The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-23
FRESHMEN YIN FENCE
SLIGHT FICTORY OYER SOPHs
 IN ANNUAL RUSH.

'oG Fights Firresiy Against ovsrwhslm-
 ing Administration Roughly uaudIsd-Hats and Canes Captured. The Washington's birthday fence rush was won yesterday by the freshmen. as is conceded by almost all Yale men. Before chapel there was snowfall contest. The freshmen lined up before the chapel with a supply of snowballs. A solitary sophomore came across the campus in high hat and cane and enter ed Dureee half hidden by volley of snowbalIs silowered at him by the freshmen. aided by few upper class men. The laughter and shouts raised by this incident was chilled by loud and fierce Breke-ke kex raised by fifty | sopholnores near Phelps hall, who marched coolly into a storm of snow balls showered at them. As they pass l ed Farnam hall the snow balls crashed | through the dorfnitory windows, smash ! ing every pane of some windows. Few os the soohomores returned the fire as they hastened into the south door of chapel, which, together with the chapel walls about the door were whitewashed | by the shower of snowballs. Several smaller parties of sophomores had to march through cloud of snow balls also. During the snowball firing one smashed through the umbrella of an onlooker. Many of the high hats of the soohomores were broken by the snow balls.
 During chapel the students were as devout and quiet as on an ordinary day. President Hadley, as chaplain, read part O. Washingtons farewell address in place of part of the regular Scripture ireading. America" was sung as the morning hymn.
 When the freshmen marched out from Ichaoel in quick but orderly fashion the sophomores in high hats secured by cords, raincoats, and sweaters and car rying oak and heavy bamboo canes, l were lined along the sophomore fence, which extends south from chapel to- ward Phelps hall. Rain was drizzling, and the part of the campus where the fight occurred was a swamp of slush, ice and water. Yelling and firing snow balls the freshies rushed at the sopho- mores. who were quickly surrounded on three sides. thought most of their roemen dashed at them from the west, inside the fence. The charging fresh men smashed into the sophomores and a Iconsused melee ensued. Canes were used freely, but few snowballs were em- ployed. A large part of the sophomores were forced to cross the fence where they gallantly held their ground. beat ing off the freshmen, pulling them over the fence and hurling them to one side or rolling them in the slush. The Freshmen kept forcing the sophomores T back, getting hold on the fence. About
 the outskirts of the crowd were many individual fights and wrestling matches. Canes and hats were snatched by fresh linen and carried out to friendly upper classmen to be kept as souvenirs by
 the ereshies. In the cane snatching many sophomores were rolled in the wa ter as well as the freshmen.
 Unperclass men soonf sent all of '07 into the rush proper, shouting, 'Never mind the canes: take the fence!" The cry es take the fence was raised ev- anywhere, and the freshmen redoubled their efforts to shove back the fiercely battling sophomores. whose hats were now largely smashed and torn to frag- ments. Some of the freshmen who suc- cesssully resisted being dragged over the sence were pulled to the ground where they were trampled on and given many bloody nose. Steam rose in a cloud from water soaked clothing, half concealing the fiercest of the fight.
 At ten minutes to g seniors raised the cry Fights over! Fights over!" The combat quickly stopped, and as the
 freshmen were clinging to almost all of the fence the general opinion, including that of many of 06 men, gave the rush to the freshmen.
 After a contest of yelling in which cries of or" and "'O6" were raised the
 sophomores and spectators, including upper-class men, Sheffield and profess sional school men, and townspeople joined in a mighty keke-kex. end ing with "'07, '07, '07." This was replied to by a yell for '06 raised by the fresh,