Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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On October 10th the Kings Point Mer- chant Marine Academy ' s hill and dale team fell victims to the Manhattan forces by a 15-40 score. Two days later, the Green met the Fort Dix team coached by Al Daily, an ex-Jasper trackman, and the result was the team ' s third consecutive perfect-score ictory. The following lA ' eekend the Eastmen faced the strong N. Y. U. combine on the Van Cortlandt Park course. This resulted m a bitter struggle which ended in a 29-26 defeat for the Jaspers. Captain Ed O ' Toole and Eddie Walsh finished hand-in-hand in this race, but the Violets managed to place five men in the next six hnishers. This was the lone dual meet loss suffered by the River- dalers during the season. Saturday, October 26th, saw the Manhat- tan thin-clads meet the Seton Hall team at Van Cortlandt Park. As a result of rainfall The Dempsey Trophy for Year ' s OutslaiidinR Athlete. Winner of Au.irJ John Qiiigley. 229

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before and duril the race, the course was muddy and sUppery. The Jaspers took command of proceedings at the outset, and Ed O ' Toole, Leo Casey, Bill Atkinson, Joe O ' Keefe, Tom Comerford and Bob Donnelly crossed the finish line in a first place tie, givmg the home team a per- fect 15-40 score. Election Day was an important day for the Green and White, for it marked the revival of the xMetropohtan hitercollegiate Cross- country Championships at Van Cortlandt. Teams from N. Y. U., Fordham, Columbia, C. C. N. Y., Kings Point, Brooklyn College and St. Francis joined the Manhattan squad in entering a total of 84 athletes in this tra- ditional event. Eddie Walsh engaged N. Y. U. ' s Frank Dixon in a blistering duel for four and a half miles of the five-mile course, but un- leashed a tremendous homestretch drive to take the individual title by 60 yards. Walsh, who captained the indoor track squad this year, was clocked in 26:48.3 for the distance, the fastest time to be recorded in several years. Falling behind the leaders, but managing to finish in fourth place, was E. O ' Toole. Ed was forced to favor his injured ankle in this meet, and could not do justice to his time ability. Next across the line for the Eastmen was Tom Comerford, who snared eighth place. He was followed by Joe O ' Keefe in tenth spot, and Bill Atkinson in eleventh position, the latter turning in one of the finest races of his college career that after- noon. Despite the fact that the Green and White had five men finish within the first eleven, and their fifth man finished ahead of the N. Y. U. fifth man, the Riverdale crew fin- ished second in the team score with 34 points. The Violets won the meet with 30 points. Chuck Col IIO. Fordham took third with 69 points and the rest of the schools were far back m the point score. Having lost only two very close decisions, both of them to N. Y. U., the Manhattan team ' s next engagement was with Penn State. State College, Pa., the home of the Nittany Mr. Emit Hii ll ti.K- 231