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Oklahoma ews

 

Giselle Baclig June 30, 1968

Let’s Get Ready to

Rumble

by: Giselle Baclig 

For a while there has been a growing rival 

 between the socs and greasers, but the killing 

Bob Sheldon, a good friend of many socs, fina 

crossed the line. In the middle of town where t 

East and West side collided, was the vacant l 

where the Rumble between the two groups to 

 place. The rumble took place on June 27, a Frid 

night, at seven pm.

Rules of the fight was hand-to-hand combat on 

no knives or heaters, and first to run surrende 

The socs who came to fight came in four carloa 

There were 20 greasers and 22 socs at the rumbl The numbers were as even as it could g 

Ponyboy Curtis said, “they lined up silently, fa 

us, and we lined up facing them.” Darrel Cur  

Curtis’s oldest brother, stepped up and said ‘I’ 

take on anyone.’ Paul Holden, a husky blond g 

stepped up into the light and said “I’ll take you.”

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Holden and Curtis’s brother, Darry, used to b 

good buddies in high school. They circled ea 

other counterclockwise, eyeing each other, sizi 

each other up, wondering if old faults were s 

there. While the boys were sizing up th 

opponent, a familiar voice broke the heavy silen 

It yelled, “Hold up! Hold it!” Curtis (Olde 

turned to look, and that’s when Paul swung. Cur  

said, “I was standing next to my other broth 

Soda, Steve, and Two-Bit when Dallas Winsto came to join us. The rumble was on. Curtis said 

couldn’t find a soc my size, so I took on t 

next-best size and jumped him.

Everyone was slugging it out, fighting 

opponent. Curtis (Oldest) said, “I like taking 

two guys at once at a rumble. I look after  

 brothers, Ponyboy and Soda, they can hold up o 

their own pretty well, I just do it so they don’t 

too roughed up.” Curtis got a pretty good sluggi 

while he was helping out Winston. He got a ki 

to the head, which caused him to get a slig 

concussion. A soc kicked him and his old 

 brother, Sodapop Curtis saw what happened an 

got pissed. That was when the Socs ran back t their cars, surrendering. The Greasers yelled a 

whooped, celebrating their victory. Two-B 

Mathews said, “they were all running back to th 

cars like a bunch of wusses.” Curtis recalled bei 

a bit woozy after the fight. Afterwards, Winst 

and Curtis rushed to the hospital to see their frie 

Johnny Cade, who was dying after receiving 3 

degree burns and a broken back after a fire rescu 

he did in Windrixville. You can read about that 

the next page.

Other Newspaper Articles

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from burning church pg. 2

Robbery on Oklahoma west side 

pg. 3

The Beatles play live in Musix   

Theatre pg.4

Elvis gets jumped by crazed fan on  

day of his concert pg. 5

Shooting at Tulsa cinema pg. 6

Store coupons pg. 7

House ads pg. 8

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