La Salle Academy - Maroon and White Yearbook (Providence, RI)

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me-N E E 5 Q - E E OON EEQJXMJI-st? and XVI-IITE 5, - Salle, Cranston High and the Y. M. C. A. jun- iors. This meet was arranged as a sort of tryout so we entered a full squad, consisting of 40, in the various events. The squad, consisting chiefly of green, untried material, and lacking experience, placed third, being beaten by the Y Juniors and Cranston High School. In this meet the per- formances of Ray McManus were outstanding. He won the 600-yard Championship as well as the 300-yard Championship. Phil Kelly placed second in the standing broad jump by a leap of 8 feet, Il inches. Keane and Lunt placed third and fourth, respectively, in the l2-pound shot put, while the 600-yard relay team placed second. Kelly also placed second in the 20-yard dash. MacDougald placed second in the high jump. This completed our scoring ability. The showing of Dooley, a Freshman, in the 20-yardg Comu- nale in the broad and 20-yard dash: Mullen in the high jump: M.cCarthy in the shotg Laureau, Russell and Barrie in the 600-yard, were also features, and all gave promise for the future. On the following Saturday, we astounded our followers by our quick reversal to form, when We placed third in the R. I. High School Champion- ships. This meet was sponsored by the local Y. M. C. A. for the championship of Rhode Island. We again entered a full squad, and among the I4 schools entered we placed third after being in second position during the entire meet up to the relay, 'which was the last event on the program. The juggling of the baton by one of our men caused us the loss of the relay and also the championship. ln this meet McManus won the l000-yard championship as well as the 600-yard champion- ship. Lareau, Russell and Barrie also showed up well, placing in the scoring column. Kelly again scored in the broad jump and 20-yard dash, while MacDougald placed third in the high jump. Mul- len, Dooley, Comunale, Lunt, Carroll and Mc- Carthy showed up well in their respective events. Then came our second invasion of Boston to participate in the Boston A. A. Interscholastic Meet. Here we had to compete with the cream of the athletic world, viz., Newark Prep, Exeter, Andover, Laurenceville, Newton High, etc. Mc- Manus was entered in the l000-yard run. At starting time, we found that 52 were entered in the event on a l30-yard track, so he was with- drawn, for fear of possible injuries. The event was Won in 2 minutes, 46 seconds. McManus had been doing 2:35 in practice on our outdoor board track. We also entered the l2-lap relay, each man to run 390 yards. Upon arriving in Boston, we discovered the event was changed to 260 yards per man. We placed second but would have won the event, had we been notified of the change in distance, for we would have brought faster men. At this time La Salle was angling to stage its first lnterscholastic Indoor Meet, open to all the schools of the State. Having received permission from the State, final permission was denied by the Armory authorities because of the fact that La Salle was a private organization. Instead the Ar- mory Athletic Association staged a meet for the R. I. Conference Schools. All the Conference schools are high schools. Somehow Moses Brown, a prep school and not a member of the Conference, was allowed to enter under protest. In this meet La Salle astounded the local natives by placing two points behind Moses Brown School. The local newspapers remarked our improve- ment by referring to La Salle as follows: The vastly improved La Salle Academy track team threw a scare into the followers of Moses Brown 73

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ttf f 2 oorxr ggaxlgmbagg and YMHITE 5 Zlnhnnr RESH from our victories of the cross- country season, our attention was centered 1 upon the indoor campaign. While our cross-country stars were taking a three weeks rest their long season, particular attention was to the members of the track squad who had on the football team. lnterclass meets of va- after paid been rious kinds were held on the outdoor board track, while the squads in the field events were working out daily. Soon after the Christmas vacation the whole squad was brought together for simultaneous train- ing and the checkup revealed that over I25 were on the squad. In previous years Providence boasted of only two indoor meets. By careful planning, a schedule of six indoor meets was finally arranged. Our fame as a power in cross-country soon reached distant parts, and, accordingly, we were invited to participate in indoor meets in both Boston and New York. For lack of funds we passed up the New York trips, and accepted two invitations to 'frank compete in Boston. Never before did La Salle travel to Boston for an indoor meet. The first meet was the Knights of Columbus Games in the Boston Garden. Not having scho- lastic events on the program, we competed with the local A. A. U. stars. Each member of the regular squad took out his A. A. U. card. Mc- Manus was entered in the three-quarter-mile run and finished in tenth place, out of a field of more than 75 mature men, many of whom were stars from the various colleges. Besides, it was Mc- Manus' first appearance in an indoor meet. Mac- Dougald was entered in the A. A. U. High Jump Championship. Like McManus, he was the only high school boy entered in this event. He jumped 5 feet, 4 inches. It was a good showing, consider- ing the sort of competition he was facing. Mullen, our star high jumper of the previous year, was also entered but could not train regularly, owing to his practicing with the basketball squad. Our next meet was a triangular meet, staged in the local Y. M. C. A. gymnasium between La 72

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.. A 1 2 00N Efeixmdrgg and WHITE 5 .. , I .W .ff -s is School, who had heretofore been considered invin cible in track activities. McManus again won the l000-yard and 600- yard runs, while Lareau and Briston placed third and fourth, respectively in the l000-yard run. Barrie placed third in the 600, while McWilliams placed third in the 300-yard run. Kelly won the broad jump and placed fourth in the 50-yard dash. McGeough placed second in the 50-yard and McDougald and Mullen placed second and third in the high jump. Lunt also placed third in the shot put. Our 600-yard relay team, consisting of McC1eough, Comunale, Dooley and Kelly, placed first, defeating Moses Brown, Cranston High and East Greenwich Academy. Over 75 La Sallites were represented in the various events. Next came the Armory Interscholastic Meet, in which all the schools of the State are allowed to compete. Having the most entries, and consid- ering our steady improvement, we were figured to win the meet. Having over 200 in the La Salle cheering section we, at least, looked threatening. The war cry was: La Salle is coming at last. Everyone seemed interested in La Salle's chances. Not in years has such spirit been shown by the student body and their friends, to the chosen fol- 74 lowers of this sport. It was a foregone conclusion that Hope High as State Champions were su- preme and that La Salle might place second and thus defeat a favorite in Moses Brown. It was also predicted that 25 points would win the meet and that La Salle would score about I5. It turned out that Hope won with 26 points and La Salle, with a little mishap in the 600-yard-run, scored I4 pointsg otherwise they would have scored I6 points and placed second. At it was, we won a beautiful two-foot cup that stands at present in our trophy room, the largest and best trophy ever won by La Salle. McManus won the l000-yard event handily and, in attempting to break the existing record he pulled a muscle in his back and was in pain when the 600-yard was called. Pluclcily determined upon winning that event, he entered the 600-yard but placed second, forcing Richardson of Hope to break the record. In his l000-yard attempt McManus came within one-fifth of a second of Chabot's l000-yard record made some years ago. Lareau placed third in this event. The relay combination, consisting of McGeough, Comunale, Dooley and Kelly, won their race against Moses Brown, Cranston and Commercial, but on the checkup found it placed second, having been bested by Technical High by one-fifth of a second. Lunt again surprised the crowd by his shot-putting ability and placed third. Kelly placed second in the standing broad jump, while MacDougald placed third in the high jump. In all, the showing La Salle made was a pleasing one, and gave its supporters great hope for the future. Thus closed La Salle's indoor campaign. Those who received the 'Varsity Cer- tificate and Letter were McManus fcaptainj Lareau, Kelly, Mcceough, Dooley, Comunale, Lunt, MacDougald, Mullen, Keane, Barrie, Bris- ton, Russell, McWilliams and Sheehan. INDOOR SCHEDULE January 26--K. of C. Games, Boston, Mass. February-Triangular Meet, Y. M. C. A Providence. February - State Championship, CY. M C. AQ, Providence. '9 .