Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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.

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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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National f1.f1.U. Clzallipiolzslzzfps 1n the National A.A.U. Champion- ships at Madison Square Garden, the Jasper team placed in the four events in which they were entered, winning two and placing third in the other two. Fred Sickinger won the 1000 yard run by out- lasting Stan Callender and Bill McGuire, the latter who ran for the 69th Regiment Armory. Callender passed McGuire in the last lap, but was unable to come with- in two yards of Fred at the finish. Sick- inger's time was 2:15.8. The two mile relay was won by the quartet of Rienzo, Comerford, O'Connell and VValsh. Rienzo got off to a poor start and passed the baton to Comertord in the third position, thirty yards behind the eaders. Galloping for the full half mile, F0111 overcame the disadvantage and gave 3'Connel1 the lead by five yards for the hird leg. Phil had a little trouble with 272 O'TOOLE Ed O'Tooie finishing his two miie sfinf in 9:47.2 of fhe lC4A Meet on March 2 at Madison Square Garden. Henry Eckert of N .Y .U. but he managed to retain the lead and gave the stick to VValsh for the anchor leg. Xfxf3.1S1'1 won going away and gave N .Y .U. its second straight defeat at this distance. VValsh, also ran the one mile run and placed third behind Les MacMitchell and Tom Quinn of the N.Y.A.C. Ed had the lead at the three quarter mark but he was forced to relinquish it to 1V1acMitchell who then had a tough time beating Quinn. Ed's time of 4:19.81 was enough to beat Marcel 1-Iansenne, crack French miler. Ed O,Toole linished third behind Forest Efaw and Ben Mannix in the three mile run. Holding second place through the major portion of the race, Ed could not cope with the final kick of Ben Mannix. Efaw was timed in 142401. IC4A C11al11zfJri011s1z1IfJs The Jasper track squad gave a more than satisfactory showing in the 1C4A