Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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na ntly freshmen team to record a perfect 15-40 score. Crossing the finish line together were six Jaspers: Phil O ' Connell, Jack Baden- hop, John Moran, Bob Checola, Bob Don- nelly and Bob McGee. Victors in six of their se ' en dual meets, and finishing second and third m two cham- pionship meets, the Manhattan harriers posted an impressive record for their first postwar season. From the first team Coach George East- ment will lose three men ' ia graduation. These departing seniors are Captain Ed O ' Toole, Ed Walsh and Leo Casey. The bal- ance of the team has from one to three years of varsity competition remaining. The prom- ising crop of freshmen who performed so well during the past year should provide adequate replacements. Manhattan ' s indoor track team opened the season in an auspicious manner as it handily won the Grover Clexeland Games at ]ohi! Gorman. CLirtiu ' t Hcffiur. 235

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Gtii y Ah ir c . felter of Penn State, was Ed OTooIe. Next to score for the Jaspers was Eddie Walsh who wound up in Idth position. The third Green and White clad runner to cross the finish line was Joe O ' Keefe, the mii hty mite who finished 31st. Fourth m the line of Jas- pers was Leo Casey, who ne ' er did show his pre-war form, but took 3 ith place. John Flinter placed 38th to complete the Jaspers scorinc. The sixth and seventh men were Bill Atkinson and Tom (]omerford, who placed 3 ' )th and -i8th respectively. hnmediately after the finish there was no doubt that N. ' . U. had won their first I. C. ■i-A. Cruss-Country Championship. The Vio- lets blossomed forth with a low score of 6°) points. The issue for the second place in the team scoring was not settled until the follow- ing day. Originally it had been announced that Manhattan and Penn State tied for second place honors, with lOi points each. The officials, however, later retabulated the order of finish and awarded the Nittany Lions second, and the Jaspers had to be con- tened with third place. More or less m the nature of anti-climax, Manhattan engaged Brooklyn College in a dual meet on Saturday, November 23rd. Rinainu down the curtain on the cross-coun- try season, Coach Eastment used a predomi- Al Rogers. »«« :. ' oK-S- »,: ; 234

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the Seventh Regiment Armory. The tremen- dous show of power that the squad put on left the second phice team, the Pioneer Club, 30 points in arrears at the final tabulation. The Jasper total of 3.t points seemed un- beliex ' able when compared to the scores of 16 and 15 registered by the closest collegiate rivals, Fordham and N. Y. U. Starting with the first event, the sixty-five yard handicap, the boys in the Green and White began to pile up points. Ed Dunne, Al Cowles and Joe Ciaiiciabella placed third, fourth and fifth m a race that was won by Stanley Beckett of Syracuse. Two of the three sections of the 1000 yard handicap were captured by Jaspers as Captain Ed Walsh waltzed home the winner in the first in 2: 19-2 and Bill Atkinson copped the second in 2:21.3. Johnny Quigley anchored the victorious mile relay team composed of Al Rogers, John Gorman, Angelo Meluso and himself. This quartet was clocked at 3:29-9. Two other CjpLiiii EJJie W ' .ilsh. Coach and CapUihi. 236