The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-05-08
he WANTS TO Fight
SOUTH CAROLINA CADET CHAL.
LEkGES A DOCTOR.
CAUSE OF The TROUBLE
The Doctor Criticised the Horseman-
ship of the Cadet, Who Sends ChsI-
lenge, Which is Turned Over to
the Commandant Of the West Point
Academy.

Academy.
The New York World correspond
ent at Highland Falls says there ism,
going TO be any duel at West Point
between Senior Cadet Robert Nc
Goun Littlejohn, right tackle Of the
football team, boxer, wrestler and
South Carolinian, and spectacled
young DR.. Thomas NcMenamin OF
Highland Falls-thst is, If the the
ory that 1t takes two to make scrap,
holds good.
DR.. McMenamin who had the to-
merity to criticise the horsemanship
Of the senior cadet as an amateur
ish" and for so doing received hot
letter Of challenge (and promptly
sent the letter with one OF his own
to the senior cadets strict disciple
marian boss, Major-Gen. Barry, Sup
erintendent Of West Point), told a
correspondent for The World that al
though fighting might be the profes-
sion Of Cadet Littlejohn, 1t wasn't
his, the doctors.
Major-Gen. Barry would not dis
cuss the affair and Senior Cadet Lit
tlejohn is standing severely on his
dignity with perhaps twitter Of ap-
prehensien over what may be the Of
fetal outcome OF DR.. McNenamin's
action in placing his letter OF chal-
lenge in his superior's hands. Lit
tlejohn is due to be graduated this
June. 1t isn't likely, however, that
the invocation Of the code duello by
the Southern cadet will come to 8
serious turn. Dr.. NcMenamin IS not
inclined to take the affair very seri-
ously. He said to the reporter for
The World:
"Major-General Barry sent one Of
his aides this morning to talk over
the matter with me. / told him that
of course the letter Of challenge came
all unexpectedly and that 1t would
have hardly been worth noticing at
all except that I am frequently called
in a professional way to West Point
and have frequented social affairs
there.
The prospect Of my gong up
there some fine day to have young
giant Of football player, boxer and
wrestler give me poke IN the eye
or otherwise vent his wrath over
an imaginary case Of wounded pride
and honor did not please me. OF
course the idea Of fgnting a duel in
these days is too absurd to discuss
The matter was really altogether trtv-
ial save as young Littlejohn magni-
fed it by writing me a threatening
letter.
II did, however, tell NaJor-Gen.
Barry's aide that while did not care
to press charges against the cadet, I
would expect an apology from him. !
think such an apology will be forth
coming. I know it should. Little
John is q crack athlete and something
Of a leader among the students, and
think you may lay his na,r-trigger
wrath and indignation to en attack
of 'swell-headedness' common to
youth.
'Littlejohn was riding his horse
through the town last Saturday
when the animal SHE'D and began t.
dance all over the road with him. /
was sitting in my motor car waiting
for my brother, DR.. Frank McMena-
min, who was talking with a lady on
the opposite corner. I was alarmed
to see the cadets horse going scram-
bling and backing into my brother.
One Of the animals hind hoofs struck
my brother on the foot, bruising him
painfully.
81 was naturally alarmed and
shouted somewhat heatedly at the
young man. I don't recall exactly
what I said. but I guess it was some
thing to the effect that if he didn't
know how to manage horse better
that he shouldn't ride one. When he
cot the horse under control he gall
loped up to my car as was helping
my brother in and shouted to ME that
was to understand that I was to
mind my own business. He was a
very angry young man undoubtedly
i is not true that he subsequently,
rode into town and abused me.
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