Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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,J 4 - Q X, MAQHATTANITE' ,T fs, N N Ea: .:?? Y lBASlElBAlLlL 11929 1' 3 f N 'f 'N I XVILLIAM H. LOUGHRAN JosEPH A. KEARNEY GEORGE N. FIORENZA Coach Manager Captain with one arm we scored again+Neil came throughfthe score was 25-li. Here the P City defense stiffened and after many trys werei made to rush the ball over, City kicked out of danger and the game was over. It causes a smile of pleasure to f wreathe our faces now when we remember the spirit that continued in spite of all 1 these offsets, so let us conclude our first football season with our Alma Mater,- we were satisfied for Manhattan was climbing and next year was our boast. Football was soon forgotten with the rush of candidates for basketball and here 1 is where we shone, Boasting of the best five in the entire East, if not the 'E country, we met all opposition and played them off their feet. Starting with a long string of victories and under the clever captaincy of Gene Meenan and the ,-I coaching of Artie Carroll we turned in one of the best seasons Manhattan has ever I known. In its list of victories was that of a -M-27 defeat handed to City College, J the worst defeat suffered by the Lavender in ten years. Fordham again proved our stumbling block and in a close game Manhattan left the floor the loser--but a good loser. YVait until next year was again the cry! .J In the meantime Pete YVaters had been working his track men and here we were well represented on the cinder path and board track. The results of the , indoor track season won the admiration of all those interested in Manhattan athletics. ' Then there was Manhattan's Diamond meet-its first one--and a successful one, the main event was the Jasper three-quarters,', and a beautiful bronze statue was the outstanding feature, the work of the Belgian sculpor Bastier. The success of the meet was largely due to Brother Richard, who labored night and day compiling the program and long lists of entries. VVhen the indoor season waned and during the lull that comes every year when 1 March rushes in to greet Spring,---Pete VVaters again conditioned his now well-org:m- Q f - ll Ev.. -- One Hundred betfenfy-one I Xrf'Y...a!iu si rNLi 4.r'x 1' xlgwxl JN!! 1

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ii A E . . A f f 0 t MAN HATTANIFEFN uv' f u J h e I 1 1 ,J N R lBASlElBAlLlL 11929 K 5 Assistant Managers ,f JOHN J. DEVERY, '30 CHARLES E. SMITH, '30 - JOSEPH D. BURKE, '31 GEORGE DAVIS, '32 'I I S SCHEDULE ,I Opp. M. s Villanova ................. .. 11 0 1 William and Mary ...., .. 12 1 'M Mount St. Mary ..... .. 5 7 C. C. N. Y. ..... .. .. .. Cathedral ..... .. 0 9 L, Columbia . . . . . 6 2 Lafayette ...... . . . . . 5 Catholic U. .. 0 3 Quantico Marines . . . . . . . . New York A. C.. .. . Bostorg U. ..... . R. I. tate ...... N Boston College . . Q St. Francis New York St. JOhn's College ..... ' Rutgers ............ K Alumni ........... K K I K, K' GEORGE N. FIoRENzA, '29 EDMUND B. JOHNSON, '30 JOHN M. DAVIS, '29 RICHARD E. DUGGAN, '30 . L DENNIS J. TYRELL, '29 DANIEL B. O'CONNOR, '30 GILBERT M. LANDY, '29 MICHAEL A. REILLY, '31 i K LEO F. CLEARY, '29 GEORGE J. SHAND, '31 1' JAMES E. NOONAN, '30 WALTER A. GUNTHER, '31 H VINCENT M. KEBER, '30 FREDERICK KECK, '31 ,' ARTHUR J. BURNS, '30 ROBERT MCBRIDE, '31 K CARL J. BRADY, '30 EDWARD A. BRENNAN, '31 JAMES J. BURNS, '30 JOHN CHAMBERS, '31 I I 2 I K One Hundred Seventy . K. .l' K Y M! A1.,7 S,, Ifw :fx .b 1 'J ,fx 'KX-T X 1 , 1 i Y

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CROSS-CUUNTRY 11928 T x 4 x if Y , fs , MANHATTANITEQXSY -- J R JOHN S. REUss JOHN A. FORTIER PETER WATERS ' x Manager Captain Coach K SCHEDULE Fordham, 29, Manhattan, 28 X C. C. N. Y., 385 Manhattan, 22 fb TRIANGULAR MEET ll ' Lafayette, 23, Manhattan, 395 C. C. N. Y., 47 1' METROPOLITAN MEET L N. Y. U., lstg Columbia, 2nd, Manhattan, 3rd, C. C. N. Y., 4th Low Score Wins M i K.. ly ized outfit for a strenuous season on the cinder path. The greatest victory of this . 4' season was Manhattan's comin throu ll a reat field of colle e teams at the Penn g S g 2 R Relays to cop', a first place. Hail to the winners, Mancz, Dunne, Metzinger and ' Geoghgan fmay they read this little note with pride in their heartsj, for they in- deed have lifted Manhattan a step higher in the long run to first place among 1 A I , .. - ..,-,,.. . .L -.ii L.. .- Y, . J x .1 x 's J 1 I 1 N Q! x 'n J N ll I 1 X Y in I n r l I 4 l I 4 A 5 lr K 1 them allf' K During this sport, baseball was working itself to the peak of form and under ! ' the fine tutelage of Jim McCarthy it soon was snapping the pill around the horn,' M r and slapping the apple against every fence. Manager Edward Moran had ar- , 2 ran ed a ton hi' schedule but with Ca :tain Vin Steffins holdin the reins the f g g l S I u 2 r One Hundred Scwenziy-two ll , ' 1 E . 'f 1'H-f'-1 ,fx1N..1'Mf' 1 e E li E '