Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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The 1955-56 Bowling Team OWLING TEAM Camera Shy. The Manhattan College Bowling Team gained third place in the standings of the Metropoltan Intercollegiate Bowling Con- ference on their clutch scoring in the final matches of the sea- son. They fell behind the league leading Knights from Farleigh Dickinson and Fordham at the mid-point of the cam- paign, but fought back to within a few games of the league leaders as the season drew to a close. The Jaspers again showed the sporting world that Manhattan is to be among the top as they lasted the season to trail the Rose Hill Rams by a mere two game margin. The winners of the league were the New Jersey Knights of Farleigh Dickinson. The fourth place position was grabbed by Brooklyn Poly Tech. A third place finish in this league of sixteen teams was ad- mireable under the conditions which our keglers had to play. They had to travel to the far reaching limits of New York City to play their home games and also had to meet the traveling expenses for away games because they were strictly self- supporting. The squad was coached by Mr. Joseph Moreno with ten men as his team. The bowlers were led by four seniors; Tim Cronin, Bob Mathias, Charles Noel and Charlie Jordan. Tim and Bob both have been leading scorers since the team was formed three years ago. Noel and Jordan also added their con- sistent scoring to the team's efforts over the past two seasons. Underclassmen gave the team both class and depth. They in- cluded two Juniors, Ron Alvarez, who scored a number of games over 200 and Dick Schroeder another top scorer. Jim Beamish and Bob Hoiodak were the only Sophomores, but they provided victory margins on many occasions. Paul Polo- kowski and record setting Roger Dwyer represented the Fresh- Dick Williams imiddlei men. Tim Cronin ibottomi

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The season was highly successful, especially when one can- siders the fact that the squad was composed entirely of sopho- mores and juniors. Experience was supposed to be lacking but Angelo Lombardo, Gerry Paulson, John Powers, John O'Connor, and Bob Murphy proved that what is lacking in experience can easily be made up in a strong team effort. A season of rebuilding ordinarily means a season of mis- takes, errors and a host of lost games, but the Manhattan varsity turned in a very formidable 16-9 won and lost record. They made mistakes and errors but they managed to pull the team out by smashing records game after game. A brief rundown of the new marks: U Angelo Lombardo, 476 points for the season, with 172 field goals; Jackie Powers, 0 new high total for sophomores with 408; the team as a whole establishing a new mark for total points in one season of 1968. Also included in these statistics was the brilliant play of Gerry Paulson who dropped in 420 points, Johnny O'Connor's slick ballhandling and playmaking which ac- counted for many more than the 287 points he registered; and the terrific spot playing of Bob Murphy who notched 120 points. Two for Powers. And now for the greatest balancing act in the world. They were doing the samba! ' 221

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Bab Holodak One of the season's highlights was the new record that was set for individual three game series. Ron Alvarez beat the old with a 615 total only to have this topped two weeks later by Roger Dwyer's 623 score. Alvarez' mark was the first individual ser- ies over 600 since the club has been in existence. In accordance with the team's independence, they were also self governing as Tim Cronin did a fine job handling the duties of President and Dick Schroeder efficiently operated the post of Secretary-Treasurer. As a result of the elections held at the end of the season, Ron Alvarez was chosen for the position of President for the next year and Bob Holodak was elected Secretary-Treasurer. Roger Dwyer tmiddlet Here comes another strike. tbottomt Charlie Noel Ron Alvarez beats old mark with 615.