Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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Gerry Cohaue. Top Scorer Boh Ktll). R ' KXe ' Flghlcr half ga e no indication of what was to come, although the Jaspers did have a 24-18 lead at the intermission. Almost immediately at the start of the second frame the Kelly Green began to hit from all angles, and with only eight minutes gone, had established a twenty- point lead. Dartmouth staged a minor rally in the closini: minutes aoainst our second stringers, but to no avail. Poppe was the outstanding scorer, with seventeen, followed by Bill Woods with thirteen. Bob Campbell scored twelve for the Indians. The first road trip proved a success, as the jaspers took the measure of a strong Scranton five, 51-42. Playing the type of game they had become accustomed to, the Kelly Green 249

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the pressure in the clDsint; minutes to eke out a 57-52 win. Hank Poppe emerged high scorer for Manhattan with fourteen, followed by Sig Skronski with thirteen, and John Veryzer, whose two closing minute held goals iced the contest, with ele en. Bob Willets led the Watrner tossers with a i;rand total of c eighteen. If It is possible fur a team to gain prestige in defeat, then Manhattan accomplished just that in bovvint: to Western Michitran, 55-52, at Madison Square Garden for then- first loss of the season. After leadint: at the half, 26-22, and throughout most of the second period, the Jaspers s ' ere just nipped in the closing seconds by a team which was supposed to score at least a ten-pomt victory. It was a big man, as usual, in this case, Don Boven, who all but ruined the Jaspers with twenty- one points scored on pi ' Ots and tap-ins. Most prolific point maker for the Kelly Green was Hank Poppe with fourteen. Gerry Cohane had eleven, and Bob Kelly and John Veryzer each scc:)red ten. Bouncing back from defeat, the Jaspers scored wm number four o ' er St. Peter ' s of Jersey City, 5. -46, on the loser ' s court. The slight margin of victory brought them no ac- colades, but the Nortonmen gave the im- pression that they would score when neces- sary. Gerry Cohane, elevated to a starting post because of an ankle injury to John Burke, and Captain John Veryzer each hit for fifteen. Harry Coyle of St. Peter ' s had a game high for sixteen. The Jaspers really broke loose for the first time against Brooklyn College in rack- ing up an easy 67-55 win. After a close first half, which ended with Manhattan on the long end of a 30-26 count, our five poured it on, and there was no doubt as to the out- come after fi ' e minutes of play in the second frame. At one time Manhattan had a twenty- point margin. Kelly, with fifteen, Cohane with fourteen, and Poppe with twehe led our scorint;, while Mort Roney was high for Brooklyn with ele en. Manhattan ' s only victory over a name team, and their first in Madison Square Gar- den since 194.T, took place on the memorable night of December 23, when the Kelly Green rolled o er Dartmouth, 60- i6. The dull first Dr,v G.ilLigher. Si ' orts Publidly ] ' un Cribb ' ni. ] i)sily Aiunager 3 248

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allowed the Tommies to stay N ' ith them throughout the hrst half, but after ten min- utes of the second had gained a ten-pomt lead, which they maintained. The squad was playing without the service of Sig Skronski, first string center, which partially accounts for the eighteen points netted by Scranton ' s Tom Notchick. For the Jaspers, Veryzer had thirteen and Cohane elexen. What was possibly the largest cro d e er crammed into the Akimni gymnasium was on hand to see Manhattan edge out a strong spirited lona team. 69-62. in the inaugural of a series with cur t;ro ini ' neiL;hbors from New Rochelle. The i amc was close to the ,1I.(. Sa.imhU. Si. ]-.hii ' , G-iph end, but the Jaspers greater experience showed against a team composed mostly of freshmen. The isitors |umped to an early 9-1 lead, but the b.iys from Rn-erdale went ahead for good midway in the first period, and led at the half. .t ' i-.tC). lona came close to knotting; the ct)unt in the wanint; minutes juhi! Hughes of the game, but the fast-breaking Jasper squad pro ed more ettecti e. Gerry Cohane hit the season high for points in a single came, with twenty-two markers, scored mainly on dri e-in shots. He was followed by Sig Skronski with fifteen, while Fred Pericas of the losers had eighteen. The start of a fijur-trame losintr streak was in store for the Jaspers as they began the aforementioned poor second half of the sea- son by losing to St. John ' s, 55-44, before a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden. High Harry Boykotf, who had been most in- effectne earlier m the season, found his eye against Manhattan, to ruin our chances with twenty-two points. The Jaspers were unable to get untracked during the first half, which closed with our team on the short end of a 3 ' i-l6 count. When Joe Lapchick took out 250