Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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.

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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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INDOOR .- J; 7i The scene is set for another Manhattan Victory. -,..2 BANG The defending National Inercollegiote Champions and the holders of the Metropolitan title for the past six years em- barked on the indoor campaign with the determination to retain these titles. In their battles to keep these crowns they provided many thrilling and dramatic spectacles which led to the Met. Championships and was climaxed by the sensational upset victory in the I.C.A.A.A.A. Meet which brought Man- hattan permanent possession of the cup. The Met. A.A.U. Championships allowed the invited Manhattan stars to shine. In this, the season's opener Lou Knight and Ken Bantum started the Jaspers on their winning way as they finished one-two in the 70 yard high hurdles. Manhattan also captured third in the mile run as Josh Doulin covered the course in 4:24.5 and another place finish with Jerry Ryan, Bob Martin, Denis Burbridge and Dick Simmons lugging the batons in the mile relay. Ken Bantum and Charlie Serra garnered seconds in the field events, with Ken tossing the shot 54 feet 9 inches and Charlie clearing the pole vault at 12 feet 6 inches. The Boston Knights of Columbus meet had many Jaspers dis- playing their talents for the Bean Town. The top Manhattan effort was made by the two mile relay team which started a series of record breakers for the rest of the season as Josh Doulin, Ted Meullers, Joe Soprano and Ed McLaughlin cut the time to 7:40.6. In the first team effort of the campaign Manhattan wallopped Army 66-43. Lou Knight opened the scoring with his first in the 60 yard dash and the 60 yard high hurdles. The Jaspers added more tallies as Artie Cassell took third in the dash and