Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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.wSSssaHBBiiit- stKMa Koxcii jiid QiiigUy. 80-yard dash while beating such greyhounds as Ti)m Carey and Ed ConwelL In the 1000 yard handicap Gerry Klinger brought home the bacon for the Riverdalers against a field of 120. Skip Ryan and Ai Cowles took second and fourth in the 60-yard handicap, hi the mile relay, the Jasper quartet of Bob Burke, John Gorman, AI Rogers and John Quigley came in first in .t;20.8 with a gift of 27 yards. A second Green and White squad of Bill Kent, Pat Downs, Dean Noll and Bill McManus came m second in the same event. This relay might have been much more inter- esting but for the fact that two other Jasper squads dropped their batons while leading qualifying heats. Despite the fact that they won their first two meets, the Riverdalers were supposed to follow N. Y. U. and N. Y. A. C. to the tape in the Metropolitan Indoor Track and Field C ' uuiciahelLi he.ilt GUiiii D.ins in 60 Yard D.iih .1 !C4A ' s. II . t i ht.il-t M.tcMilcbcU III SHO Yard Run .11 lC4A ' s. 238

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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

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Championships. At least this was the con- sensus of opinion among local track scribes. The dope was upset and opinions were changed as the boys in Green and White went on to take their tirst team title in the long history of the Met. A. A. U. Meet. Over- coming a sixteen point handicap garnered by N. Y. U. in the lield events, the Jaspers went on to take the team title with 33 1 3 points. The Violets were a close second with 31 and right behind them was the N. Y. A. C. with 29 1 3. Two titles were garnered by Jaspers. John Quigley regained the crown that he last wore in 1940 by winning the 600-yard event. In the mile and two mile e ' ents Ed Walsh and Ed O ' Toole turned in second place scores. Walsh lost his race by a few feet to Sugar Bowl champion Tommy Quinn. who was run- Qmgley u iij 600 Y.irJi in Year ' i F rit AUtt. Senior Mils. Belli jini Htibtrl. Ciaticuihetle uiin 100 ni Ouldoiir IC4A ' s .it Ptini. Atkiiiiun fill III 1000 J lC4A ' s. 239