Fight! Wildcats! Fight!
were written in 1929 by Dugald "Douglas" Stanley Holsclaw, class of '25 and a member of the spirit squad (serving as the "Yell Leader" from 1923 to 1924).The Holsclaw family has been honored by the university with an endowed chair in the genetics department and a recital hall in the Music Building."[2] was officially introduced by the UA band at the 1930 Homecoming game and was also performed by Rudy Vallee and his orchestra over the NBC radio network that same year.was co-written by Holsclaw and Thornton W. Allen, a composer, arranger, and publisher based in New York.[3] Originally the verse had two versions: One for students or other members of the university, and another version for the "Towncats", the now-defunct alumni club of the University of Arizona.