Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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BASEBALL BASEBALL, loni; iNLmhattan s most suc- cessful sport, showed detinite promise during tiie 1947 campaign of returning to the great heights attained by Jasper nines of yesteryear. While the present outfit could not be put on a par with the 1938 diamond representatives, Manhattan ' s last great year, they ha e been c uite successful. Coach Ken Norton in his initial season at the Jasper helm was able to tield a team which, at this writing, occupies a spot in the hrst division of the Metropolitan Collegiate Baseball Con- ference. When Coach Norton put in a call for can- didates for the nine, in chilly March, neither he niir Manhattan ' s most ardent rooters ex- pected that to meet with great success. Many would ha e been satisfied if a team com- parable to Honey Russell ' s aggregation of the pre ious ye.ir could be helded. A record number of promising candidates turned out and Lhanged the picture, somewhat. One C.ll ' l.lll! Trilll Ollilli.lll 4 ut C idch Ken Korion hundred and twenty-h e hopeful Jaspers were present at the hrst practice session in wind- swept Van Cortlandt Park and all ri als were notified that their Riverdale opponents were no longer going to be pushovers. This was clearly demonstrated, when in the second start of the season. Jack Toomey pitched and batted the Jaspers inti a well- earned tie with the Met champs. New ' ork Unnersity. The underestimated Green de- served a better fate than the 4-4 deadlock as stc ut-hearted Toomey matched Roy Teazley, 266