Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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no award for team supremacy. Foremost per- formance in this event was turned in by |im Cavanaugh, just then rounding into shape, who took the mile run in a new Army field house record of 4:24.2. Another West Point standard which fell to Manhattan that day came in the 240-vard shuttle relay where a foursome of Tom Byrnes, Bill Drew, Dan Sullivan and Phil Einsmann registered a 0:31.0 clocking. Other medal winners were Ed Dunne fourth in the 60; Bob McGee third in the two mile run; a second for the 36()0-yard relay, a third in the 2400-yard relay and a fourth in the mile batt)n passing event. The same night of the West Point Relays, a handful of Jaspers competed in the Boston Knights of Columbus meet in the Beantown Garden and acquitted themselves well. Cian- ciabella took third in the 50, captain Quigley a second in the 600 and the two mile relay, which was not to lose again the rest of the Dejii Noll V s 251