Mrs-day, February 9, 1948 T
J-Hop Derby
Lists Record
Fieldof Fillies
Favorites Scratch
In Run for Cups
By DRAHUCIR SUARK
Veteran observers are united in
the opinion this yeas aJ-Hop
Derby provided the classiest field
of fillies since the record year of
08 in Ann Arbor's annual run for
the orchids.
Some of the nation's top jockeys
were on hand to pilot the fancy
fillies around the gruelling I-M
course, but none had worse luck
than little Eddie Parcaro, who BHMA RAFS--w
chose to guide Molly Homeatthree, BOHEMIAN BREAKFASTTw
a cutie with a lot of early foot, but
no stamina, instead of "the Lady
who didn't Give a Damn," the
eventual winner.
Filly Fancier
Lord Cecil Preudingham, the DAILY O
celebrated filly fancier, was called
away on business just before the
Classic and was forced to with- (Continued from Page 20)
draw his entry, all seven, an
entry which included the winter-
book.favorite, Miss Harriet. Coming Events
One of the new features of this Deke Study Club: The Deke
year's race was the trombone op- Study Club will hold open house
erated starting gate which got tomorrow for all prospective
the first heat off to a sliding start. pledges and rushees. Bring your
With starters Dorsey and Dun- own tea.
ham in charge the front rumners -
set a hot early pace, but as the Karl Marx Society: Regular
front runners failed the Stop- meeting of the Karl Marx Society
Suits-Shinny-Kelly-Keisley-John- will be held Wednesday in Tap-
son-(and others) filly moved into pan Hall. Topic of discussion will
a commanding lead. be "Keeping Marx From fdur
That pretty little swifty ap- Parks.:
peared to have the thing in the
satchel until she lost her' jockey Special Engineering Lecture: C.
and got herself caught in.a pocket Philip Stemmer, editor of the
around the refreshment bar turn. Michigan Technic, will address
Roan Reminiscing the Engineering Council at 7:30
The form players were leery p.m. Wednesday. His subject will
about the J-Hop Derby, claiming be "The Imperceptible Rise and
they never know how to handicap Fall of the Gargoyle."
filllies. The historians of their -----
group still talk about the 1932 Legislature Committee Meet-
Derby when the two leaders, Alice ings:: The following sub-commit-
Bluegown and the "Lady in Blue," tees of the Student Legislature
were breezing along in front until will meet at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow
they noticed they were wearing in the League:
the same colors. They sulked Site Committee.
themselves out of the money. Stationery Committee.
Well, the '48 derby is now his- Committee for Investigating
tory, too, and as usual if' was a The Daily.
great day for the mudders. Election Fraud Committee.
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Wolverines To
Tackle Blind
School in Fall
The University of : higan
football team will oppose the Ar-
kansas Institute for the E~.nd this
year, Coach Fritz Plymouth an-
nounced today.
The announcement ca:e fol-
lowing the failure of n4g-'ations
with the University of Pennsyl-
vania, which left a vacancy in this
year's schedule.
Meanwhile, doubt arose over the
eligibility of the Blind Institute's
players. Informed sources have
charged the Institute with pro-
fessionalism, claiming that most
of its players are American League
umpires.
In the event that negotiations
with the Institute prove unsuc-
cessful, Coach Plymouth intend
to begin arrangements to field his
team against Bryn Mawr,
v starry-eyed couples enjoy a post J-Hop feast in the cozy Union
'ICIAL BULL
Barbers' Clinic: Free clinic in
barbershop practice will be held
Thursday and Friday in the Un-
ion. Open to students and towns-
people alike, the course will put
special emphasis on methods of
cutting all types of hair.
Tree. Burning: Employes of the
University's power house will
sponsor the annual Christmas
Tree Burning Ceremony at 8 p.m.
Thursday in the boiler room. Dor-
mitory residents will be welcomed.
Union Dance: Saturday night's
Union dance will honor the men
of Greene and Lloyd Houses. All
weapons must be checked at the
main desk.
Approved Parties: The follow-
ing parties have been approved for
Friday, Feb. 13: Phi Delta Theta
(Schenley Shindig); Greenej
House (Budweiser Ball); Stock-
well Hall (Pabst Prom); Kappa
Alpha Theta (Grape Grapple).
If you're really thirsty you
might try some of Ann Arbor's
better taverns.
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