Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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The 1955-56 Golf Team. GOLF TEAM The golf team for the 1956 season is expected to remain the top team in the Metropolitan area. Coach Ken Norton has five good reasons for an optimistic outlook for the campaign. They are: Joe Damore, Ray Darmstadt, John Downing, Fred Leary and Don Nerz. These are the returnees from the Metro- politan Intercollegiate Championship squad of last year. Manhattanfs sextet will be led by Captain Ray Darmstadt, who has developed into one of the finest golfers in the Green and White history book. His fellow teetotalers will include the veterans, Damore, Downing, Leary ancl Nerz. The sixth starter and the two alternates will be selected from the lead- ing intramural cluHers. Couch Norton and Dick Hall. 235

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heavily in other events and also add other tallies for lower . . Bob English. finishes in events which Will have Manhattan as wmners. Prior to the I.C.A.A.A.A. Championships, the Jaspers will engage the St. John's Redmen and the Army Cadets in dual meets. These two meets should be easy victories for the Green and White by virtue of their first place possibilities, not to count the other points that will be scored in lesser places in the meets. The climax of the campaign, like the climax of a good book will come in the battle for the coveted I.C.A.A.A.A. Crown. Again it will be the Blue and White from Villanova and Man- hattan's Green and White struggling for the team title. A repeat performance of the thrilling indoor victory would be enough to delight Manhattan, but the added strength should widen the gap to at least twelve points. This will be accom- plished by events in the field. Ken Bantum should be able to Ken Bantum, Mr. Shot Put. Ugh. capture a second place in the discus throw. Ken Winslow will also be a strong contender and land another four-point spot for the Jaspers in the iavelin throw. Charlie Serra should be a two point scorer in the pole vault. The other events which the Jaspers should run better in than they did in the indoor meet will be Bob Howard in the 880 for a fourth or fifth. Fred Koch is a likely prospect for a one or two point tally. The forementioned predictions could not be possible if Man- : hattan did not have the high caliber athlete to give a Lenny Moore and Jim Reilly size up the competitio. steady performance and a master at the reins directing the A team. Manhattan fans should be proud of the 1956 Outdoor Track Team for its accomplishments and sportsmanship. They should also be proud that seniors Art Cassell, Jim Debraggio, Bob English, Frank Houghton, Bob Howard, Ed Morris, Len Moore, Bob Sbarra, Charlie Serra, and Willie St. Clair were listed as Manhattan Men.

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In last year's campaign, Fred Leary was a coach's dream come true as he ran up eight straight victories before losing a match. In addition to his fine season play, Fred also led the Green and White to the Metropolitan Championship by registering a low 85 score. The sextet will have a tough twelve match schedule to con- Downing drives a long one. tencl with as they meet some of the East's top collegiate golf teams. They will wield their clubs in a home-and-home series against Bridgeport University and the Cadets from West Point. The local foes they will face are: Violets of New York Uni- versity, the Fordham Ram, the St. John's Redmen and the consistently tough Hofstra Iinksmen. The season will climax with the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Golf Championships. Nerz lines up the green with a practice swing.