Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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The I.C.4A entrants start on another five mile iuunt over the hills of Van Cortlandt. CROSS COUNTRY The 1955 Cross Country squad completed their season with an outstanding record despite the fact that iniuries plagued key runners. They ,won five dual meets over, Iona, Providence, Fordhom, Dartmouth, and Penn State; one triangular meet with Navy and St. John's; finished second in a triangular meet with Pittsburg and Army; finished second in the Met. I.C.'s;'cmd captured sixth in the I.C.A.A.A.A. meet. This is a rather im- pressive array of statistics. When you consider that Bob Sbarra, Jim Debraggio, Phil Rios and Andy De Phillips were missing from some of the meets and running on one leg in others, it becomes even more impressive. The season opened in grand style as the Jaspers crushed Iona at Van Cortlandt Park, 18-45. Led by team captain Bob Sbarra, the harriers showed great team strength as they took Willie St. Clair begins the haul up cemetery hill in front of the pack. 12 of the first 14 places. Bill St. Clair finished second, 25 yards ahead of Josh O'Donnel, the only Gael to thwart Man- hattan's bid for a perfect score. Once again displaying their tremendous depth, the Jaspers conquered Providence, 24-35, thus avenging last year's set- back by the Rhode Islander's. As usual, Bob Sbarra led the way as he won by 50 yards over Rod Boucher of Providence. Sbarra in being clocked in 24:44.1, established quite a mark for future runners to shoot at on the new course mapped out on the Friar campus. The Jasper scoring was completed by Bill St. Clair, Gerry Malloy, Andy De Phillips and Ed McLough- lin The Green and White traveled up to West Point for a tri- E. Josh Doulin drives hard to stave oft a host of barriers in the I.C.4A me

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ATHLETIC ASSOC. The Athletic Association, under the reigns of president Joe Yamaoka and his aides Bob English, Secretary; Lou Petrone, Junior Representative; and John Gormally, the Sophomore Rep- resentative; operated one of the most diversified and success- ful intramural athletic programs ever seen at Manhattan. The Manhattan Man benefited greatly from their efforts. It was this group which afforded Johnny Jasper the opportu- nity to display his skills in his favorite athletic pastime. They continued with the standard aetivities of basketball, golf, foot- ball, softball, tennis and started a handball tournament which proved to be well-recieved by the more agile set of the campus. This year the Athletic Association also sponsored an intercol- legiate intermural football game which became the most pub- licised event of its type in the metropolitan area. That was the snow-copped game between the All-Star squad of our cross- country rival and Manhattan's muscle men, which Fordhom won by the score of 12-6. The Jasper gridiron squad also ventured into Westchester to encounter Iona but lost by the same margin. These intramurols proved worthwhile to the College and the participating athletes. Manhattan gained many varsity com- petitors from the intramural ranks because of their outstanding play. The student also profited from the A.A.'s efforts by re- newing their sportsmanship and sharpening their competi- tiveness.

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angular meet with Army and Pittsburg minus the services of three members of the starting team. Sbarra was out with a leg injury, Debruggio had a foot iniury which kept him out of competition until the Met. I.C.'s, and Rios had recently broken his ankle. Considering these handicaps the Jasper second place finish was outstanding. Arnie Sowell led Pittsburg to the team title. The Panthers scored 27, Manhattan 34, and Army had 67 for last place. Bill St. Clair finished third in the race and first for Manhattan with a clocking of 27:46. Mailoy, De Phillips, Howard and McLoughlin were the other scorers for the Juspers. Manhattan's injury plagued harriers took on Fordham and barre, Mcloughlin and De Phillips move up to scalp the Dartmouth Indian, 19-44. Rim, Dick Walsh shows his heels to Dartmouth Indian. thil Rio: and Bob Sbarra await the starters notice to take on the lone harriers. The consistent leader Bob Sbarra ramp: in way ahead of his class competitor. routed the Ram 17-41, at Van Cortlandt Park. George East- ment's charges Sbarra, St. Clair, Malloy and McLaughlin easily captured the first four places before Kocher crossed the line Sbarra's winning time was 25:29. As the thin-clods reached the three mile post there were three Rams scattered between Molloy and St. Clair. The final two miles took its toll, as Malloy and McLaughlin moved out in frent to take the third and fourth slots. Andy De Phillips was: the last Jasper scorer. Running for the third time in eight days, the Jaspers defeated Dartmouth, 19-44, at Van Cortlandt Park. Leading all the way, Bob Sbarra coasted to the win in 25:45, 200 yards ahead of Doug Brew of Dartmouth. The Jaspers defeated the Indians even more soundly than the