Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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0'Connell trailing Eckert ln the National A.A.U. Meet on February 23. Manhattan took first 0'CONNELL place. -V ww-- Gerard Klingler, Jasper freshman, placed third in the 600 yard run which was won by the Violet James Gilhooley. Second place went to Gilhooley's teammate Milt Smith and Jim Caskey and Bill Ganner, both representing' Kings Point took fourth and hfth places respectively. Charlie Donahue took third place in the broad jump with a leap of 20'l0 . Homer Gillis, Violet ace won the event by doing' 23'3M and his teammates Royal Cher- nock and Art Daigon took fourth and fifth places with leaps of Z0'7L5 and 20'6.M respectively. St. john's one man track team, Alex Borush took second place with a leap of 2l'9 . The Jasper two mile relay team of George Cullen, Paul Tiernan, John Flinter and Ignatius Rienzo won their event in grand fashion. A tired N.Y.U. team, which came in second was 120 yards in the rear. Columbia was third and 27 Fordham copped fourth place. The Jas- pers were clocked in 8:19. Manhattan's one mile relay team was less fortunate than the two mile team. They finished fourth to N.Y.U., Fordham and Colum- bia. Kings Point was fifth. The Violets covered the mile in 3 1238. A dramatic note was added by the one mile and two mile lC4A champions who both ran in the two mile run. F.d VValsh, the one mile champ defeated his roommate Ed O'Toole by an eyelash. Walsli who led most of the way slowed down his pace to allow his pal to catch up to him and thus turn in a dead heat. However, the judges said that something' of VValsh's went over the line hrst and they gave him the unwanted victory. The 9:38 turned in by WValsh was faster than the time turned in by 0'Toole in the lC4A Cham- pionships. Darwin Bruce of N.Y.U., John Mayes of Fordham, and Art

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team placed second to the N .Y.U. team. The reason for their failure to win this event was undoubtedly due to the fact that each runner had run in a previous event. The final team standing was as follows: .Xriny 5312, N.Y.U. 35, Man- hattan 22, Navy 2195, and Dartmouth IZM. 1946 A llllvlltll W zf1Ltc1' Board Track and Field ClZClIlZf7Ii01lS1L1'f7S of the .7lJct1'0p0lim1L T11-Zfl?1'COUCgliClllC A zflzlctzfc Ass0c1'at'1701z. The Kelly Green finished second in the winter board track and field champion- ships at Colunibia's South Field. N.Y.U. the victor scored 81 points to the Jaspers 47. Of the thirteen events the Violets won eight, Manhattan won four and there was a triple tie for the other title, the running high jump. Phil Einsniann was the big gun for Manhattan having scored ten points. He won the pole vault by crossing the bar at ll feet to defeat Bill McAllister of Fordham who was second and Oliver Greene of Kings Point who was third. ln the high hurdles Phil followed john Nelson of N.Y.U. to the finish line. Toni Byrnes, another jasper, placed fourth. Columbials Don Fennelly was third and Bob VVOllll1E11'1 of Brooklyn College was fifth. The time of this event was 0:O7.7. Phil's tenth point was won in the running high jump in which he leaped 5'8 . First place was a triple tie between Alex Borusch of St. John's, Gerard Dannenberg' of N.Y.U. and YV alter Haukes of Columbia, all of whom cleared the bar at 5'lO . Fourth place went to Bill McAllister of Fordham who did 5'9 . The one mile run was the closest race of the afternoon, with Henry Eckert of N.Y.U. nosing out Phil O'Connel1 by one yard. The winner's time was 42281. EINSMANN 274 Phil Einsmann clearing 5' 8 in the Meiropolifan l.C.A.A. ln this meef, Phil scored ten points for Manhattan.

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THQE We Mr. Eastment watches 0'Connell pass the baton to Comerford in their Laughlin days. All are now Manhattan men. The two mile relay champions at the National A.A.U. Meet at Madison Square Garden on Feb- ruary 23. Rienzo, Comerford, O'Cormell and Walsh. The Manhattan Distance Medley Relay team that capped first place in the Penn Relays on April 26. Walsh, Sickinger, 0'Connell and Gorman.