Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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y T Manhattan robins aren ' t the only - - - things that appear in the spring. For with the advent of the warm season, men clad in shorts and T shirts can be seen any day of the week going through the mo- tions of exercising, running or just plain walking around the track at the Van Cort- landt Park Stadium. This for the uninformed, is the outdoor track squad of Manhattan. With the lonir and arduous indoor cam- paign a thing of the past and refreshed by a few weeks vacation, the Jasper runners, jumpers and weight men are prepping them- sehes these days for the cinder season of 1948. On tap for the George Eastment charges are six meets, including one dual encounter, a triangular affair and the grand finale, the IC4-A ' s at Randall ' s Island. 259

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■i Outdoor Track 1948 Coach GEORGE EASTMENT Captain JOHN QUIGLEY Manager DAN GALLAGHER IB 258

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Cognizant of the fact that outdoor meets are not won on runnint; strength alone, as is possible indoors, Eastment is spending a great deal of time in developing some of the more promising of the held men and at the same time trying to uncover a few possible sleepers. It is weakness in the field which has caused Manhattan to lose meets in the past and Eastment doesn ' t want any repeat performances while he is at the helm. The outdoor season commences with the second annual Seton Hall Relays at Newark on April 16 and 17. Last season, the Green did sensationally well in the first edition of this meet when it triumphed in the four mile, mile and half-mile relays. Following the Pirates ' affair the lads in Green and White will attempt to impro e on the fair record posted in the Penn Relays last year. The Franklin Field baton passing parade starts on Friday the 23rd of April and continues the following day with teams from every nook and cranny east of the Mississippi participating. In 1947, the Jasper representa- tives failed to snatch one ictory in this e%ent but the second places came in by the score. A triangular meet involving Navy, Villa- nova and our forces is on the agenda for May 1 at Annapolis. This will be the second tri-cornered affair for these schools, the Mid- dies ha ing captured the inaugural last sea- son with the Wildcats and Jaspers trailing. Temple having paid a visit to our baili- wick last campaign, the Manhattan track- sters will return the compliment on May 8 and tra el to Philadelphia for a dual engage- ment with the Owls. A year ago the Kelly- Green was anything but the perfect host trouncing the Philadelphians at Vanie and Eastment hopes that the Temple lads are bet- ter acquainted with Emily Posts ' manners for the good host than his charges were. 260