University of California Davis - El Rodeo Yearbook (Davis, CA)

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WILLIAMS tWinneri BROWN E tThirdi mllHlLitIHJJl; :4 .u hum :rlm VOLTZ tSecondi The Cross-Country Race ACH YEAR the students and Fac- E ulty 0f the Farm look forward to the cross country race, and as weather conditions delayed it last Fall, the interest kept on mounting until the entries for long distance honors lined up at the tape. These included three of the contest- ants in the Sacramento Union,s cross City race on Thanksgiving Day, where Frank Irland took third place and Vent- nor Williams placed sixth, against a field of forty-eight. George Volz was the oth- er man from the Farm. Before an enthusiastic crowd, Coach Denny McClise started the runners at the pistol shot on the three-mile circuit of the campus. Leaving the cafeteria and the cheering crowd the men circled the field of sorghum and headed for the Agronomy House, past the Poultry Building and horse barn. The course then turns south and east to the ranch house, north past the hog and sheep barns and east at the dairy barn. Re- turning past the Animal Husbandry Buildings and Agricultural Engineering Shops and Creamery, the contestants cir- cled the sorghum field again and fin- ished in front of North Dorm. There was a stiff wind, but the 01d , Farm fight brought out the best that was in the runners. After leading from the start, Vetnour Williams was the first of the bunch to cross the tape, winning the gold medal. F. D. Browne took the silver medal for second place, George Volz placed third. The gold, silver and bronze medals were put up by the Bowman Auto Sup- ply Co. of Sacramento, furnishing a suit- ahle memento of a race well worth run- nlng. ' The cross country race is an old end honored tradition of U. C. Farm, and 1t is hoped that the same enthusiasm and spirit will prevail next year to put dnHiWMuiiEwiHHHhW:thHWHIIIHHHHHHHHH it over in great StYle. 106

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T ank Rush the Seniors in that annual classic, the Tank Rush. This event is held to determine whether or not the Seniors shall have the moral right to force the Frosh to obey the traditions of the school. 3 T THE BEGINNING of every school year, the new Freshmen meet Late in the afternoon on August 18, 1921, the Freshmen met in front of the North Dorm. A11 wore their far-famed itbibs , and all had their faces blackened. At the stroke of five, the ensemble moved in a body to the tank and formed a line opposite that of the Seniors. htof. Beckett, as official referee, signaled the beginning of the melee. Twenty minutes later all the Frosh were on the opposite side of the tank dripping, while all but a very few of the Seniors were quite dry. Many thrills were furnished by ttBigi, Santous and his gang of Seniors in revenging the dousing of Al Reynolds, who happened to be the first Senior to receive a wetting. One Senior, Dave Wormley, was unfortunate enough to fall in while the tank was crowded, and in the wild struggle, the Frosh trod him under foot, and he had such a hard time that in order to save him, a number of his comrades were forced to rescue him. The Seniors gained the Victory, but it was only by stepping on the Freshmens ears with their hob-nailed boots, and then biting their necks or else pulling their arms, or any other method that would reduce them to insensibility, and tossing the inert bodies in the pool. The life saving crew was successful in its efforts to save all devotees of the 10y waters, so 110 casualties occurred. As the Frosh would hit the water there would be a stalwart swimmer 011 either side of him to enable 111111 to reach the opposite bank. Although Doc Bates searched the ground and tank very carefully, he was unable to find any track of stray arms, 'eyes or legs, so the battle was successfully closed. 108