Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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place points winch turned the tide of the bat tie for Manhattan as the Green registered 22 tallies to the Pioneer Club ' s 16. Seconds were snared by George O ' Dowd in the 60 yard handicap and the mile relay composed of Bill Emmnch, Dan Sullivan, Dean Noll and Johnny Quigley. Thirds by John Flinter in the mile and Cianciabella (two) in the sprint series and fourths by Jim Cavanaugh and Tom Comerford in the mile and 1,000 respectively. The victory streak of the Eastmen was abruptly snapped a week later when they bowed to the NYAC, the Pioneer Club and NYU, in an effort to retain their crown in the Senior Metropolitan AAU fixture. Manhat- tan performances were probably the most disappointing of the season as only a two Ehumaiui. Drew. Sulliijii atid B)nies 249

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Phi! crcuiiiuii had postponed the field events twice. The final standings showed Manhattan with 4 ) points while our persistent rivals, NYU, fin- ished in the runner-up spot 8 points behind. No individual titles came Manhattan ' s way in this meet but heavy scoring in the place points ga e the underdog Jaspers the nod. John Moran, Paul Tiernan and Arthur Sulli- van finished second, third and fourth re- spectively, in the mile run; Jim Nolan and Bob Donnelly were runner-up and third in the two mile run; a two mile relay of Bob Chacola, John Garabaldi, Tiernan and Bob Downey took second as did a mile relay of Bill Rossler, Bill McManus, Dan Sullivan and Bill O ' Reilly and Iggie Rienzo garnered a third in the 1,000-yard run. The tracksters gained their second straight team championship on January 10th in the annual Brooklyn Knights of Columbus Meet in the 23rd Regiment Armory. Shining light 111 this victory was little Phil O ' Connell who came down from his favorite distances of 880-yards and the mile to win the handicap 600 from scratch. Jue CianciabelLt The only other indi idual to triumph was Bob Downey in the 1,000-yard run handicap. Again it was a show of power among the 248

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mile relay of Paul Tiernan, Nat Rienzo, Juhn Moran and Tom Comerford, all members of the trmmphant cross-country team, came home first for our forces. Other point getters for the Riverdalers were Phil Einsmann sec- ond in the 70-yard high hurdles, O ' Connell third in the lOOC) and a second in the mile relay. It was a case of too many points to over- come in the field events combined with lack lustre performances by some of the men most P.iiii Tiernan counted upon to produce which spelled doom for Manhattan in this meet. The New York A. C. with its stable of top flight stars such as Tommy Quinn, Les MacMitchell, John Vislocky and the like, possessed too much power for any of the teams in the field to tone down. Howexer, the ne ' er say die Jaspers re- couped their strength just a week later in the West Point Relays and returned with the lion ' s share of the honors althouch there was 250