The chronicle=news., 1913-05-24


.uryins ~ stras-,ic position at the
corner of Convent aud Church Sts..
was captured shortly b-for. I~o
o'clock this morning lay members nf
the junior cia,s of tn" Trinidad high
schaol and ten minutes later III.
flag oI III. .las Of IgiI Heated
rioudir from the fiss riafi. Al 7:ao
This morning after II baIti. In which
on. Junior WAS Injured AMI num-
b"f ~ juniors and rophpmor-, were
badly beaten. III. flag was tarn from
til. staff b III. lighting soi.hs- anu
tn" triumph OF the under graduates
was iurn.d into the hi'i-fn--. OF de-
feat, Tn" melee lasted all night.
Hand tn hand encounters took pilc-
On III" roof Ey-s were hia..-.i.
faces bruised aud .ut and clothing
torn tn ribbons. Three .Lyiighis in
til" r'sof of III" C-N building w.r-
smashed by III. ~oph- in their d..-
r"ia'" efforts to reach the roof and
i"in"," til" flag. II war the hardest
class bat'i. In the history Of the io-
cal high school.
George Mars. member o' The jun
ior class. who for five hourH held
possession Of IN" fort with eight
classmates. sustained broken non.
In the bat,l. with the .ophs af,sr
they hnd scaled the walls aud reach.
ed the roof lie wRs taken to his
home IN u s-nii.,or.cious -ondii ION
ii-at-n with fists aud pounded with
t~o-by-fourr. tn. sophs were time
and asain beaten back In their nt-
'.mpis tn reach IN" rooi hy iaidcrs
Finally iart. Mitchell climbed a
!ndG"r ai the northwest corner aud
nsc-nd.'l to the roof while four jun
iots battered him over the head with
boards. While he war mixing the
attempt from thi. point. other sophs
at different corners Of the building
were aserndin. by ladders and al
swarm of youn gst.rs led by iiarrs
Lott squeezed up through the sky
li9ht. The nine Juniors on the roo!
were kept busy and were ultimately
routed. The battle royal on the
rnos followed Ana the junior flag WAS
taken down.
Tho juniors encountered no difn-
role OF the c-N building. II had
been carefully planned and between |
80 and .:p" o'clock Kenny Vigil
climbed the Iajcr and was the firs;
to reach the roof. After him ascend !
4! his eight classmates. Richard Os- !
snna. George Mars. Harold iiranson. |
" III iiutlcr. Willis i,cson. John Alb |
Robert ca'lct,. .ioc Jack
son. II WIS proud moment. the
raising Of the flag. AMI for some
time the nine juniors gioatcd nndis- !
turbcd over the possession Of the
fortress.
Soon the sophomore elan gathered |
reach the roof. Ladders were
brought from far and near mad one |
by one the sophs attempted to as !.
ccnd. and time and again were COM
PEELED to give up. as the trusty nine
were ON guard at every corner and
angle and mercilcssly asaiicd them. |
Darkness passed over them and the
dawn CLEANED out Of the eastern
sky and with the first strcaks ofth.
new day the invading aophs made q
concerted effort to capture the citn-
del. All in vain were their efforts
and the taunting juniors laughed
Upon them and Haunted their fail
urc with quip and Jest.
by and by reinforcements arrived
and with the reinforcemcnts NOR.
ladders. The attack was made from
every side OF the building and from
within. Mitchell several times tried
to scale the walls at great risk OF
limb. When Earl Dennis OF the G.
y mechanical force arrived about
7:l5 to open the doors for the day
he was surrounded by bowling mob
OF besiegcrs and literally swept off