Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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..-- , GD5 ikingl SV an Upon O The Jr The rd ouT game 2 New by The val Tor gnomi- players ne suc- e Thing nhaTTan lT was aisTed in rsT com- a oT iTs suddenly invasion Thrilling rad been The pre- Consecu- SiTy Col' r seTbaCl4- we Pl5Yed 19 winner ie -l55PSrs ln ii mars - . ...e..-..-,.. ..-- A L, - ,,.E'Y.ff9V 7'Ti W7 7 'i i T ' ' A . ,ri i--1 P 1 fg i l 9:?Eif5:2E55213i-is'f-.4. The regularly scheduled conTesT wiTh ST. John's aT The lO2ncl Engineers Armory provided The climax oT The season. ln a Tremendously Tense srruggle, lvlanhaTTan disTincTly surprised The baskeTball experTs by upseTTing The Redmen, 29-27. lT was an epic baTTle, beyond all measure oT doubT The mosT Thrilling aThleTic conTesT in which The Green has ever sTriven. The game opened in desulTory Tashion, wiTh ST. John's maniTesTing The same degree oT superioriTy as iT had in The previous conTesT. AT halT-Time The score-board revealed a l9-4 margin in Tavor oT The VincenTians. So conTidenT oT vicTory was Buck Freeman, menTor oT The lndians, ThaT he replaced his regular linemen wiTh a Team oT subsTiTuTes. UndaunTed by The almosT insurmounTable oclds againsT Them The Jaspers sTarTed To play wiTh a cold Tury ThaT virTually swepT The cocky Redmen OTT The courT. ln less Than nine minuTes The TiTTeen-poinT deTiciency had been alrered by eleven poinTs, and Freeman, sTill conTrclenT oT easy vicTory, hasTily reinserTed his regulars inTo The game. AT This poinT, however, There was no sTopping The Jaspers, who conTinued Their spurT unTrl They had gained a Two-poinT margin, To which They grimly held unTil The reTeree's whisTle senT The game inTo hisTory. Rensselaer PolyTechnic lnsTiTuTe oT Troy came To Town To meeT The Jaspers in Their nexT engagemenT buT The Engineers made Their liTTle Trip To no avail. ATTer :Ts ' ' b T rousing Triumph over ST. John, lvlanhaTTan was noT going To be sTopped y a eam oT This calibre. They weren'T. The score was 32-l7. Duquesne presenTed a more diTTiculT problem Tor The Green. The PiTTsburghers roved Tough nuTs To crack buT evenTually bowed beTore The more eTTecTive shooTing P oT The lvlanhaTTan Tive. The Jaspers Tinished on The long end oT a 29-23 score aTTer an excepTionally exciTing sTruggle. The inTer olaTion oT anoTher upseT made TurTher ravages inTo The Green's record. 2 All i ,fx ,,.ff.,., T P Providence College was The perpeTraTor oT The oTTense, wiTh The Jaspers being vic- Timized To The exTenT oT 23-22. lT was a nip-and-Tuck baTTle ThroughouT The disTance, wiTh Providence having The sTronger Tinishing drive. This was one oT The mosT inTer- - esTing conTesTs oT The season. The aggressive TacTics oT The huge coach oT The Dominicans who inTerrupTed The game several Times To walk ouT on The Tloor To give , The reTeree a Tongue lashing, gave The crowd ample opporTuniTy Tor vocal eTTorT. An If unTorTunaTe incidenT in This game was The injury oT Tom l-logan, The promising sopho- more cenTre, who TracTureol his leTT ankle in a severe scrimmage under The Providence baskeT. T MT. ST. lvlary's College, The Green's old rival Trom EmmiTsburg, in The Mary- y land lvlounTains, served as a Till-in opponenT and served ThaT purpose admirably. The .laspers Tinishecl on The besr end OT a 26-I6 score. ln anoTher one oT Those Thrilling inTra-meTropoliTan conTesTs lvlanhaTTan and New York UniversiTy locked horns Tor a sTrenuous Tussle. The Jaspers once more revealed Their capabiliTies as a TighTing Team and wiped a huge halT-Time deTiciency To Triumph by The saTe margin oT 24-19. The VioleT Tive, which had been insralled as a heavy pre-game TavoriTe, gained an aclvanTage OT eighT poinTs by inTermission Time. ln We 277

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..v.--,.,-,..- . .1-.-W.:-, -...m .-nv-fn l Q i T i I 1 3 I 2 Il I lv I u I Il' 5 i . I I + I I I TH g is .Q in N is A-.TTA is ThaT unrelenTing Tashion, The Jaspers commenced To biTe deep inTo ThaT margin ag The second halT OT The game Opened and soon They had consumed iT. The spiriTed rally OT The Green did nOT halT There. l OWeVer' buf COUTTHUSC Unwaveringly unTil ManhaTTan had a secure margin on iTs own parT. Tne courwer rally sTaged by The u gi P v g n ViOleT in The closing sTages OT The game was inTeresTing and earnesf, buf TuTule by iusT Tive poinTs. BalTimOre UniversiTy's cOurT represenTaTives showed liTTle more TalenT Than did Their much-abused warriors OT The gridiron, and They cOnsequenTly did nOT presenT much OT a problem TO The Green. The Jaspers Toyed wiTh Their SOuThern rivals, scoring Treely and winning as They pleased, 32-I9. CaThOlic UniversiTy OT WashingTOn, D. C., was cOnsTanTly ThreaTening TO give lv1anhaTTan a good deal OT Trouble in iTs game wiTh The Green, buT The Cardinals could never manoeuver The shrinkage OT The Ten pOinT lead The Jaspers esTablished in The opening minuTes OT The Tray. Bud Sheary, shOoTing phenomenally Trom every conceivable pOsiTiOn on The courT, scored TiTTeen pOinTs -Tor The WashingTOnians, and alThOugh he was Tar and away The besT man On The cOurT-ThaT nighT-The well divided aTTack OT The Green was more eTTecTive Than The cOnsTanT bombardmenT OT shOTs by The C. U. ace. The score was 40-20. The season came To a raTher inglorious close. lv1eeTing La Salle College in The TirsT Two games in Philadelphia, The Jaspers dropped a close decision, 34-32. They Tound Themselves considerably harassed by novel inTerpreTaTiOns read inTO The rules by The Philadelphia reTerees. Temple UniversiTy, probably The mOsT pOwerTul Team in The cOunTry On iTs home courT, virTually overwhelmed The Green in a game On iTs dancehall Tloor. WiThouT aTTempTing To alibi away The deTeaT, Tor The Owls Triumphed decisively, 46-2I, iT musT be said ThaT lv1anhaTTan was very much handicapped by The sTricT imposTs OT The OTTicials and The unaccusTomed slipperiness OT The TlOOr. FOrdham's banner OT dull maroon was hOisTed above The Green bangle in The concluding baskeTball OT ManhaTTan's season. The represenTaTives OT The neighboring insTiTuTion did nOT perTOrm any more capably Than The emissaries OT The Jaspers, buT Dame FOrTune sprinkled more liberally upon Them The deciding breaks. The Rams' margin OT vicTOry was unimpressive, being 28-26 and, in a game marked by rough TGCTICS and Sloppy play. The Green cOmmiTTed iTselT more eTTecTively in all deparT- menTs save making poinTs. h -SharTly aTTer The close OT The season Johnnie McCormick, sharpshooTing ace, ad The honor OT being The unanimous choice OT coaches, OTTicials and spOrTs wriTers GS an all-lVieTrOpOliTan Team member. CapTain Dan Kelleher and Bud l-lasseTT were also placed prOminenTly On honor Teams picked by experTs. And SO' Wiih JYIWGT. The lvianhaTTan baskeTball season OT l93I-32 slipped away TMO The limbo OT The Past Timm WI'1lCl1. l1OWever, The cerTainTy seems, iT will OTTGH be VGSUFVGCTGCI Tor pleasanT ruminaTiOn by members OT This graduaTing class OT l932. f ' 'T ' .y,po'f M- -.f--fa ' I V 5,491.3 2 F-,,fq,,.f 3' ..-KL 278