The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-01
STUDENTS IN RIOT AT ROCK
 ARE DONE UP Ten Arrested After Hot Fight With Concession aires at New Haven's
 Coney Island One Yale Mans Eye Gouged Worst Fight In Years Between Town and
 Gown

New Haven, June 1.-As a result of the Sheffield senior class supper held last evening on the east shore ten Savin Rock, following one of the worst fights between town and gown men held for number of years. Both sides suffered considerably, all of the students arrested being badly cut, bruised and their clothes ruined.
 The ten arrested gave their names to the police as William Jafreys, AL fred Johnson, H. R. Hemingway, John M. Thompson, H. Half, H. IA Fisher, R. A. Wilson, F. l.. Smithson, w. E. Bombsto, and Albert Lockwood
 Smithson received the most serious injuries. Shortly after his arrest. with the others, he was rushed to the off, flee of pr. Ring on Church St., where it was found that he had lost some tissue; from his eye ball, from a fing- CT nail thrust. Dr. Ring stated that his eyesight will be damaged. His face was badly cut and bruised.
 The affair happened shortly after il o'clock last night. The students, after holding their class supper, at the Mo- mauguin, came in a body to the Rock, There were fifty in all.
 All were in a decidedly merry mood, and trouble started as soon as the party reached the grove at the Rock. Here a few of the students appropriat- ed catsup bottles from Levere's lunch stand in the grove near Beach street. The lunch stand proprietor did not protest owing to heavy odds. strong flocked to Lynch's flying horses. The students took possession of the flying horses in short order and a great crowd which had been following the body and growing steadily in size, assembled to see the fun. The fun came shortly.
 One of the students appropriated the basket containing rings used by skill full riders to obtain free rides. John Lynch, one of the proprietors of the flying hroses protested, and in a few seconds was facing a wild student mob. His brothers went to his assis- tance, as did John Seery and Gerald Griffin, Seery being badly cut in the fight that followed.
 Seeing that the boys were outnum- bered by the students, people who had assembled, pitched in to help and the whole matter became a riot in a few minutes. The thing looked decid- edly alarming when Officers Burns, Kelly, Mcdonald and Cannon of the West Haven police force put in an ap- pearance. They selected the ring ledU0TS duQ llcy were pldGSo uIIOGT arrest.
 The men were taken to the lock up at the Rock and from there were con- veyed to the West Haven town hall in automobiles and trolley cars. There were two auto loads and three were taken up on the trolley. E
 The rest of the students were game to the core and followed their com. panions to the hall. They were a ''sorry looking crowd.'' Collars were missing, clothes torn, eyes blackened, mouths cut and in many cases teeth missing. The students sent call for help to Clinton H. Bird, who has a summer cottage at Woodmont. MT. Bird furnished bonds for all of them. The ten were charged with breach of the peace and were released on bonds of s25
 The fight caused great excitement all over West Haven, and up to a late hour last night, crowds were assem- bled about the town hall. In the bor- ough drug stores liniment was being sold over the counter like hot cakes. A number of the men taking part in the fight outside of the students were badly cut and needed medical atten- tion and borough doctors were kept busy.