Sometimes wed say, Come on up. I carried guns for them if we had to go to a rumble or something because at the time the police wouldnt check the girls. We were so fuckin' broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. Youd be saying, I dont give a shit who you are, calling the club out. Before we started getting high on dope, we were sniffing glue. The fordam baldies aka belmont baldies aka baldie mob shaved their heads as far back as the 1940's and hung out at a candy store on belmont between 189th and fordham. So wed take the apartment over. Over the course of one or two summers, they outnumbered us. To this day, we still hang out, and wed do anything for each other. who descended on Micheal Farmer in the city owned: Highbridge swimming pool, whom they perceived At its centre is Italian-American kid Richie (Ken Wahl) who is one of. You wanted to teach him a lesson. On that day the Baldies happened to be in Section 11 and when someone asked for help, they proceeded to Section 17 to inform the Red Wings that this was their area. Everything started out with sweaters. This let anyone down in the park know you were coming. I mean, these girls could fight. All the defendants were found guilty and the shooters Ciappetta and Gugliemelli were sent to prison for twenty years. down on them. But you gotta remember one thing: When we were kids, we didnt have to kill anybody. They didnt like me too much. When they got back to East Harlem, they dropped off Hall, Bella and DePetris, but picked up two new Red Wings, Frank Ciappetta and Vincent Gugliemelli. We were so fuckin broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. Someone from the car said, you called us punks. Both pistols were then brought out and six shots rang out from both guns, brandished by Ciappetta and Gugliemelli. The Spanish guys were different. We were like, Nah, dont fuck with them. For more information on the Baldies, please visit James Hannons website, Lantern-Media where he shares some of his research on the Fordham Baldies as well as another period gang called the Duckys. In the case I am talking about here, there are no school rumours about a Baldie invasion. Usually it was chains or sticks; knives and zip guns occasionally. So after a while, he would make an apartment available to us. They were with them most of the day. I removed the references to Brooklyn gangs in popular culture - does not make any sense to have them there - this article is not about Brooklyn. 1926), Words gane to the kitchen,And words gane to the ha,That Marie Hamilton gangs wi bairnTo the hichest Stewart of a.Unknown. Police break up gang rumble in the making on a Saturday night in In the 1950s and 60s the youth gangs in the Bronx, New York, emerged with a particular notoriety. When I did get arrested, my little brothermay he rest in peacehe was involved. Some people were robbing other gangs for their drugs. If you walked by somebodys block, they would chase you, shoot at you, and beat you down if they caught you. Everyone pleaded not-guilty and a trial proceeded the following year in April 1955. His father was a building super. hairstyle later made famous by Fonzie from Happy Days. THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF FORDHAM UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Main Navigation Menu. What was so funny was that a lot of the people were intermingled, family-wise. Meanwhile, a local gang, the Fordham Baldies, menacing blacks and Hispanics in Roosevelt's vicinity, kept enrollment overwhelmingly white. When wed fight with the black guys, it was more or less hit and run. Next thing you knew, youd be fighting. When we were on Lee Avenue there was this black guy. They help people out. I got locked up in 80 and came out in 83. I never wore Property of. In the gang, the girls used to have to wear Property of on their jackets. The 70s was real nice. Second, I want to expand the introduction. The rest of them are scattered to the wind. There are 41 of them, and each member is a serious brawler. We never really had any problem with the Hasidics. Click here to order your copy of Brooklyn Rumble today! You have every type of person in every club. lol" Another former gang member from the Garrisons had this to say about the Duckies: "If you were planning to visit the Botanical Gardens in the Bronx you needed to concern yourself with the "Duck(ie)s." Legend has it, if you are visiting the Bronx Botanical Gardens and blast out a 'Duckie Whistle', Duckies will show up to greet you till this day! We were trying to imitate them. You were whacked out of your face. All of a sudden wed start hitting each other. So I think a lot of it had to do with that. And of course, you dont let nobody take your colors. It was a mixed group, Italians, Blacks and Irish boys who had grown up together. Originating in the late 1940s, the Red Wings appeared on the record until at least 1959. Egyptian Dragons". Their gang was the Comanchero Chaplains. Our gang was the wiseguys, you know what I mean? I think he got arrested. 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They were like, Whos the president? and a couple of guys went over, and we had this truce. About Us Site Map Contact Us Great American Youth Book Lords Of Kilbourn Book, Greaser Magazine: "Rising Up Angry:" Stone Greaser Grapevine, Debbie Kozlarek/Carolyn Vandermolen Murders, The Teddy Girls Gang - Great Britain 1950s, Mighty Zulu Nation, Universal Zulu Nation Gang history, Fordham Baldies/Italian Red Wings Gang War, SBB Garfield Boys verses Red Hook Tigers article, Brass Knuckle Tales 50's Street Gang Looks Back, Jimmy the Gent Burke Rest in Peace Article, Harlem Red Wings/Northmen Street Gang article. We went down one night, had a fight with them, and Ill never forget it: We chased them all the way down Evergreen Avenue, and all of a sudden about 60 or 70 of them came out of a house. Gone is the cluttered window offerings of the candy store. I do think a cross-reference to similar Brooklyn movies (and Mean Streets) makes sense, but as a Wiki neophyte and busy guy, I don't have the time to do it. There would be a fight set up, and we told you to be there at seven oclock. It was a crazy neighborhood. All except the sadistic Ducky Boys who seem to suddenly materialize at the opportune moment, are more like social clubs and do little besides partying and hanging out. Theyd hang around. I remember them strutting their stuff on the boardwalk dressed in black bikini bathing suits with red piping. It was like a game. I'll always have the memories of those times. The problem with the Bronx in 1978 was there were real gangs. I lived in abandoned buildings with them. I told him to open the garbage can, one of those big silver ones, and I went in there, and I told him to put everything on top of me and put the lid on. For instance, my friend Dusty got stabbed, and he came back from the Bronx really late, and I hung out with him the whole night at the hospital. They looked at both of us, and I was a little relieved because I said to myself, well, they really was there, so Im gonna walk. I was trying to find my way out, and I went into this room and there was an opium den. When we were done I carried him up four flights of stairs on my shoulders to his house, stoned out of my head. We were able to do that, whereas the newcomers werent. In the 1960s, among students citywide, truancy increased and socializing gained priority, whereby other high schools often issued diplomas once their requirements were met via Roosevelt's evening and summer . I wasnt hit too often. Go home. He didnt see where I was shooting from, so I ran like two or three cars up and hid under the last one. Its even like that now. That was like Jersey to me, Avenue D. If you dont do it, youre not part of the crew. We were big wine drinkers. Click here to learn more about Ernests life as well as pictures of Ernie before he was killed. I dont want to glorify it, because for todays youth theres nothing to glorify in gangs, but back then it was what we did to survive. Even the cops told my mother one time they knew I didnt have nothing to do with it. Five leather jacket clad Astoria gangs almost mix it up with Unlike the idiotic movie the wanderers, however, they didn't have any blacks in the gang, they went around to other neighborhoods to see if they could find some to beat up. We came into a lot of weapons at an early time. We all got along. Sometimes after I got done kicking her ass, one of my girlfriends would come and, you know, kick her ass some more. You werent even allowed to kick the guy once he was down. The parents always got along, and we always respected their parents and they respected our parents. We had like one pistol, and that was for everybody, because every now and then you had a confrontation that would require it. The official 2023 Women's Volleyball Roster for the Fordham University Rams Someone happened to see two of the guys from the Arabian Knights so we pulled over. It was an opportunistic thing. So there wasnt one particular reason. We went to the roof above this nightclub and when they started coming out, we just rained bottles and bricks down on their heads. I didnt take no shit from nobody. There was a lot of acrimony between the Red Wings and Puerto Rican gangs from East Harlem like the Dragons and Viceroys. It was two carloads of the fellas, just headed toward the block, coming from Greenpoint. We did most of our dirty business on the railroad tracks, so we got the name The Railroad Boys. I think I shot two or three times with my .25 before it jammed. On a warm Saturday night, wed all be up on the hill. From Spanish Harlem, we moved to the South Bronx. The Fordham Baldies were one of the gangs featured in the movie "The Wanderer". I was always aware. I only see a couple guys from the neighborhood now. They punctured his lung and he almost died. But there were girls where I had to kick their ass. But thats the way they did it in those days. He couldnt show up to collect his rent. They werent allowed to date outside girls. The official athletics website for the Fordham University Rams A famous quote about the Woodside Chiefs is in a book by Robert Timberg titled "State of Grace" Simon & Shuster, 2004. 71.184.65.20 (talk) 19:53, 28 March 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply], That can't possibly be a real gang. Tully High School seniors Richie, Joey and Perry run with a gang called The Wanderers in the Bronx. We used to look up to the Hells Angels back then. They thought I had control over their leader. It's an in-depth look into the Mau Maus and Sand Street Angels gangs from Brooklyn in the 1950s. We meet the Wanderers (Italian), the Del Bombers (Black), the Wongs (Asian Kung Fu), and the Fordham Baldies (oversized bald guys). You won. And we used to ride over to East 3rd in Manhattan, to the Hells Angels, and visit with them and whatnot. Stripping you means taking your jacket by force. And sometimes it didnt. Jun.1, 1954 - Several Members of the Red Wings' gang from East Harlem drove to Fordham Baldies turf in the Bronx and shoot dead Ernest Montuoro after being insulted in a fracas at Orchard Beach. Everything was about turf. 1954 Red Wings & Fordham Baldies The Red Wings were a well-known and powerful Italian gang situated in East Harlem. Basically the territory was divided by the Bronx River that ran through the park. Because we were like brothers. In fact, all three people who were involved in the murder ended up dying within three years of it. Apparently Mario and Ernest looked very much alike and although Mario didnt discuss the death of his brother, it was something that Marios son always knew about. We never had problems against each other, because we grew up in the same neighborhood. They still have them down there, these buildings where the cellars have all these different rooms. A lot of the guys would be with their girlfriends. And then it got built up even more. I lived down the block from an armory, and there was a sergeant who would come every morning and buy seven bags of dope. Our "uniform" was teal bowling shirts with black velvet vertical stripes. The Red Wings with Frank that June 1 were John Hall, Louis DePetris, Philip Bonnano, Jerry Santaniello and a girl only known as Bella. We went to Seward Park High School, and it was mostly Jews. It was just: This is your part of Brooklyn, this is my part of Brooklyn. It got to the point where you couldnt walk outside of a radius of five or ten blocks. That was my opportunity. You have it all. And nobody could fuck with that. For everybodyespecially our people but even for strangers, what we called Merigans, like Ameriganswe had respect for all of them. It was something for show. 42nd Street was like a neutral area, unless you ran into clubs from different boroughs. (2) Police busted up a rumble between two (South) Bronx gangs. So a lot of guys ODd. Prostitution was everywhere too. Robert Beer, Ph.D. (JMH 634) Its something you die for, like a flag. It could be that she had sex with one of the girls guys, it could be that she was just wanting to have sex with one of the girls guys, or she could have just been from another club. A lot of my buddies went in. Back in the early days, we used to have a habit of snatching their hats. Its where the old freight trains used to run out of Long Island City. You went home, you needed a couple of stitches, you know, you went to the neighborhood drugstore, you got butterfly stitches. Eventually everybody said, Were not going to dance no more. Was a wild time growing up, some bad, some good, but many learning experiences came from those times. Then Id go into this one restaurant, talk to the guy I knew there, find out if there was any food from breakfast left99 percent of the time there wasand hed pack it up and give it to me. Back in those days, we always had a clubhouse. In 1957, the Viceroys stabbed and killed an Enchanter. The ending was tragic and if one were keeping score on such a grim topic, the Red Wings came out on top. We were always there. He wanted to hang out so bad that he let us call him Snowball. In September 1979 or 80, there was a big fire. Or cite a source, of course. Montuoro, who was 25, was not in the Baldies but did have a criminal record for assault and robbery in 1947 and possession of a firearm in 1949. "I was a member of that Ducky gang, did some streetsmart growing up with them. We went to Our Lady of Lourdes Grammar School on Aberdeen Street. Id be there for a few hours. I turned out to be one of them, and it cost me a lot. The bullet penetrated his abodmen wall and because of the injury his leg became gangrenous and he had to have his right leg amputated several inches above the knee. The force would cause the rubber band to shoot a .22 bullet. The Dukes were on Roebling and South 3rd, over to South 1st. It was a handful of us that really made most of the noise. Nowadays, everybodys got a gun or a knife. And then when youre like 13 or 14, you start to hang out a little bit and the older guys start to notice you and start to talk to you and before you knew it youd been groomed into what they were. I got into the gangs very, very early. that Farmer was a member of a rival gang called "The Jesters" (It's not known whether or not Farmer was a gang member thougheven to this day). They cornered him, stabbed him three times, and shot him in the ass. Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.32.229.106 (talk) 11:31, 7 September 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]. It was like 50 cents a bottle. When everything was done, there was one of them dead from a gunshot and a knife wound. Rumors often swept Bronx high schools in the 1950s and 1960s that "the Baldies were coming" to confront the student body, at the generally docile Bronx High School of Science and the more macho, all-male DeWitt Clinton High School. Youd fire a round in the air, and theyd say, Oh shit, theyre shooting, and theyd run. We had colorsblue sweaters. My brother Alex started wearing patches when he was hanging out with this other club, the Dirty Ones. Because then you cant be in your own neighborhood carrying a pistol. Or wed buy a 40-ounce bottle of Budweiser, a quart of Ballantine, sit up on the hill and drink that. Now, everybody else has a bike. Pichon, President of the original Latin Kings of Highbridge Park, '63, currently living in the West Coast. All these people laying down on cots and shit, with these pipes, and one guy tending them. I also had to fight some of the guys in the club. Then you had the Satans Souls for a while, who were on South 5th and Hoover. The University also supports a number of club sports, and a significant intramural . There were also after school programs Stephanie went to that had a lot of activities for the kids. Ciappetta and Gugliemelli were charged with 2nd Degree Murder and the others with 1st Degree Manslaughter. In them days, it was no big thing. Heroin was a big thing in the 60s. At about 4:55 p.m. after asking around where the Baldies hung out, the Red Wings rolled up on Piggys Candy store, double parking in front. So our style of dress and everything was like them. I lived on Fulton and Rockaway, which was home to another crew, the Fulton and Rockaway Boys. That wasnt allowed in that neighborhood because that old lady may be some big shot gangsters relative. They parked the Caddy and settled in at Section 17 of Orchard Beach which at the time was divided into 27 sections (now it is divided into 13 sections). Some shotguns, a .30-06, a .30-30. Having an Active Minds Chapter in your school can be an important step in changing the conversation about mental health. bayonets, brass knuckles, and garrison belts before officers swoop When I stepped off the train, I saw all these abandoned buildings, and every night there were the sirens of the fire trucks, and people being displaced, crying, no place to go. But like I said, yeah, the cops beat your ass. They heard that the Italian Dukes were brother gangs with the Fordham Baldies, so if you were walking around with an Italian Dukes jacket, they didnt fuck with you. We used to make choppers with four- and six-polesextensions, you know? It had to be girls who were in that particular gang. We were just crooks, you know what I mean? What used to happen was, wed hang out at someones apartment, but then theyd move out. It looked like an epidemic had destroyed the place. If they caught you, you were going to get an ass whuppin. If you remember the scene where they tied a rope to the penises of two guys on a bridge and threw a cinder block over the side down to the a river, that was the Bronx River near French Charlie's baseball field. - Mgm|(talk) 05:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC), this was in the HelpDesk when I had the article's name changed. We called ourselves the Italian Dukes. Giampetruzzi, Bonano, Santanielli and the rest of the Red Wings high tailed it out of the Bronx back to East Harlem, seething over the insults and plotting revenge. We were never really into robbing people. You push a guy up against a wall with a car, just push him till he hits the wall. An ex-Wanderer had this to say: I was a Wanderer! People were sniffing glue, so the bodegas began to sell glue because it was so popular. We were always armed. Sometimes. We spent a couple nights in jail. We would let him go because he was with his girl. On the west side of Astoria, members came from the Murder Inc. came out of that neighborhood. John Gotti, too. Then he became the President of the Majestics. They didnt have to worry about getting robbed or nothing on the block. Set in the Bronx in 1963, the film follows a gang of Italian-American teenagers known as the Wanderers and their ongoing power struggles with rival gangs such as the Baldies and the Wongs. After a while, I realized that theynot just them, other clubs toowere being paid by the landlords to burn the buildings for the insurance. Wake him up, hustle. There were no real initiations. On any given weekend night, as you reached the 'balcony', you started the Ducky 'whistle'. When they started with the knives, we started with the zip guns. The area between Pleasant and 1st, and blocks between1st and 2nd were predominately Italian. Its like a family, or the police department, or the priesthood. My brothers were making money selling drugs but I didnt want to get into it. We called ourselves the Capris if you can believe it. It was all music and sex and everybody getting high. I was with him for 24 years, so I was a real part of it. So thats how it happened. We had a clubhouse. Underneath the hill, there were the train tracks. I snorted it, sometimes I shot it, but not often. When I was in Spanish Harlem, the guys in gangs wore silk jackets with their name on the front and the club name on the back. We were sitting on the corner of Longwood, drinking beer, and this particular club came by and started shooting. I didnt do that. Its much harsher than coke. He got killed a few years later. And that would touch it off right away, because theyd start yelling back at us, and before you knew it, wed be running down on the railroad tracks, theyd be running up. All the gangs recognized and even esteemed one another showing respect. It took a lot of people out. Actually, I wish I could go back a couple years. If you made someone look bad, theyd wanna retaliate. The Fordham Rams are members of NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference for most sports. We burned fires in the tunnels in the winter to stay warm, and we went swimming in the Bronx river when it was hot. I swear to God. Me and a few other guys started making a lot of noise, you know, fighting all these other gangs. You come running through the building with the cops after you and you could run into any door. If it aint from close range, you just have to wait for the pellets to come out later. You lived in one building, and the buildings to your left and right were abandoned, because they were gutted out by fires. After that it was acidPurple Haze. You usually carried a knife, something to protect you. By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. FInally, since when was DeWitt Clinton "docile"??? On weekdays, there was always some 'ducky members' to be found playing hooky." It was nothing to have like three or four shootouts a day. Bellagio99 20:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]. The next time you went to the club, theyd be there and it would be like, Oh, we had a fight with these guys last time. They were knife-happy. In football, the Rams play in the Patriot League of NCAA Division 1 Football Championship Subdivision. SM28, Mount Carmel Candy Store Home of the Best New York Egg Creams. In 1959, a member of the Dragons was killed in a fight with the Viceroys. Thats the way the neighborhood was. For about ten minutes the two groups faced off against each other, calling each other names, threatening each other, and in the Baldies case, jeering Bella. Ernests son is now 58 years old and just now found out about his familys history in New York City. We were at war with two clubs called the Dukes and the Arabian Knights. They werent really that strong of a weapon. Each of us bought our own uniforms and equipment and we all chipped in for our bus fees for away games. The '50s and '60's were a time when loyalty actually meant esteem, consequence, and prestige. It was just that I started hanging out over here more than over at the other side. I was from one side of the Southside, and the Unknowns were from the other side. I never jumped anybody. One gang, the Fordham Baldies were reputed to shave the heads, and other body parts, of those they caught. I buried three of my brothers because of being in gangs and being involved in drugs and living in the ghetto. Originating in the late 1940s, the Red Wings appeared on the record until at least 1959. The Woodside Chiefs, teenage boys, were self funded. I never shot up. Inside, sipping a soda, was Ernest Montuoro. I got locked up with another friend of mine. One time we were having a fight and we had a couple of guys up on a roof. You had to have respect. One of the bullets hit Montuoro, hitting him in the aorta, killing him. Mario felt partially responsible for his brothers death and it was something that troubled him for his entire life. Big deal.. Most of us came from broken homes, or parents that had two jobs or alcohol and drug problems. At that point, all everybody wanted to do was sell drugs. Me and another Unknown Biker were convicted for it. It worked the same way for us when we were in their neighborhood. These are the people that we grew up with. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Price; its screenplay was written by Philip Kaufman and his wife Rose. But when wed fight the Spanish guys, theyd stand there. However, when they got there, the Fordham Baldies who had been frequenting Orchard Beach on a regular basis, found out the Red Wings were hanging out on Section 17 of the beach. He lived like that for a long time. After a few of them you could do anything. This was from a roof maybe four stories up. I remember the older guys coming around and passing the word that if any white kid in the neighborhood stole an old ladys pocketbook, they would have their hands and legs broken. The gangs started separating. First, five guys would go into a club and do a dance routine. BRONX, UPTOWN SPADES,HARLEM TURKETTES, SATAN ANGELS, SAVAGE SKULLS, ROYAL JAVILINS, GESTAPO CREW, THE UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION, and THE REAPERS 1ST DIV/MAIN DIV/ AND Juniors. But I lived in the streets with them. The ones that didnt go in are the ones that died along the way. The RailRoad Boys, East New York/Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The son made it seem like it was a burglary, and we made off with all his weapons. The book is 6x9 and has 370 pages! Wasnt too much of a fight. He had hair just like mussolini in real life, and I'm the princess of canada although I can't offically back that up with paperwork. It was 60 years ago today (October 16th, 1960) that Dion announced his split from the Belmonts.Dion, whose last name is DiMucci, had been a member of the Bronx, New York street gang the Fordham Baldies when he joined musical forces with Carlo Mastrangelo, Freddy Milano, and Angelo D'Aleo, who were part of a rival gang, the Imperial Hoods.The resulting group took their name from the Bronx's . So this guy started going off with everybody. The Ducky was not predominantly irish or anything else, but yes, we were certainly a 'large' group. It wasnt about, This is where were hanging out, anymore. The Jewish part of East Harlem was mostly west of 2nd Avenue. The police were able to trace the car to Giamppetruzzi and a week later had arrested all the defendants in the case. You could also take a chimney apartgrab a couple bricks and throw those. The last thing we wanted was heat on the block. All of us went to school together. Theres a lot of people walking around messed up to this day, and a lot of people dead. Big car, big wallet, and next thing you know theyre doing fifty years in jail. Once again, I wanted to go out with someone who was in that gang. He got hit in the head with a two-by-four, and it numbed him. They had high collars, buttoned down, and on the back you had RR. But we didnt really go out of our way too much with the sweaters and the costumes. The guys in the restaurants were cool with us, and in return, we took care of them. A lot of guys got hurt, and a couple a guys got hurt really bad. 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