The answer to this question is right there at the start of
Chapter 9.
Basically, what Pony is saying is that the
Greasers get dressed up for the rumble because they want to show that they are just as
good as the Socs. They do not want to look like they are just trashy little
punks.
So it is a pride thing. The Greasers want people to
know that they have pride in who they are and what kind of people they are. Because the
Greasers are typically seen as the lowlifes of the community, they want to try to prove
that they are not.
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