Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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could not cope with the Violets aggres- siveness and experience. The Green was still in the fight and for seven minutes held the Violets scoreless. The Iaspers scoring was distributed among Gerry Cohane, Nick Thornton, and Johnny Burke, each of whom notched eight points. - 1 Since the Jaspers XVC1'Cl1it conceded the slightest chance of upsetting the Violets, the wonderful playing by the Green in the first half afforded a great uplift to the spirit of the Green rooters, who had visions of the Jaspers taking the Violets. As is said in Brooklyn, VVait until next year. yl Cl,CbL52 I Trying to snap out of a three game losing streak, the jaspers met Syracuse University and the losing streak con- tinued to four. The Orange team com- pletely outclassed the Green, and that is not a reference to the North and South of Ireland. The Syracuse Five boasted of two skyscrapers while the Green could only boast of steel and concrete sky- scrapers in their beloved city. The final tally was 59 - 36 with the Orange team definitely in the fore. The shooting and fioor work of the Syracuse Five was more than the Green could cope with-but even so, the Green played a hard driving game only to fall victims to the terrific height advantage of their opponents. The first half started with several tal- lies by both teams after hard fought skir- mishes under each basket. Then under the guiding hand of Roy Peters, who was the high man for the night with fifteen points, the Orangemen moved out to a comfortable 33 - l6 lead at halftime. The ,Taspers showed very well at the be- ginning of the second period with Captain Charley Verschuuren and Bob Kelly leading the attack, but the Orangemen were out in front to stay. .SDL 904112 In their fourth and final appearance in the Garden, the Iaspers lost to St. John's University 56 - 30. The game was very slow as both teams missed easy layup shots, threw passes away, and couldn't hit even with their set shots. If the Green had been on at all, the game would have been close as St. John's were anything but the great team that they are. It was the second team of St. John's that finally started to play ball and as a result Joe Lapchick kept the first team on the bench most of the time. Honey Russell substi- tuted every man on the bench trying to get a winning combination but to no avail. The final buzzer was a very welcoming sound to all in the Garden. .Ja SML After losing five straight, Manhattan finally hit the win column with a victory over La Salle College in Convention Hall, Philadelphia. About 4000 fans saw the Iaspers fight off a spirited surge by the Little Explorers in the final minutes. Manhattan dominated most of the first half play but fell behind 27 - 26 at the twenty minute mark as the result of the fourteen point contribution of Bob Walters, high scorer for the Pennsyl- vania team. The second half found the two clubs in a series of deadlocks until the last six minutes of play. At this time, baskets by Johnny Hughes, Gerry Cohane and Johnny Burke gave the Green their Hrst comfortable lead of the half and what eventually proved enough for victory. La Salle fought hard but in vain in the last few seconds, dropping three quick baskets but it was too late.

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Chuck Verschuuren and Gerry Cohane copped Jasper scoring honors by coming up fourteen and ten points respectively. Bob Kelly was theibig man on the de- fense and the main reason for the Jasper victory. Kelly held Bob Walters, the big gun of La Salle who made fourteen points in the first half, to a scant six points in the second half. It was Kelly's marvelous defensive work that kept La Salle from scoring in that final half. 4z.,.,rf,.. czmg. Manhattan closed its basketball sched- ule with its fifteenth win by defeating Brooklyn College 48 - 35. The game started as a seesaw battle but shortly before the tirst half the Green broke loose with ten successive points and a 25 - 12 lead. The Iaspers continued to press and at the end of the first half were in com- mand by a 29 - 15 margin. The Kingsmen started a short surge at the opening of the second half, but the Green were able to keep abreast and linally draw away from the Brooklynites widening the gap to 45 - 28. High men for the Green were Joe Stewart and Bob Kelly with twelve and ten points respec- tively. - In view of the fact that the team was composed almost entirely of Freshmen, the Green won fifteen of its twenty three games and served notice as one to be watched in forthcoming seasons. The individual scoring records reveal Byrnes as percentage high scorer. The complete records are as follows: Name Games Field Goals Fouls Points Bob Kelly ......,..,..... ...... 6 6 48 180 Charles Verschuuren ..... ...... 6 5 35 165 Jack Byrnes ..,.... . ...... 66 28 160 john Hughes ,.... .,.... 4 3 41 127 Gerry Cohane ...... ...... 4 9 27 125 joe Stewart ....... ..,... 4 1 25 107 Maynard Baker ....... ...... 2 3 10 56 Ed Suchicki ,.,.... ..,,.. 1 1 14 36 Nick Thornton ...... 15 5 35 John Burke .... 12 5 29 John Nlurphy ..... ...... 9 5 23 John Ryder ....... ...,.. 0 3 3 Bill Comerford .... .. 1 0 2