Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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- iW O ' Tnole ill Practice. nint: for the N. Y. A. C. O ' Toole fell victim to the terrihc finish of the N. Y. A. C. ' s Jim Rafterty. Phil Einsman and Tom Byrnes placed third and fointh in the 60 yard hitjh hurdles and Byrnes came baek with a second place etfort in the 70 yard low hurdles. On the following weekend Coach Eastment was really in a dither sending representatives to three different meets. The Philadelphia Inquirer Meet, the Boston Knights of Colum- bus Meet and the West Point Relays kept everyone on the run. At Philly, the mile relay squad of Al Rogers, Gerald Alnwick, John Gorman and John Quigley turned in a record performance of 3:27.5 on a slow track. Ed O ' Toole pushed Oklahoma ' s Forest Efaw to a record in the two mile event. At Boston Ed Walsh placed third behind Gil Dodds and Tommy Quinn in a mile race which saw the parson returning to com- petition with a 4:09.1 mile. A mile relay team composed of Bill Ryan, John Gorman, Al Rogers and John Quigley turned in a 3:24.3 Al Rogt ' tu tfJt ' ntjyk. victory. The Jasper two mile quartet followed a record breaking Fordham team to the tape. In the N. Y. A. C. Meet the Jasper mile relay team continued its winning ways by virtue of Johnny Quigley ' s brilliant anchor leg. Quigley started ten yards behind Ford- ham ' s Hal McDowell and caught him at the tape, to the delight of the 15,000 Garden spectators. The two mile relay again scored a second behind the Ram foursome. 240