Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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V , fX MAN!-lA'l'TANlTE'lX N, - EE i 1 - - Ti 4 ...- fl I ie f L snag and that same snag was our old friend City College. After a disastrous first half the 'iGreen Quintet took the floor twenty points behind and playing a fast and furious game, climbed steadily to have Old Man Time break in and end it. After this the team traveled to Scranton and lost to St. Thomas by a one sided score I had better not mention. However, this did not spoil the record for we Ucoppedu six more games to pack the house the night of the Manhattan-Fordham fracas. The first half was close, Hayes scored and Neil Cohalan dropped in two fouls. Fordham came back with three successive baskets but Tom VVhelan evened the count. It ran this way till the half time whistle and when thc teams left the floor Fordham led by one point. The second half was tough and in a flurry of baskets from the Maroon. Manhattan was buried. VVhen the gun went off the score stood-Fordham 31, Manhttan 19-but all in all the customers got their money's worth and our record was a corker.', Manhattan Athletics threw off the court', togs and rallied to the sport of Track. In the Penn. relays we again came through and again won the great bronze tablet that adorns the wall of the Alumni Gymnasium. Again we owe thanks to our Metzinger '28fMancz '29-Geoghagan '28 and Delehanty '27, boy oh boy Y, they could run. The Manhattan Diamond Meet again was a success under the super- vision of Brother A. Joseph and Coach VVatersg again we saw Lloyd Hahn of thc Boston A. A. win the second leg on the Jasper three-quarter Trophy. In the long outdoor season we see victories over St. John's, C. C. N. Y.-Chalk that one up, and Union-yes, we could always count on our track team. Spring welcomed baseball with a bright sunny smile and under the superb coaching of the famous Ted Brogan of big-league fame and the backing of Cap- tain George Smith '27, the nine was off to a snappy beginning. George Fiorenza '29 again walloped the Crescent Athletic Club, and St. Johnls took it on the chin. This was corking and as things happen we traveled to Providence, were victorious 9-5 but lost a tough one to Boston College after leading up to the ninth-the score P-why 3 to 2. Seton Hall fell before the bats of the Green, and Tuft's and Upsala warmed us up for the Fordham game, a heartbreakerl In the ninth inning witl1 Fiorenza ,29 pitching fine ball with a lead of 3 to 0, Fordham rushed over a run on two errors and filled the bases on two passes and an infield tap. Up stepped Zev,' Graham and caught the apple square on the nose to clear the bases-yesl, it was all over. The next day was Commencement Day and again we repaired to the same sunny beaches and cooling forests that soothed our over-worked brains the year before. Here we are Juniors! Big timers! Real honest-to-goodness, bottled-in-the- bond upper classmen! Football was again on the platter and a hungry, sunburned Om' Hundrcd St'Z'I'lLfy'Si,1.' '-A RE Ny-rf 'V 'JiL 'kf 'x. - I fx r x Ar'-4 'J 4-'NL 131.51

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v :QE .-. ff-7 MANHATTANITE' fN w team. Yesl YVe were satisfied, in fact we were tickled to death with the score. Next week the team traveled to Springfield and what a game they played. Neil Cohalan, a fighting quarterback, stepped back and calmly drop-kicked 47 yards to give us three points. From this point on it was a bloody battle and man after man was taken from the field-not because of his inability to play but because it necessi- tated his leaving-unconsciousness being the cause. WVith one minute to play Springfield rushed down the field, ten yards, six yards, two yards,-slashing off tackle plays one after the other until they had the ball down on our one-yard line with first down. Digging in Manhattan put their last bit of strength into the play and fought to victory. The ball was passed and a gallant, brave Manhattan man, one Larry lNIcManus ,27, broke through and threw the Springfield captain for a good seven-yard loss. It was easy from here on and the Green and VVhite fought hard-Springfield had lost its chance and any way thirty seconds is a very short timeg boy oh boy we celebrated igand how! Here we come to Fordham and really I want to prepare you for the jolt that is coming,--no, we did not win but we handed that Bronx institution a fine lumping and it makes me chuckle to think of it. On and on rushed both teams flet me here interrupt and say that there is no love lost between usj, and many were the penalties. Fordham reaped a 31 to 0 victory but what do we care-we did our best and we were growing while they had reached their peak. .lust wait we would say, with all the lovelight eliminated from our blackened eyes, just wait! Travel, travel, travel-trains, boats, buses- it would tire a professional outfit. Here we were at Canton, New York, to play St. Lawrence and as the game was a defeat I do not wish to see it clearly, we lost but we tried, and who could ask more? On to victory Y was our cry, and we gave the farmers from New York Agricultural College Il beautiful pasting-77-O I think it was, and any way we all got tired counting. At last came the City College game, Hbloodiest of the bloodiestf' After a kicking duel in the first quarter City College, on a series of line bucks and long passes, crossed the Green line to lead 7-0 at the opening of tl1e second quarter. But Manhattan came back fast and on short passes from Neil Cohalan to Captain George Smith and John Cohalan the ball was placed on the Lavender five-yard line. Big Tom Skidd-what a man !-hit the line for a mighty crash and slid over to tie the score, for Neil never missed that extra point. The third quarter ended 7-7 and the stands were crazy. After both teams had played safe for the Hrst few minutes of the last quarter, Neil Cohalan scored three points to make the score 10-7 with a thirty-five-yard drop kick. Noise! They thought the stadium would come down. This was short lived for the alert City College team pulled the game from the fire by intercepting by a long forward pass and crossing the line. It was a sad crowd that went back to college that night. and there wasn't a paper to be seen next day-yes, sir, we were broken-hearted. It seemed as if the break would never come, but we still held on to that boast of- YVait until next year V' VVith football at an end there came that of basketball and here our hopes ran high. CAS the governor of N. Carolina said to the governor of S. Carolina- It's a long time between drinks, so tell Hans to mix me another highball. j Ive started off with a bang, as we always do, and swamped the Alumni under a barrage of baskets -119-23, and this built up our confidence. Captain Neil Cohalan grabbed off six baskets and five fouls while Tom VVhelan '29 crept into the limelight with four baskets and four fouls. Mike Hayes '29 the fastest man ever seen on a Green and VVhite team, held Gene Meehan '26 to one foul and collected three baskets and two fouls,-away we go. Dartmouth came down to our camp and took a pasting to the tune of 29-19, so things looked pretty fine for they were the intercollegiate winners that year. Along thellong schedule we swept beating.St. Johnis. Providence, Villanova, Catholic Universityi and MtT'St.'lNIary's' until we hit a 1, - One lluudrva' .S'c'z'1'11ty-five 5' E Je, Qi 'K r.. re -Na Ls. 61 E43 J' .Q f J 1' r 1 I E M ,r I 1 P In l I 41 1 4,1 I J j x 11' I i 1 S 1 4 X

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V f fs - 'iMANHA1'3i9XrQn.i1'5f:rg, -ff- - Q L. - 4 - -- - f ' F? :. I I R K lib L lr- I' I P 2 and freekled crew returned to mess up a perfectly orderly college. Coach Britt Patterson of VV. Sz J. was head coach and his early training will be remembered forever. I've often wondered what has become of all the pounds of flesh I lost on that football field. I guess it will go on a mystery forever. Twice a day a husky squad worked on that field and took their lumps as men. Rutgers was the opening game and the Green warriors worked their heads off to beat the boys of the Raritan. Finally the day arrived, the hottest that shall ever be known to us-'fa day when the heat rose from the earth and made people gasp for breath. In spite of all this the eleven traveled to New Brunswick and donned heavy suits and took the field. I can still see that first half-a gasping bunch of boys rushing up and down a baking field under a merciless sun, dropping down from utter exhaustion only to rise again and go on for Manhattan. In a bitter fight the Green was hurled back till they beat their fists upon the earth praying for strength to hold, only to be pushed back furtherg Rutgers slowly but surely worked its way to two touchdowns and when the whistle sounded for the end of the Hrst half both teams fell upon their faces totally spent. Thc second half was worse and two sick teams limpcd into the dressing rooms at the end of the game. The final score was 20A6, Neil Cohalan running 90 yards for lNlanhattan's only score. The next game was with Fordham but this game was called off with respect to Donald Morey, who gave his all for Manhattan, and it was thought seriously of cancelling the entire season, when his fine family prevailed upon the Athletic Board to continue with the schedule. The games that followed were just played and that is all that can be said, for what team could win when the finest was gone. Great credit must be given to this eleven for the spirit they held and after defeating Rensselaer Polytechnic In- stitute and St. .Ioseph's they met a powerful City College team and on a field of heavy mud played to a six-six tie. Basketball was a success for in this season we gave Fordham an unexpected walloping and I can still see that team of Captain Danny Horan '28, Neil Cohalan '28, Bill Maloney '28, hfike Hayes '29, Tom VVhalen '29 and Vin Keber '30, fighting for point after point. The final score was 19 to 1-14 and, incidentally, Tom lVhalen was picked as lifetropolitan Center because of l'is marvelous performance. My head aches as I think of that celebration- what a perfect finish to a perfect season. Eighteen wins and three losses. Track again was on hand but this year we were much weaker because of the loss of men through graduation, but the team again, under the coaching of Pete lvaters and the strength of Captain Jack Geoghagan, pulled through to a fine record. Baseball sizzled on the fire and with Ted Brogan at the helm and Captain Mike Hayes '29 in the hold a splendid record was hung up. Among the numerous victories can be seen City College, New York A. C., Columbia and Newport Naval Training Base. Nine games were washed out because of rain, among these being St. Johnis, Fordham and Lafayette, in a tight battle New York University defeated us 5-3, closing our Junior year and making us potential Seniors. Om' Hundred .Sv-z'c11ly-svt'cn ,.: v- '-:- O .. , I ' -fri-.'fx.s'-4 x,fXik1.J'X JJ