T & T NEWS 

   1/14/1965 

 

Street Fighters in Tulsa by: Philip Noh   

  TULSA, Oklahoma// A fight to settle the score               between two very different social groups, The           greasers and the socs has taken place in a vacant                   parking lot. Greasers are poor and while the socs               are rich which are their main difference. A full on                 fist fight of about 40 suspects including two of the                 three heroes of Windrixville church fire, reported to             be Ponyboy Curtis and Dallas Winston. The fighting             began at 7:00 PM on the 5th of January. One of the                     groups arrived on foot while the other in four               different vehicles. In the end the group who came in                 the four cars had run away and it seemed that the                   other group had won. During the fighting the police               were called and rushed to the scene. Many of the                   people there were injured and the Windrixville           heroes were escorted to the hospital by the police               who came a bit later.  

 

 

 Dallas Winston  one of the Windrixville heroes 

     

 

  

 

 

 

Vacant Parking lot where the fight took place 

 

 

 

Two men were later identified as Darrel Curtis and               Paul Holden, former friends and football stars. The             two are big men and were the first to start off the                       fight. The two faced each other until one threw the                 first punch. The fight ended quickly and shouts of               triumph could be heard from the parking lot. When               the police arrived about twenty suspects remained           and the names have been revealed as Sodapop               Curtis, Steve Randel, Tim Shepard, Keith Mathews,           and the Brumly brothers. 

 

“How can friends and teammates fight each other.               They have nothing to be fighting over accept for               their own social status as one of them has money                 and the other doesn’t. How can money change us                 like this and force us to fight amongst each other.”                 says eye witness and nearby resident Thomas             Moore. 

   

 

   

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 Prior to the rumble, a man was killed and much                 controversy has been raised within this community.           The man was named Bob Sheldon and belonged to               one of the social groups. Some locals who know               about it believe this may attribute to the cause of                 the fight. Also the two groups have a long history                 and are put into news for various reasons. The two                 groups get into lots of trouble whether it be               destruction of personal property or attacking each           other. An elderly man named Joe Barkly, an             eyewitness of the scene said,”Something is wrong           with this current generation.       

            Joe Barkly of Tulsa Oklahoma     All they do is get into fights and cause problems                 and commotions. Why doesn’t the police stop them             or arrest these hoodlums?”Complaints of loud         noises and shouts were filed. Also the parents of               the fighters are fighting amongst themselves as           well. Many complaints from angry parents have           gone out asking how their children have gotten             involved in this and do not believe many current               events and blame each other. The community           demands that justice be brought upon these people.             Many of the local residents say that these kids               should be punished for their actions and they should               be stopped from further actions like these. 

 

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