Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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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

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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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Coach Eastment. Lou Knight displaying hurdling might. They're 05!! Ken Bantum and Brerdan Dooley captured fourth and fifth in the high hurdles. The 600 yard run was swept by the Green and White as Captain Bob English and Dick Simmons tied for winner's spot. In the mile run, Doulin took first, McLaughlin third and Andy De Phillips fifth. The 1000 yard event had the Kelly Green on top again as Joe Soprano, the promising Soph, streaked across the finish line in 2:144 followed by Ted Muellers and Josh Doulin. Bob Sbarra took his favorite two mile run in 9:26 with Gerry Malloy second. The relay teams scored second place finishes in both the two mile and one mile distances. Another school record was smashed as Ken Bantum flipped the shot put 56 feet 11 inches. In the other field events, Charlie Serra took first in the pole vault and the high jump was a complete Manhattan sweep as Dick Shipley, Jim Doyle and Charlie Pepe finished in that order. The 102nd Engineers Armory was the scene of the next Man- hattan triumph, as the Jaspers took the Met. crown for the seventh successive year. The final tally showed Manhattan first with 75 points to second place St. John's 36 points. The high hurdle king, Lou Kriight took first, Bantum was sec- ond and Jim Doyle fourth in the meet opener, the 60 yard high Manhattan heads the way in the Mets. . C