Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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J -a - - ef I - f ' '7 ,t 2 Z :ll - ... BOXING 19281229 1 1 if JOSEPH J. Bovlnax JOHN Mumii.-x FRANK Lo PINTO 3 Mumzgvv' Coach Capfain SCHEDULE Temple, 6g Manhattan, 1 Bucknell, 73 Manhattan, 0 1 nine was away to il flying start. Volunibia took our measure. but a bitter, cold. drizzly rain dampened everything including the pitc'lu'r's arms and a slippery diamond J handicapped the club that should have won. However, considering the score! J I 5' to I-it was not so had and George Smith only got started in the fourth inning. ' It was :1 good thinf' that Columbia grabbed two runs on fluke hit in the iirst inning? but no alibis-we never duck admitting a defeat. The strong Crescent Athletic ' Club at Bay Ridge tasted a bitter defeat-and to make things worse it was a young Freshnian who let them down with four hits. George Fiorenza '29 doing the excel- lent twirling. On to victory was the ery and along we went until the victory column stood at six against the lone defeat. at Columbia. Bang! an off day-Nol Yve do alibi- '. '. f. Y. trimmed us with tht- aid of two capable umpires. but what t in-y said went and if you don't believe it look up the sc-ore. or better yet. ask any '. 7. -'. Y. ' l-fvian fthey always tell thc truthj. Nine to four it was and it all a YDCIICK1 in the r-ighth,fjust goes to show it doesnyt pay to give bases on balls. lt rained the day we were to have played 1 ordham-'iwhat a lucky break they goti' i ust when we were all set to beat them, and take it from me we were all set- N . i' lluazdrwd 5i'z'i'11ly-tlzfvv L vi W Q we W e . eJ-fly JMJJIA.. ,J , l U Y P I Y f K I I P A Kr I I Y l P I li 1 K Y Y I l 1 f l 5 I Y P h 1 , el T , f I n Z' not f C N l I I C 'N X Colig 1111 - r 1 I U11 X' VX I C

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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 '

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Y ,f fs NlANHA1'1'ANl'rEflX-3, - , , ll., .. Q-fi E, . Z I f 5 it K. L TP' I. 5 ? to win! Providence, St. .lohn's met defeat at our hands but-wwe lost to New York University Sillll Boston College as a grand finale. We need not melltioll the victories over Pratt. Upsala, Seton Hall and Rutgers, for these were expected,fall in all ytwas not so bad-eh? M'ait just a moment before you mix that next cocktail for we lI1llSl1 mentioll the tennis team, for didnlt ollr famous JHIIICS K. Cllddy. Jr. do his stuff as number one lnall. Jim is the pride of Yonkers, U. S. A., and I know if it wasnlt pllt in XVl12lt a stellar athlete he was we eouldllit sell him the twenty Year Books he prom- ised to lilly. Although tllis is a minor sport it saw its beginning in the last of the term of ,25 alld Tolll Morrison '26 of Rochester was unanimously elected as Captain with Merril Sllllmflll '27 acting as the capable manager. Indoor practice was called Ellld a fairly good team daslled forth to bear the lJI'llIlt. Wve would rather not speak of the victories being tllat only three matches were played. llllt then you sulilillg readers rememlzerfit was a fine beginning. So then do we 001116 to the Pllfl of a fine year in Sports: we, the Freshmen, had completed ollr first year alld retired to ollr scattered homes to study upon the wllite sunny sands of the many beaches for ollr Sophomore year. At last we are Sophs and after strllttillg Pillllllt during registration week, we are ready to take ollr medicine as we like ollr medicine. The call is ollt alld football is the ery. Football! Football lv-lVlloopeel Upon the field. day ill Illld day out, the boys UNCC' again struggled. Zillll pushed. lllld Il!lIltCCl. tugged and swore. all for the llonor and glory of Manllattall. lVith .lim Ml-Cartlly the falllolls end froln folgate being helped by Britt Patterson All American froln XV. alld J., a good season was looked forward to by one Ellld all. George Smith was the llew eaptain, alld what a fine fellowiwhat a fighter-what a manl Al Corrado 327 had completed a per- feet SCllCdlIlC Zllld the first game arrived as games do'-if they are scheduled, of course! Rutgers had lltlllflvfl us a fine pasting ill '25 and away we went to do damage to the boys froln the Raritan. Boy oh boyl How it rained, poor Jersey-- it drowned all the chickens Zilld nlade New Brunswick look like the Mississippi Cno reflections on the llississippil. It is an aiftllill fact tllat the water on the playing field was so deep tllat the ball floated upon the water before Ted fyclllfflliiflq, the center, was able to pass it. Back Ellld forth the ball floated without anyone gaining lilly outstanding advantage till finally a stronger, lnore powerful eleven I'l1Slll'd the ball over and the score was six to nothing ill favor of Rutgers. The pass for the extra point failed. On alld on swam a Slllllll Qfallilllt team, dripping, pouring wet. knee deep ill Illllfl alld water till finally ill the closing milllltes Rutgers P1lSllCd forward wllen the .laspers were defellding tlleir owll goal lille alld taking advantage of a fllllllllt' fell upon the ball bellind the goal posts to gaill two lnore points. Eight to nothing was the final score llllt wllat a trilllllpll it was for a three-year-old Om' llul1u'l'l'Ll' Sl'-r'l'll!l'-fllzll' ' V 'Jil kf s, f 'Xrxpf-4 'J ,fxlk4.P'N f