Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
St. Francis Club, Tug-of-War, March 16, 1968. A parade around campus was part of the Tug-of-War event....
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St. Patrick’s Day Tug-of-War, Irish vs. German with University of Detroit St. Francis Club
HOW IT ALL BEGAN (From the St. Francis Club Archives) Legend has it that the whole thing began with a tussle between one Adolph Schultz and one Patrick Mahoney in 1949. During the noon-day repast at the St. Francis Club they both reached for a napkin at the same time. It was St. Patrick’s Day and the feeling had been running pretty high anyway about the German invasion of the U. of D. eating club. Once a predominantly Irish organization,...
