Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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one of the many Violet aces, pitch for pitch. Toomey ' s own mental lapse, however, cost him the victory as he failed to touch third base with what would have been the win- ning run. The bad break in the N. Y. U. game was countered by another factor. A little bug was present at the contest and bit one of the spec- tators, Nick Thornton, with enough of that old baseball fever to make him decide to report for the next practice. Thornton ' s doctor mitted which was often enough for Coach Norton. The squad dropped their opener to Kings Point by a score of 7 to = with Bill Blanchard and Hector Faberlle workino on the mound. After that initial encounter, Norton was faced with the necessity of starting Toomey in every league game, leaving the non-league contests to his second stringers. The addition of Thornton to the pitching staff added the required relief and better results were hoped Bill Sieuerl and Ciro Maljrjzzu Bob PelLi had originally advised him against any active athletic participation, due to a back injury. Nick was the captain of the Nine the year previous when he pitched the Russellmen to most of their victories. He was also the Met- ropolitan home run king and set a league record of contributing three circuit clouts in one contest. A second factor against his par- ticipation was that he was shouldering a tre- mendous schedule to fulfill the requirements for a June graduation. The senior business- man agreed to pitch when his schedule per- for. The Jasper mentor soon found that there were other things to contend with. Old man weather was very uncooperative, lady luck helped the team less, and the supposedly strong Manhattan hitting did not produce many runs. Rainy April caused the cancellation of many games including a trip to West Point for a renewal of an old rivalry with Army. More than once the team had to play a game without practice after two or three days ' saturation. In the Hofstra contest, pitcher 267

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Toomey received little support from his mates. He went eleven innings before suc- cumbing 4-3. The Jasper batters scored three runs in the very first mning but were blanked the rest of the game as they handed the con- test to the visiting Dutchmen. In the second meeting with N. Y. Lf. Toomey hurled his best game of the year, giving up only three hits and one run. The one run was sufiicient, however, as the Violet ace, Teazley, again was victorious while giving up four hits. Following the Kings Point defeat, Man- hattan lost two more to City College, 12-7, and Hofstra. Thornton made his first start against Brooklyn College and assumed his old role as he collected a pair of blows while pitching to a 7-2 triumph. At this writing with the baseball season two-thirds gone, Thornton has been the winner of all four Jasper victories. The most recent of these was an 8-4 trouncing of City with three home runs providing a substantial margin. Two of the round trippers were off the bat of Cono Beneventano, hard-hitting third baseman, and the other was hit by Dom Montalbano. Thornton ' s other wins came when he bested the Fordham Rams, 5-.% and as his mates battered Hofstra in a return engagement, lO-.i. Toomey was the victim of a defeat by St. John ' s in which the sct)re was 12-3. ' When the 1947 campaign is terminated, Norton will lose pitchers Thornton and Bill Hyrnkiewich, and outfielders Hank Calcagno and Captain Tom Quinlan. While the pres- ence of these dependable performers will be sorely missed, Jasper rooters can look for- ward to a great year in 1948. Ken Norton will have an outfit that will be as strong a contender as any for the Metropolitan crown. Returning will be most of the present regu- lars and many good second stringers. EJwiii Ljiige B, aseball results to date: ALi . ' .n tlUin OppiDlflll 3 Kings Point 7 7 City College 12 3 Hofstra 4 7 Brooklyn College 2 3 St. John ' s 12 5 Fordham 3 10 Hofstra 2 New York University 1 8 City College jack Toomey 4 269