Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1914-03-16
ST. JOHNS CADETS
IN RIOTOUS CONDUCT
Started Out to ''Clean Up" the
Naval Academy Candidates.
TWO FINED $40 AND COSTS
While as Many Candidates Are Roughly
Handled Students 0uinumbeFtd
Wonld.Be kliddies.

The hostile feeling existing between
students of ST. Johns College and
candidates for midshipmen at the Ma
val Academy, who prepare for their
examinations ia Annapolis, broke out
afresh Saturday night and as result
two Of the st. Johns boys were fined
$40 and costs while two Of the would
be middies were very roughly ham
died.
The affair was virtually street
''riot" for time, and according to re-
ports, the St. Johns boys were the
aggressors. They greatly outnumber-
ed the candidates But for the vigi-
lance of t5e city police officials and
the subsequent Intervention of Lieut..
Chauncey st C. 0'Neill, command
ant of cadets at the College, the
trouble probably would have contin-
ued until late in the night. The ca
dets arrested were Oliver Winslow
and H. l.. Hyde. The former is a
son of DR.. Randolph Winslow. of Bal
timore. and is a member of the Junior
Glass, the latter resident of this
city.
In imposing fines upon the offend
ers Police Justice James ID. Feldmey-
er took occasion TO administer sharp
rebuke to the lads for such miscoa-
duet on the streets of the city, and
warned them that any future offenss
wodld be punished more severely.
Saturday nights fracas, it is said,
I.,1 s,aaa,Ne@r, Ftn on srafA sr.F FhuN
occurred at the informal dance given
in the College gymnasium Friday
evening last. 1t is alleged that a
candidate who attended the dance
made some remarks that were resent
ed by some Of the College students
Early Saturday evening the cadets
started out on the rampage. They
numbered some thiity-odd. according
to the police authorities and werc
bent on catching the candidates who
made the alleged Objectionable re-
marks at the dance.
But,a il developed, they poulced up
on two lads who, il is said, who had no
connection whatever with the dance in
cident. Starting down Prince George
street AAE EuuEtN dLEVEAtu tAlE TWO
candidates as they came out of
boarding house These were Stanley
Haight and z. B. Connell. Without
mineing many words, it is said, the
St. Johns lads pounced upon the two
wouId-be middies and before the DO
lice officials reached the scene the
candidates were made the victims Of
severe pummeling. Diseolored op-
tics and cuts and other bruises about
the face and head are some Of the
marks the two lads are wearing today
Hearing of the disturbance, Patrol
man James Lowman and William
Curry succeeded in srresting Winslow
and Hyde, but the rest of the party
took to THAR he els and made good
their escape. It was not long after
wari, however, that the thirty or
more st. johns boys congregated.
They were making a round of the sew
erl boarding houses in the city where
the candidates stay. Meantime, the
authorities Of St. Johns College had
been notified Of the trouble, and Com
msndsnt O'Neill came out into the
city on hunt Tor the students. Meet
ing Patrolman Lowman, Lieutenant
O'Neill was told in which direction
the cadets had gone. Coming upon
them he marched all the boys out in
front of light. The lads made every
effort to disguise themselves by pull
ing their hats down over their faces
and turning up coat collars. Lieuten-
ant 0'Neill then marshalled all of the
lads back to the College campus.
The trouble caused no little excite
ment about the city for a time, and at
no time, it is stated, were there more
than five or six candidates together.