Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Grover Clezfeland Elect Once again Fred Sickinger finished with honors in a middle distance run. He placed third in the Hillman 600 yard race of the Grover Cleveland Meet at the Seventh Regiment Armory. Elmore Harris of the Shore A.C. was the winner and Stanton Callender was the runner- up. Gene Lavin and Frank DiSantis ran in the two mile run and finished fifth and eighth respectively. Ed 0,Toole, who was running under the colors of the N.Y.A.C. at the time, finished second in this two mile run. New York Elflzlcfic Club llfccl' Coach F,astment took charge of the track team on the first of February and on the sixteenth he entered his new squad in the N.Y.A.C. Meet at Madison Square Gardeng By making a few last minute changes he enabled his boys to cop five first places and a fourth place in six of the events in which they were entered. Fred Sickinger Won the Matt Halpin Half-Mile in l:57.l. He was boxed in fourth place by Army's Bernie Conor, N.Y.U.'s Stan Callender, and Reggie Pearman of the Pioneer Club for the first three circuits, but at the start of the fourth one he managed his way out of the jam and took the lead, which he never relinquished. However, at the final stretch Callender fought his way up to Fred's shoulder, but to no avail. The Jasper star crossed the finish line five feet ahead of the N.Y.U. middle distan- cer and eight feet ahead of Conor. Ed U'Toole, running for Manhattan for the first time in the season, ran away from his opposition in the Toussaint Two Mile Run. He took the lead early in the race and was never headed. Ben Mannix of O'CONNELL Phil 0'Connell second to Eckert of NYU in the Mile at the Metropolitan l.C.A.A. Meet at South Field on March 16. This was voted the best race of the day by Sports fans and writers.

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squad gained fourth place in the Metro- politan IC4A Cross-Country meet at Van Cortlandt Park. Fred finished sixth over the five mile course, which was very sur- prising because he rose to track fame by way of the middle distances and was no- where near the peak of conditioning. Frank DiSantis turned in a fine per- formance and finished twelfth. Waltei' Doherty came in seventeenth and Gene Lavin and Pat Riordan also ran but neither finished high. Pete Reynolds, who was being counted on to provide the best performance of the group, became ill half way through the race and was forced to withdraw. ihfere he able to finish the team probably would have finished better. As it was the teams entered finished in this order: N.Y.U., Columbia, Fordham, Manhattan, C.C.N.Y., and Brooklyn Col- lege. Jlc'tr0,D0Zifa1z, 4-1.fl.U. Senior' Trark and Field Cl1Gl'1lf7f07'lSl1,lif7S Fred Sickinger, stalwart Manhattan middle distance star, stole the show in the Metropolitan A.A.U. at the 23rd Regi- ment Armory in Brooklyn by beating Stanton Callender and Les MacMitchell in 1000 yard feature event. It was his first victory of the indoor season and he gained hrst place by pulling away from MacMitchell in the stretch. Stanton C al- lender followed him to the finish line by two yards and MacMitchell finished third by six yards. For the performance Sickinger was clocked in 2 :15.5 and awarded by the unanimous vote of twelve judges and sports writers a special trophy for the most meritorious performance of the Meet. COMERFORD Tom Comerford leading Conor of Army in the 1000 at the lC4A Meet at Madison Square Garden on March 4. Cornerford finished third to Conor's second in this race.

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RIENZO Ignatius Rienzo passes the baton to Comerford in the Two Mile Relay at the Metropolitan A.A.U. Meet af Madison Square Garden on February 23. Manhattan won. Y Y Y Y Y the N.Y.A.C. finished second twenty yards behind the victorious Manhattanite and Waltei' Soltow and Alex Jordan, both N.Y.U. distance runners, finished third and fourth respectively. Ed was timed in 9:44. The James E. Sullivan 1000 yard run handicap was coppecl by Tom Comerford, a freshman, who set a sizzling pace in the last lap to overtake the U.S. Military Academy entry, Richard Gruenther Having led most of the way, Tom was forced to let Gruenther pass him in the final lap, but with the aid of a terrific kick he came out the vic- tor by eight yards. The jasper two mile relay team gave the N.Y'.U. team its first setback at this distance this season. Nat Rienzo, a freshman quarter miler, ran the first leg for his team, the first time he ever ran the half-mile in competi- tion. Comerford ran the second leg and increased the lead given to him by Rienzo to thirty yards. Phil O'Connell took the stick pass from Comerford for the third leg and although he ran a very fast half, Stan Callender cut the lead down to seven yards. Ed Walsh ran the anchor leg for the Green and White and he clinched the victory. The unofhcial times of the runners in the order they ran are: 2 :04, 2:01, 1 :59, 1 :57.2. ln the One Mile Met- ropolitan College Relay, the Manhattan quartet of Gerry Klingler, Phil 0,Con- nell, Ed Walsli and Fred Sickinger out- ran its competition in 3 230. The run- ners were clocked as follows: Klingler 0.55, O,Connell 0.52.8, lflfZllSl1 0:51.5, and Sickinger 0:50. Phil Einsmann was Manhattan's entry in the Pole Vault. He took fourth place by vaulting 11 feet and six inches. The winner, Howard Jensen, unattached, cleared the cross-bar at thir- teen feet and six inches. Upon returning to the college after this Meet the boys dis- played three trophies, eleven gold and one bronze medal they had won.