Hoop Race Features Baby Carriage Fire

Even a fire could not stop Anita Racioppi from winning the 61st annual senior Hoop Race at Wellesley early Saturday morning. With a Fathers Day crowd of 1,000 watching, Anita swept down Tower Court Hill ahead of 200 classmates, all attired in caps and gowns. She is president of the Student Athletic Association.

Married seniors and Lampoon Fools also took part in the race pushing baby carriages. The Fools pram inexplicably caught fire, but they had pumps and hose lines ready to put out the fire and to spray the spectators. Later they were tossed into the lake.