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

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OOTBALL started this year with a sizably bunch of fellows working hard to make the team. The absence of a permanent coach at the start made the team a little late in getting into top shape. All of the hardest fought contests were played away from home, making it impossible for the entire student body to support the team when support was most needed. Despite these handicaps the team stood preeminent, not because of actual winnings, but because of the fighting spirit they showed to the last minute of the last game played. The team was coached by Mr. Elfrink and captained by A1 Carter. The work of these two men was unceasing throughout the season, and it was through their ef- forts and the hearty co'dperation of the players and student body that the team gained the reputation of being a hard bunch to stop. ttVitf Laney managed the team, planned an excellent schedule, and helped greatly in making the season a success- ful one for the team. hti-IIIAI; FARM VS. CAL. GOOFS October 1 In the first game of the season the Farmis gridiron machine hit a boulder in the form of the powerful Cal. Goofs, who amassed a score of 35 points against the Farm teams 7. The game was somewhat one-sided from the first, the Farnfs squad finding it impossible to score until the fourth quarter, despite their very clever offen- sive. The game opened with the Goofs receiving the ball. After the pigskin had see-sawed up and down the field several times, the Goofs pushed it over the line for a touchdown and converted. The sec- CARTER BOGART 0nd and third quarters proved the weak- SP'LMAN SCHWE'N ness to be in the Farm,s line, as the Goofs ALEXANDER carried the ball over for three more touch- downs. In the final quarter, Miller received a forward pass from Spillman and made E'lIHIIHHHIHIIIIIlllllllllllIIIIIIlllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!Illllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllIIIIIIIlIIIllIIlIlIa. gain Of ten yards. The bill! was ad- 81 t r 3 ?

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J ' mm XXXNXWt, Amwwsxwxmvwxww vanced to the Goo'fs, three-yard line. Carter broke through the Go-ofst defensive for a touchdown and Bogart conve . The Goofs made one more touchdown, and the game ended with the Goofs having a score of 35 and the Farm 7. FARM VS. SANTA CLARA October 15 Perhaps the darkest spot in the 1921 football calendar of the Farm was the 49-0 defeat suffered at the hands of the Santa Clara huskies. The score was one- sided. The game was not entirely so. Time after time Santa Clara carried the ball to within a few feet of the Farmts goal posts, only to lose it on downs. Dur- ing this game the Farms scrappers fought as they never fought before, and the coach was well pleased with the grit they showed every minute during the game, and until the last whistle blew. The team played the game with no support on the side lines, and with a large part of the team crippled. ttFatt, Wilson and ttFattt Tuttle were quite severely injured, and Bert Schiller went out at the end of the first half with a broken ankle. Other members of the team played through the game with injuries. The showing the team made during this game was not al- together disheartening-in fact, it was a partial Victory for the coach, as the team not only fought, but fought together as a single body. So perhaps the Santa Clara game was not a blot after all. FARM VS. CAL. FROSH October 22 The game with the Cal. yearlings was played on Californiats grid in a downpour of rain. The game was late in getting pHILLlps WILSON started, and owing to the large crowds in SCHILLER HARDIE the stands, who were present to witness FELTHAM the Ca1.-Oreg0n game, the contest was called at the end of the first half, the Fresh being in the lead, with a score of 20-0. The half ended with the Farmis . team gelng strong and due for a touch- IIHIHWxilmili11HiJHHHHHJIHHHFIHHHIIleilllIEHHHHHHHHLIHHIilIIHItlllll!IIIHlllllIIIIHllIlIdown any nliHU-te' Few passes were at.- 82