Thats how popular heroin was. This was found to be a nice touch in the Wanderers movie, but in reality, the Fordham Baldies were named for the Bald Eagle and had the Duck's Ass or "D.A." hairstyle later made famous by Fonzie from Happy Days. Eventually, if you hung out in that neighborhood you tried pills or pot, or whatever other crap came into town. I gave her two bucks and I came in about two seconds, then went home and jerked off ten times thinking about it. Any gear you could put on, no matter how hot or cold it was, you went to 42nd and wore your colors proudly. All the gangs were there: The Sportsmen, that was a big black gang, pretty tough guys, and the Dragons, that was the Puerto Rican gang. We would hang out in these abandoned buildings that we had electricity running into. I was already scared by being in jail. And I think using full years instead of century description is better. One of the bullets hit Montuoro, hitting him in the aorta, killing him. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. But I never did. If it aint from close range, you just have to wait for the pellets to come out later. Violence back then, if you put it on a scale, Id say it was about a seven. We were always armed. As mentioned above, they were a powerful gang and continued to make their presence known up to at least 1959, which by that time had killed two more times. Each of us bought our own uniforms and equipment and we all chipped in for our bus fees for away games. It also made us brother clubs with the Redwings, who were in East Harlem. This guy was always strapped. Thats how the whole biker thing came about first. Everybody kept their eyes open. Originating in the late 1940s, the Red Wings appeared on the record until at least 1959. Click here to learn more about Ernests life as well as pictures of Ernie before he was killed. A famous quote about the Woodside Chiefs is in a book by Robert Timberg titled "State of Grace" Simon & Shuster, 2004. I never believed in that, so I never did it. It went right through his forearm. We were so fuckin broke, we had six jackets and maybe 30 guys. At that time I was doing a lot of harm to the Dukes, and the cops figured, lets get him off the streets. We went to Our Lady of Lourdes Grammar School on Aberdeen Street. This was not the end of the Red Wings gang, however. After I received this email, I received yet another email, this time from Ernests niece who has some stories to share about Ernest that her father shared with her. 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. In the back of the park there was a cemetery, and in the cemetery there was a hill. If the cops wanted to see who was who, they just had to look there on Friday and Saturday night because everybody wore their patches, all dressed up down to their boots. Im 50 now, and I havent been back. So there wasnt one particular reason. I'm kind of busy so don't know if I can do much here, but if I come across things that are relevant, I'll add them. They. Thats how I used to get my money. The area between Pleasant and 1st, and blocks between1st and 2nd were predominately Italian. Wed fire at a guy standing three feet away, and wed miss. Houston Street down to Canal, and Bowery over to Lafayette. We could see them from the hill. We went to the same school and we were all young. Its like a family, or the police department, or the priesthood. Inside, sipping a soda, was Ernest Montuoro. Wrong place, wrong time. Even some of the names used are real. Eventually, though, it got to where you were lucky to get within a block of each other. Everybody else ran. They were all afraid of us. The landlord wasnt going to come and tell us we couldnt do itwed kick his fuckin ass. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: Twitter Baseball: Instagram Baseball: Schedule Baseball: Roster Baseball: News Basketball Basketball: Facebook Basketball: Twitter Basketball: Instagram Basketball: Schedule Basketball: Roster Basketball: News Cross Country Cross Country: Facebook Cross Country: Twitter Cross . The last thing we wanted was heat on the block. So I think a lot of it had to do with that. Finally the Youth Squadthe special police squad they set up just to deal with the gang problemgot involved. Such rumors would often bring along a large police presence, and long disruptions. That means turn your jacket around or take it off. When this second son was born, Ernests widow moved to California leaving everyone and everything behind. But the thing is, there never is an invasion. Now were going to wear these denim jackets with patches on them. And then all of a sudden, youd find yourself claiming a piece of Brooklyn as your fuckin real estate. I snorted it, sometimes I shot it, but not often. Back then you just hung out with the right people. Wake him up, hustle. If you had war with somebody, then you could walk around their block wearing your colors, trying to be funny. Pichon, President of the original Latin Kings of Highbridge Park, '63, currently living in the West Coast. That was a typical day. And I tell you, that was a fuckin fight. My mentality wasnt, I have to join that gang. It was, I like the guy, the guy likes me. Before you knew it, I married the president of the gang. Mostly a lot of chains, bats, and knives. Join Facebook to connect with Fordham Baldies and others you may know. It goes something like this: While at school, a rumour makes the rounds that the Baldies are coming to the school (insert school name here). Students are in an uproar and are on pins and needles, waiting for a Baldy invasion. Often it was handled one on? About a month later, when he got out of the hospital, they invaded us again. When we were done I carried him up four flights of stairs on my shoulders to his house, stoned out of my head. Us, the Chaplains, and the Spanish guys all got together and they gave us an ultimatum: Either we made peace or we were gonna start going to jail. Someone happened to see two of the guys from the Arabian Knights so we pulled over. I got locked up in 80 and came out in 83. I personally didnt believe in jumping people. It was a handful of us that really made most of the noise. He used to shake when he walked and shit like that. (2) Police busted up a rumble between two (South) Bronx gangs. The quarterback of the Lynvettes, Thomas "Tommy" Wall, a Woodsider and former Chief QB said about the Chiefs "in the off season we were a gang." Even the cops told my mother one time they knew I didnt have nothing to do with it. We called ourselves the Capris if you can believe it. I never let anybody get close to me or walk behind me. They werent pussies. Wed have sticks, bats, clubs, and bottles, and wed just beat the heck out of each other until the cops came or until we got tired of it. down on them. So Id go back to the club, feed myself, feed my man and whoever else was there. 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. There were no real initiations. He left behind a wife and child. If you want to see somebodys colors, you walk around the back and look at them. At the end they looked like gladiators. But it wasnt like they asked us to. 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. My brother Alex started wearing patches when he was hanging out with this other club, the Dirty Ones. The gangs -- with names such as the Ducky Boys, Del Bombers and Fordham Baldies (who really are bald) -- are racially segregated. You go to parties and see a lot of the same faces. We spent a couple nights in jail. Most of us came from broken homes, or parents that had two jobs or alcohol and drug problems. In September 1979 or 80, there was a big fire. Now all girls think giving a blowjob is nothing. He died in a tragic fuckin condition. If two women came into a bar, they never paid for a drink and nobody even went over to talk to them. Their turf was around Jefferson Park, 116th Avenue and Pleasant Ave. We were fighting with everybody. Want to go to the college that inspired <i>Animal House</i>? He was from the Marcy Projects and he would always come down with a gun. "When they were shooting the recruiting scene with the Fordham Baldies," Price recalled, "the actors were hanging out on the intersection of the Grand Concourse and Fordham Road right by Alexander's Department Store and Loew's Paradise, this massive Moorish movie palace. That was when the neighborhood was mostly German, Irish, and Italian. I got into the gangs very, very early. 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. Before that, date rape was the usual. Here is what Piggys Candy Store looks like today now it appears to be an Islamic school. If you were out to get a guy, you wanted to put him in the hospital. These were all pretty much in the same area and were all converted store fronts with bars. They wear leather jackets with a skull on the back and "FB" (Fordham Baldies) on the arm. Joey DiMassi is leader of the Fordham Baldies, respected for his fairness and decency. The Jewish part of East Harlem was mostly west of 2nd Avenue. I only see a couple guys from the neighborhood now. And then he died. They were knife-happy. One of my friends who I wanted to get high with said, You wanna get high, you gotta watch this. And he shot up and he said, Im doing this so you can see what I do, and I said, I dont want nothing to do with that. And I never did it. Problem-wise, you know, we had a few here and there. I mean, I know I never did it. You dont fly your colors in my hood unless youre in one of my brother clubs. I always sniffed. You were whacked out of your face. We had nobody left, so we said, Whats the use in fighting? We got to the point where we got older, we had girlfriends, we started getting cars, and we left the neighborhood. Side Story. Search . You went home, you needed a couple of stitches, you know, you went to the neighborhood drugstore, you got butterfly stitches. Second, I want to expand the introduction. Their rivals were the Harlem Dragons, who killed one of their own in 1955.The Demons who they had vicious rumbles with. Murder Inc. came out of that neighborhood. 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. 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. If they wandered to our side of the park, Bronx Park East or we into their side there was trouble. We were the two stupid guys that got caught. Ciappetta and Gugliemelli were charged with 2nd Degree Murder and the others with 1st Degree Manslaughter. He might have been black, he might have been Puerto Rican, and then that was it, the shit started. You come running through the building with the cops after you and you could run into any door. It was where I was going to end up, whether I wanted to or not. They didnt like me too much. In them days, it was no big thing. That was it. But back then, if you had a girlfriend, if you were getting laid, you were the king of the mountain. One gang, the Fordham Baldies were reputed to shave the heads, and other body parts, of those they caught. His laugh reflex got fucked-up. We made sure nobody messed with them. If we had a problem between us, wed all go meet over at City Hall and wear different color bandanas so people knew where you were from. After a while, I realized that theynot just them, other clubs toowere being paid by the landlords to burn the buildings for the insurance. It was a black guy who did it to him, in a fight over a girl. A lot of the guys would be with their girlfriends. 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. 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 guess some guys, you know, went with them. It wasnt too hard to see the handwriting on the wall. They had some young girls on like Oprah or something who said that. When I last saw them, they were street fighters, members of the Fordham Baldies, a gang that made our Little Italy neighborhood unsafe for outsiders. The story is set in The Bronx in 1963, starring a series of young actors who were mostly first-timers and relative unknowns. We used to convert it to our style, with bandanas and patches and everything. The Woodside Chiefs were a Pop Warner, multi-division, football team from 1955 thru 1965. It wasnt like the guy on the corner was a doctor, the one across the street was a lawyer. And I tell you, it was a great fuckin scam. Sweater by United Bamboo, jeans by Levis. Youd be saying, I dont give a shit who you are, calling the club out. Im 46 now and Im still with this thing. This was from a roof maybe four stories up. I heard that he was like that because his mother was killed. In the summer we were always out there, like 15 or 20 of us, sitting on the steps in summer, drinking beer, and bullshitting. But still, they found the same guy who got stabbed before. Little Italy was strictly Italian. That freaked me out. Our "uniform" was teal bowling shirts with black velvet vertical stripes. I added a stub to stave off the CSD folks - the article does need fleshing out, but as a stub you should be given some time to do so. Then he became the President of the Majestics. I started hanging out with the Unknown Bikers around 1975, and I became one in 1976. 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