Jack the Bulldog

Jack the Bulldog
Jack the Bulldog
Jack (John S. Carroll) visiting students
Jack (John S. Carroll) visiting students
University Georgetown University
Conference Big East
Description English bulldog
Origin of name Lil-Nan's Royal Jacket
First seen 1962
Official website traditions.georgetown.edu/jack

Jack the Bulldog is the official mascot of the Georgetown University Hoyas athletics teams. Jack has been the name of at least four live Bulldogs since 1962, when the name first came into use.[1] The current incarnation of Jack is an English Bulldog born in 2003 whose full name is John S. Carroll. Jack is also portrayed by a costumed character Bulldog mascot, a tradition dating to 1977. Jack was not always the name of the Georgetown Hoyas' mascot, nor was the mascot always a bulldog, as other types of dogs, particularly bull terriers, were associated with the sports teams before 1962. Today, Georgetown is among thirty-nine American universities to use a bulldog as their mascot.[2]

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History

Dogs have been associated with the school's sports teams on an unofficial basis since the late nineteenth century. Early dog mascots may have included a mutt called Hoya around 1900, a Borzoi named Richmond Jack in 1906, a bulldog named Hoya in 1907, and a Boston Bull Terrier in 1911.[3][4] At this time, most mascots were primarily associated with the school's football team, and were cared for by students or individual sports teams, rather than the administration.

"Hoya" began as mascot in 1926

Sergeant Stubby, a part bull terrier and a decorated World War I war dog, came to campus in 1921 with J. Robert Conroy who was attending Georgetown Law at the time. The school football team used Stubby as a popular halftime show where he would push a football across the field, which established him as a campus celebrity.[5] After Stubby died in 1926, the team then chose a female bull terrier named Jazz Bo, who had been brought to campus by Georgetown College student Paul Van Laanen. Jazz Bo was retitled "Hoya" by the students, after the traditional "Hoya Saxa" school cheer. The athletic teams are possibly named, in turn, for this dog.[1] When "Hoya" gave birth to a daughter, students named the puppy "Saxa".[6]

Other bull terriers like Saxa filled in as mascot until World War II, when athletics at the school paused during the war. After the war, a series of Great Danes, named Bo, Butch, and Hobo, served as mascot.[7] William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist, was one of the students to care for Butch. A bull terrier costume was also briefly used by the school, but in 1951, the school suspended the football program as part of a larger backlash against university sports.[8] This left the school without a mascot.[1]

Bulldogs

The costumed personification of Jack the Bulldog at a basketball game.

In 1962, with the resumption of a football team, students Stan Samorajczyk and John Feldmann, editors of The Hoya campus newspaper, founded a committee to raise money for the purchase of a new mascot dog in time for the first new games in 1964.[9] This committee chose a purebred English Bulldog as the dog which would represent Georgetown students because of their "tenacity."[1] Samorajczyk also followed the sports team jerseys, which may have previously had an image of a bulldog on them.[10] Around this time the school also adopted as the official logo of the athletics program a new drawing in blue and gray school colors of the bulldog. This logo dog wears a cap typical of the beanie which other freshman at the time had to wear.[11]

For $150 the committee bought a two-year-old blue-ribbon-champion show dog named "Lil-Nan's Royal Jacket," named because the colors of his coat looked like a jacket.[10] This dog was to be renamed "Hoya" like his 1926 predecessor, but refused to respond to any name other than his call name "Jack."[12] Jack lived outside New South Hall in a heated doghouse.[10] In 1967, Royal Jacket retired and was replaced by a second bulldog who continued under the simple name "Jack."[11] In 1977, the costumed mascot took over duties as Jack.[13] The costume, first worn by student Pat Sheehan, has been updated numerous times, most recently in 2008.[1][14] Other live bulldogs owned by students at times joined the costumed Jack, including one named Rocky from 1982–85 and one named Daisy in 1997.[1][15]

John P. Carroll

In 1998, Michael Boyle, Austin Martin, and Kathleen Long, co-founders of the Hoya Blue fan club began a campaign to revive the tradition of an official live mascot with the assistance of English professor Father Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.[9] The "Bring Back Jack" Campaign initially sought to find a suitable dog among the students and faculty, as the university did not want to use school funds for the purchase.[16] Ultimately, Hoya Blue raised $1,500 to purchase a new puppy named Jack (officially, John P. Carroll) and placed him in the care of Father Pilarz on February 16, 1999.[15] However after four years, Jack left Georgetown with Pilarz, who was named president of the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania in 2003, and then president of Marquette University in 2011.[17] John P. Carroll died on September 16, 2011 at the home of Pilarz's parents in Voorhees, New Jersey, at the age of 12. [18]

Donations from Hoya Blue, the Hoya Hoop Club, the Office of the President, and alumni allowed for the purchase of the current third incarnation of Jack (born 2003).[9]

John S. Carroll

Jack spends much of his days resting in Wolfington Hall Jesuit Residence.

Jack was born May 3, 2003 at Brookhollow Kennel in Freehold Township, New Jersey as a litter of one.[19] He is the son of champion bulldog Copper Kid and a relation of Rocky the 1983 mascot.[10] He was brought to campus on July 19, 2003 and placed in the care of Father Christopher Steck, S.J., a theology professor. His official name, as registered with the American Kennel Club is Brookhollow's John S. Carroll, which allows for the nickname Jack.[20] This refers to Georgetown founder John Carroll, while "S." stands for Steck. Similarly the previous mascot was officially John P. Carroll, for Pilarz.[21] He is also infrequently referred to as Jack IV, as the school is unsure of the exact number of dogs used as Jack in the 1970s.

Jack lives with Father Steck in New South Hall but spends time in Wolfington Hall Jesuit Residence.[22] In 2007, Father Steck started the "Jack Crew", a twenty-student organization of Jack's walkers and caretakers.[10] Crew members must be able to show their school spirit and their ability to control Jack, including being aware of his affinity for orange traffic cones.[22] Jack has both an email address, a Facebook profile, and a local phone number, and the campus directory lists him as part of the theology faculty, like Father Steck.[23]

Jack attends home basketball games at the Verizon Center, where he entertains fans by attacking a cardboard box decorated with opponents' logos.[24] Jack wears a leather collar studded with Georgetown pins, and occasionally wears a team jersey sporting the number one, which Steck purchased at the school bookstore.[25][14] On campus, Jack attends some student meetings and can be booked for social functions.[26] He weighs 55 pounds (25 kg) and his color is described as "red fawn."[20] Jack's personality is described as very social, but imperious and stubborn with "a sense of entitlement."[25][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Reynolds, Jon K. (September-October 1983). "The Dogs of Georgetown". Georgetown Magazine. http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/dogs.htm. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  2. ^ Janik, Kinga (July 6, 2007). "Bulldogs Best at Bolstering School Spirit?". Georgetown Journalism. http://journalism.georgetown.edu/kingajanik.html. Retrieved July 22, 2008. 
  3. ^ "Oarsmen Have an Off Day". The Washington Post. June 17, 1907. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/252054042.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
  4. ^ O'Neill, Paul; Paul K. Williams (2003). Georgetown University. The College History Series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 63. ISBN 0738515094. 
  5. ^ Richmond, Derek (November 4, 2003). "From Mascot to Military, Stubby Left Pawprints on Hilltop and Beyond". The Hoya. http://www.thehoya.com/sports/from-mascot-to-military-stubby-left-pawprints-on-hilltop-and-beyond/. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  6. ^ ""Hoya," Hilltop Mascot, Has Daughter "Saxa" Both Barking Well". The Washington Post. June 2, 1925. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost_historical/access/134303432.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI. Retrieved April 26, 2010. 
  7. ^ "Jack The Bulldog". Georgetown Basketball History Project. November 10, 2010. http://www.hoyabasketball.com/history/jack.htm. Retrieved May 4, 2011. 
  8. ^ O'Neill, Paul; Paul K. Williams (2003). Georgetown University. The College History Series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 90. ISBN 0738515094. 
  9. ^ a b c "History of GU Dogs". Georgetown University. February 14, 2008. http://traditions.georgetown.edu/jack/history.html. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  10. ^ a b c d e McDevitt, Caitlin (January 24, 2008). "Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks". The Hoya. Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080201053300/http://www.thehoya.com/node/15110. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  11. ^ a b "What is a Hoya?". Georgetown Athletics. 2008. http://www.guhoyas.com/trads/gu-hoya.html. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  12. ^ a b Kinzie, Susan (March 30, 2007). "Hoyas' Mascot Laps Up The Love". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032902362.html. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  13. ^ O'Neill, Paul; Paul K. Williams (2003). Georgetown University. The College History Series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 107. ISBN 0738515094. 
  14. ^ a b Steinberg, Dan (January 20, 2008). "Not Everyone's Buying Georgetown's Fur Trade". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/19/AR2008011902862.html. Retrieved February 19, 2010. 
  15. ^ a b Richmond, Derek (November 12, 2002). "Jack the Bulldog, Far from Your Average Roommate". The Hoya. http://www.thehoya.com/sports/jack-the-bulldog-far-from-your-average-roommate/. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  16. ^ Weinberg, Jean (December 8, 1998). "Efforts to Buy Bulldog Mascot Meet Opposition". The Hoya. http://www.thehoya.com/news/efforts-to-buy-bulldog-mascot-meet-opposition/. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  17. ^ Glauber, Bill (September 4, 2010). "Marquette University's next president, Pilarz, is spirited leader". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/102230424.html. Retrieved September 7, 2010. 
  18. ^ "Rest in Peace, Jack the Bulldog (1998-2011)". Jacques of all Trades. September 16, 2011. http://jacquesofalltrades.tumblr.com/post/10281110978/rest-in-peace-jack-the-bulldog-1998-2011. Retrieved September 17, 2011. 
  19. ^ Steck, Christopher (January 13, 2006). "A 'Father' Gets Dog's Eye View of Parenthood". The Hoya. http://www.thehoya.com/opinion/a-father-gets-dogs-eye-view-of-parenthood/. Retrieved April 13, 2010. 
  20. ^ a b "Vital Statistics". Georgetown University. February 14, 2008. http://traditions.georgetown.edu/jack/statistics.html. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  21. ^ "Jack's name". October 27, 2006. http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=2215141458. Retrieved July 17, 2008. 
  22. ^ a b Bratcher, Drew (February 1, 2008). "Big Dog on Campus". Washingtonian. http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/homegarden/6790.html. Retrieved July 22, 2008. 
  23. ^ "Who's Top Dog on the Hilltop?". Office of Communications. Georgetown University. July 3, 2008. http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=34559. Retrieved July 22, 2008. 
  24. ^ Mays, Kate (November 6, 2007). "Jack is in the house". The Georgetown Voice. http://georgetownvoice.com/2007/11/06/jack-is-in-the-house/. Retrieved July 28, 2008. 
  25. ^ a b McGrath, Amanda (April 11, 2010). "Closer Inspection". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/magazine/closer-inspection/20100411/. Retrieved April 11, 2010. 
  26. ^ McCullough, Susan (2008). "Bulldogs". Animal Network. http://www.dogchannel.com/dog-magazines/popular-dogs/articlebulldogs.aspx. Retrieved July 22, 2008. 

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