous sign In large black
letters. displaying the letters "'04." and
with them a brief but Imprint
able allusion as to what that class had
done to the freshmen