What were gang fights like before guns?

Back in the 1950’s and 1960’s on the streets of my home town, Philadelphia, PA, the two most common weapons were the switchblade knife:

and the bicycle chain whip:

There were “guns” too - usually .22 caliber “zip guns”, made in metal shop at the junior high school or the high school when the teacher wasn’t looking:

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