Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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Bill Necle Jasper mile relay teams placed third and fourth in another section. Phil O ' Connell climaxed a very successful e ' ening by in- ning the two-mile handicap run over favored Jim Raiferty. Phil ' s time, with a 123-yard handicap, was 9:46.4. Still fresh from their opening victory the team entered the Knights of Columbus meet ready for anything. The final result was an- other triumph. The final team scores showed the Jaspers with 19 points while the second place N. Y. U. squad had 13 and Fordham was third with 6. The feature event of the evening, the Grand Knight 880 yard run, was won by Ed Walsh. The Jasper indoor captain certainly proved his mettle by taking this one from a star-studded field. Among the entries were such stalwarts as Les Mac- Mitchell, Joe Nowicki, Bill Hulse, Stan Cal- lander and Olympic champion, John Wood- ruff. A scintillating light in Jasper track history was lit as freshman Joe Cianciabella won the Frank Yenke. Ill