White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-06
Cane Rush Won
By Sophomores
OuTNUMBERED THREE TO ONE,
STRATEGY OF JAMES RICE
OVERCOMES ALL OPPOSITION
AND HE IS HERO OF MIx-UP.

and fast to Jimmie Rice, an unassunl-
ing youth from Ely, who won the
cane rush for the Sophomores
through a remarkable display of
strategy in the annual clash between
the two lower classes at the Universi-
ty of Nevada. which was staged in
Reno last Monday. The contest was
over in Just one minute after the
firing of the gun which signalled the
start of the fray
The Sophomores were outnumbered
three to one and IL betting were an
adjunct to rushes no sensible person
would have been willing to wage ten
to one that the second year men
would carry the cane one hundred
Yards In ten minutes They realized
that 1t was a case of brains rather
than Drawn upon which they must
depend for success in an effort to car
~ the cane to the freshmen's goal
They came on the field wearing
overalls and other apparel that could
stand the wear and tear OF. the fracas
without materially damaging the
value. of their wardrobes for social
OCCASIONS. and lined mp for the set-to
which was to decide whether they
were to be allowed to wear white
vests and carry canes during the
college year.
Innocently lowering in the back
ground behind the Spartan twenty
three who formed the fying wedge
was Jimmie Rice. who mad been work
ing at McGil for the last year in
order that he might obtain sufficient
funds TO resume his college work
The hero of the mix-up appeared
on the battlefield In his gladdest
raiments. He had the appearance of
being a Freshman who was too re-
firing To participate in mix-up thar
might soil his clothes, or cause his
face TO come In contact with the
soft greensward. Unknown to the
baby class Rice had finished his
freshman work TWO years ago. As
he was legitimate sophomore. his
classmates secretly entrusted him
with the honor OF carrying the cane
across the field to victory.
The sophomores were passing the
cane from one to another like a
football merely TO lure their OPP
ponents into a state of mind that
numbers rather than brains would be
the basis of equation One minute
before the critical moment arrived,
Waldo Duddleson of East Ely, cap
tain of the sophomores. held the
cane aloft that all might see 1t. and
feel confident that no deception was
being planned. Then 1t vanished. be-
ing passed back to Rice. who CON
cealed II under his arm and along
the back of his leg
As the report of the pistol died
away the sophomores sprinted up the
field in disorder. The freshmen
closed in, three OF them landing on
each of their struggling adversaries.
and scented no guile In the scattered
front of the enemy as they rushed
into conflict.
Rice. the erux of the drama, who
naturally should have been the CEN
ter of attraction. was entirely ig-
nored by the freshies as he started
down the field for a casual stroll,
pausing momentarily to enjoy the de-
lightiul scenery aud witness the prog
ress of the struggle.
Once past the danger point he
threw leisure to the winds. and
sprlnted for the freshmen's goal,
while the babies struggled and
their PROSTATE opponents, whom
they were confident they could hold
fol the allotted time of twenty min
utes.
Then Rice held the cane in the air,
and the report of pistol rang out,
signalling that the contest was over,
within sixty seconds from the time 1t
started. One of the ffeshies COM
planned that he didn't see the cane
and Rice replied. Maybe you didn't
but YOU could have If YOU had looked
b In the right direetion-
Siyty-fivc freshmen against twen-
t-three sophomores affords all the
best of the argument to the entering
tilities When the struggle was end
cd one question was asked from q
thousand throats. How did II hap
pen?'' II was the cleyerness of an
Ely youth that allowed his class