Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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?2jg+?ZJ T pi Z T if 1 M, -s --- 1lL ff' Ti: Tl' 'fin' 5 1S'L.il'1 ' I f '-'L -5 id- 13' X l : 1--1, - Q 1. Lwilf 'fs' 1 iff Y A V. s fav -1 2 . ' r f f ' f f , ' f y ra. rx x upsfafe wifh a large following, one of fhe largesf ever fo represenf Manhaffan. Despife a sfiff baffle fhe Jaspers refurned from fheir firsf venfure info fhe camp of fhe gianfs on fhe fail end of a 33-O score. The game was played in fhe worsf pos- sible weafher-a cold, muddy field, for fhe Nofre Dame sfyle of play. The Varsify resfed a liffle foo long affer fheir disappoinfmenf in losing fo Col- gafe and as a resulf only succeeded in holding Cify College fo a O-O fie. The Lavender Coach, Parker, musfered all fhe sfrengfh of fhe rafher limifed maferial fhaf was available and succeeded in making one grand gesfure by holding a sfrong lvlanhaffan feam, wifh one of fhe weakesf feams fhaf Cify College produced in years. To do fhis he employed a novel defense which seemed fo complefely fool fhe Jaspers unfil if was foo lafe fo score. The Lavender feam lined up wifh an eighf-man line on fhe defense, relying upon fheir punfs fo keep fhe ball as far from fheir goal as possible. Cafholic Universify, which was a rafher mediocre feam a year ago, rapidly de- veloped info a sfrong fhreaf. Affer fhe discouraging fie wifh Cify College, Man- haffan fans hardly expecfed fhe fine game fhaf fhe Jaspers puf up againsf fhe Washingfon feam. Againsf unforeseen sfrengfh Manhaffan played one of ifs besf games of fhe season and should have come off vicforious buf for a few breaks. The Jaspers came fhrough fhe following week fo down Bosfon Universify Il-O in Bosfon. The spirif displayed by fhe Green and Whife roofers in fhe supporf which fhey gave fhe feam on fheir frips was a fine demonsfrafion of fhe loyalfy fhaf is always characferisfic of Manhaffan men. Wifh fhree vicfories, fwo defeafs and a fie fhe Jaspers prepared fo beffer fheir average and incidenfally even an old score wifh Sf. John's. The Brooklyn feam came fo Jasper field wifh a grim deferminafion fo make fhis, fheir lasf baffle on fhe gridiron, a memorable one. The game was one of fhe mosf ' yillf Iii Ill ffl, .11 Q .TQ1lii'. 'lf . ,'l.f.1f1f'Lii? iifgvi ijii Sjllav S .Tj V -,,-. CE U 'V U 265

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T r.:L45c,-.1...9 3 Q HATTA N VV E lll which had also deTeaTed The Jaspers The year previous, was loolcing To repeaT. The Redmen had as an added incenTive The ThoughT ThaT upon The success oT Their l93l season depended The conTinuance oT The sporT aT ST. John's. All These consideraTions shrunk inTo easy work in comparison wiTh The baTTle scheduled wiTh ColgaTe. Even The mosT enThusiasTic Jasper rooTer did noT hope Tor a vicTory. YeT The crowd ThaT iournied upsTaTe To waTch The conTesT was one oT The largesT delegaTions ever To Travel ThaT disTance Trom Man'haTTan. The spiriT which pervaded lvlanhaTTan made The Jaspers ready To Tace any opposiTion. The season began wiTh one oT The biggesT vicTories ever achieved by lvlanhaT- Tan. The BalTimore UniversiTy game neTTed an 87-O vicTory Tor The Jaspers. CapTain Johnny Del Negro showed Tine leadership. The subsTiTuTes Tried ouT in The course oT The game gave promise oT being able To susTain The work oT The TirsT Team in The harder conTesTs ThaT were To come. The vicTory was noT wiThouT iTs Toll, however, Tor George Koeck, one oT The TinesT aThleTes ThaT ever came To ManhaTTan was car- ried oTT The Tield wiTh a splinTered arm. Koeclc was a good, reliable end on The eleven, and one oT The mosT reliable baslceTball players on The Jasper squad. The second game was a real TesT oT The progress made by The Jasper eleven. ManhaTTan meT pracTically The same Team which had represenTed OgleThorpe The year beTore. ln one oT The hardesT ToughT games lvlanhaTTan succeeded in deTeaTing The SouTherners I3-O. The game had abouT iT The same air oT grandeur ThaT marlced The iniTial nighT game which The Two Teams played. The baTTle was a liTTle more closely conTesTed-The Georgians lceeping up a sTiTT opposiTion unTil The Tinal whisTle and ThreaTening To score several Times in The closing period. The success oT The TirsT Two games senT Jasper hopes soaring. NOT only lvlan- haTTan Tans buT even cold-blooded sporTs wriTers were expressing expecTaTions ThaT The Jaspers would give ColgaTe a Tough game. The Green and WhiTe Traveled I . - 1 M. ,,- ,uf , ,A l il I E. fx a , al li 1 l i T i l T li .3 lf l 1 I T T l. -1 S i 4 ii 'I T i T ll ll '. I i i pl T l l 1 T i J f ' 'T i 'lfrj . -..L ,.x,.,a.. 264 ll I 1 I '23

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X I -7 A . 2 Thrilling conTesTs ThaT has ever been played on Jasper Field. ATTer almosT sixTy minuTes oT hearTbrealcIng play. The Jaspers were on The Tail end oT a 6-7 score. AlThough The VarsiTy Time and again placed The ball in scoring posiTion some Triclc oT TaTe seemed To carry The ball baclc inTo Their own TerriTory. The ball sped Trom one end oT The Tield To The oTher wiTh exciTing rapidiTy. l-lowever, on one oT Those Trealc plays ThaT so oTTen decide The TaTe oT such conTesTs, Two huslcy ManhaT'Tan line- men swooped down on The ST. John's baclc as he was recovering a bad pass Trom cenTer and swepT him across The line Tor a saTeTy. Even Then The play did noT cease To have iTs Thrill. Twice again did The Redmen march wiTh deTermined vigor To wiThin scoring posiTion buT The lv1anhaTTan line held and The Jaspers won 8-7. , ill, 266