BLAM! The psychedelic bass drum, painted in fluorescent colors, sailed across the Civic Center stage last night, just as the lead guitarist crashed his instrument to the floor. The pulsating beat went on and on.

Dozens of young people charged the stage, grabbing at the musical instruments, at the performers, even at the police who charged on stage just behind them.

It Was A Concert

Zowie! Bliff! Electric bananas! It was The Who, right here in Baltimore, tossing caution—and their guitars—to the wind.

What was it? Another rock and roll concert, and the wildest, although not the best attended, yet.

The uproar as the guitar-smashing, stage-charging action went on resulted in the arrest of three Baltimore teen-agers. Central district police identified them as:

CHARLES W. VAN KIRK, 19, of the 2900 block Montabello terrace. CHARLES J. CIRRI, 18, of the 2700 block Madison street. STEVE BAKER, 17, of the 1100 block Kenilworth avenue.

The headliners on the show were Herman's Hermits, a British group which used to be very big. They don't even have a record in the "Hot 100" right now, however, and the crowd failed to fill even half the Civic Center.

The big excitement of the evening came when the little known group called The Who—a group of four London-born lads—ended their half-hour on the stage by tossing, smashing, and generally attempting to destroy their instruments.

They do it every night, at a cost of several hundred dollars a show, and it is part of their act.

The 4,000 or so youngsters watching last night reacted just as audiences have throughout the two-month tour of the United States by the group—screaming and racing around in pandemonium.

It was just a simple evening out—CRASH! Flinch! Holy Smash-up!