Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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l I. r , 'Gm . A ' - Ph er Nelson Tcmasini Hoffman Aflc By far fhe hardesf worlcer associafed wifh fraclc acfivify was Coach Jackson himself. Nearly singlehanded he builf fhe pifs, supervised fhe rebuilding of The fraclc, and fhen scraped and finished if personally. Working consfanfly himself, he drove his men as hard as fhe weafher would allow. Under his occasionally causfic exferior, fhe Bengal fraclcmen found Coach Jaclc- son sympafhefic and anxious fo fif in af his new charge. l-lis big urge was pafenfly fo do anyfhing which would build a beffer fraclc feam fo represenf fhe College of fhe Pacific. To build four pifs and fheir runways, fo reconsfrucf an almosf ruined fraclc, and fo mold a fraclc feam in fhe face of fhe obsfacles he faced, were accomplishmenfs worfhy of fhe more famous S+onewall of a generafion ago. ln ferms of meefs won and losf, fhe firsf season musf be called a failure. ln ferms of consfrucfive foundafions on which fufure success can be builf, Coach Jaclcson's season deserves high praise. I-lasfening fo answer Coach Jaclcson's call for frack afhlefes fhis spring came more 'lhan sixfyprospecfive wearers of fhe orange and black, green buf ambifious fo learn. Dogged by misforfune af every sfep and prevenfed from pracficing by rain which furned fhe Baxfer Sfadium oval info a bog, fhe Bengals frained as besf fhey could on roads and bypafhs. ll7ll

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I i - in i :nn i l VARSITY TRACK COACH EARL R. JACKSON Track resumed ils righlful place among The major sporls al Jrhe College of Jrhe Pacific This year. For rhe firsl lime in hall a decade hoslile spikes scarred lhe Baxrer Sladium oval. Called from graduale work ai' Slanford came Coach Earl R. SJronewall Jackson lo direc'r lhe lorlunes of lhe Bengal cindermen. Behind him lay an excellenl record of Jrwenly years coaching in The lvlidwesl. Afler five years of Jrrack famine, Jrhe sjrarved Bengals were ready ro go, buf were woefully unprepared. l-lardly a man on Jackson's squad had had inlercollegialre com- pelilive experience, and a large percenlage had eifher no experience or second-rare high school records. Back row: Jackson. B, Parsons, M. Parsons, Calrerall, Bovey, Gardner, DePuy, Parlier Middle row: Dunlap, Hoicfman, Peck, Doyle, Tomasini, Nelson, Avery Fronl row: Scoirr, Alkinson, Hansbrow. Tulloch. McDonnell, Sfarr A ll7Ol

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Tulloch C TT II Then came The TirsT inTercolIegiaTe Track meeT. Traveling To Chico To parTici- paTe in whaT The WiIdcaT Termed The TasTesT dual meeT in The schooI's hisTory, They Tound a 40 mile gale ancl The Chico varsiTy waiTing. Reams. Campbell. KosTiz and Co. were 93-38 Too much Tor The Bengals. Lewis Ford provided The brighT spoT in The oTherwise drab aTTernoon Tor The Orange and Black. I-Ie erased The school high iump record wiTh a leap oT 5' IO . I-Iis marlc oT I I' 3 in The pole vauI+ was unchallenged. The sole oTher TirsT going To The Bengals was Talcen by VincenT Peck in The 220. This season's only oTher dual meeT Tound The Bengals again on The shorT end oT a big counT. The IvlusTangs 'From Davis came To BaxTer STadium and conquered The Tigers, 87-44. This Time PaciTic's chosen compiled Tive TirsT places. Cordner Nelson won The mile and Two mile, Ford again Took The high jump, Ivliclc Parsons won The pole vaulT. and The Tiger relay arTisTs came ouT vicTorious. ATTer a meeT wiTh Fresno STaTe had been cancelled by The dicTaTes oT JupiTer Plu- vius, The big day came. TwenTy wearers oT The Orange and Black made The Trip To Davis Field Tor The Far WesTern ConTerence MeeT. TwenTy sTalwarT sons oT The original Bengal Tiger wenT norTh deTermined To win Tame Tor Their insTiTuTion and honor 'For Themselves. Fresno STaTe soon jumped inTo an ever-increasing lead. Chico STaTe Tollowed her up Tor a Time. and Then Tell behind. Nevada, hopelessly ouTcIassed. held The basemenT. The real TighT was beTween The College oT The PaciTic and The Cal Aggies Tor Third place. The Aggies were on Tamiliar TerriTory and had already liclced The Bengals in Their dual encounTer, buT-. era . Gardner McDonnell I-Iansbrow lI72l