Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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Phil Einsmann clearing the bar for an eleven fool pole vault in the lC4A Meet af Madison Championships at Madison Square Gar- den. The teams won third place honors, which was quite a feat for such a newly organized squad. Army won the cham- pionshipsg N.Y.U. placed second and Navy and Dartmouth finished fourth and fifth respectively. The one mile champion, Ed Walsli, led a large field to the tape by forty yards. VV alter Soltow of N.Y.U. set the pace early in the race but his lead was slowly cut into by Walsh, who finally passed him and built up quite a sizeable lead. Navy's Nick Smusyn placed third. Walsli was clocked in 4:l9.4. Another crowned champion, Eddie O'Toole, won the two mile run by the same margin as VValsh won the mile run. Ed lapped the fifth place man, Frank Tucker of Army. His strong and steady pace was too much for the other contestants and he won with ease. Fred Knauss of the Military Academy placed second: john Hanley of Dartmouth was thirdg and Alex Jordan. -.21 the Violet entry was fourth. The winning time was 92472. The third lC4A champion, Fred Sick- inger, was the victor in the 600 yard run, being clocked in l :15.8. At the beginning of the race, Fred was knocked off the track and he bruised his shoulder and arm. However, the race was restarted and Sickinger managed to get off only slightly hampered. He took the lead position late in the race and was never headed. Maurice Callender, the other half of N.Y.U.'s twins finished a close second and Army's John Hammack and Allen Brown finished third and fourth, a short distance behind Callender. Man- hattan's young freshman, Tom Comer- ford, took third place in the 1000 yard run. Stan Callender won the event in 21172. Bernie Conor of Army, Comer- ford, Serrie of M.I.T., and Hall of the Naval Academy followed Callender to the tape in that order. The two mile relay EINSMANN Square Garden.