Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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x STUART GILLARD Co-Captain Varsity Trac IDERS cinctermen were anything hut impressive in their open- ing encounter in the Penn Reiays, their first meet of the year. Sixth place was the lot of the hoys. In the second meet, fan A. A. U. event at Nesvark, N. J., they showed Du-p hetter with Captain Tommy Thorn taking the mile and Stu Giltard running second in the-440. ' ' l The first dual meetof the year founot the trackmen taking seven first places outofv a possiiole fourteen, thus enahling the team to take .La Salle College into camp hy a score of 69-57. It was in this meet that Art Giantz Won the two-mile torture after running his heart out. n . Villanova found thelrain heneficial, as their cinclermen topped the Ricterites hy a L17-25 score. Tommy Thorn was the only man to place First for the Trentonians all afternoon. ' Although capturing six first places against Juniata, in the final ctuai meet of the season, the opponents managed to post a track victory. hy scoring in second and third positions. A 48V2 total was the numher of points amassed-as against Juniata's 76V2. Tommy Thorn' kept his ,record intact hy copping the mile and ' 12s s '

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tliictures tlnrougti courtesy o the Y. M. c. AJ After losing tlie triangular meet at Yale, against Yale and tl'1e New Yorlc Boys, Clulo, our 'swimmers went on to a season's laril- liant tinislu, lay a sparlcling victory over Villanova. By so doing, they gained time distinction ot larealcing Villanovaas record for dual meets. The mermen gained six tirsts to laeat Villanova, 50-54, and tnrolie a string of nine victories. Alter the regular season, tlue team entered title Quadrangle meet at Columloia, Wlaere tlae natators made a good sliowing. The final tally was Columloia 48, Rider 45, New Yorlc University 36, and St. Francis 55. - Qutstanding among tlae men on ttie team were Captain Dave Rowan and lais fellow teammate, Eddie Gislourne. Bolo Lynch was a great tielp, too, witli liis seconds and tliirds. Tom lVloses, in tiis last year, lolossomed into one of tlie loest loreast-strolcers tlmat Rider tias seen. Bud Sheridan and Doug lVlurdoclc alaly ltilled tl'1e diving assignments. VARSITY TEAM David Rowan Roloert Lynclm Franlc Meng Edward Kelly Edward Gislourne George Dzurinlio Douglas Nlurdoclc ilolin Cryer Rudolf Totlm Tlaornas Moses Francis Sheridan William P. Ryan, JUNIOR VARSITY Stanley Krupslci ilolan Fengef Vvilliam Fry lvlilton .laclcson Cliff Tomlinson 127 Maiiager

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, MEMBERS Rowland Jordan, Manager- Thomas Thorn, Captain Conweii Eiston Edward Gishurne Stuart Giiiard Irving Zeidman James McNair William Blackwell Rohert Mansure James Collins Arthur Giantz Clifford Tomlinson John Pittman John Pierson Kingdon Hanson Nelson Hitt two-miie titles. Midget,, Collins won the SSO, Jack Pierson took the shot-put event, and Cliff Tomlinson tied with a Juniata tracic- man for the pole vault event. Niany of the cindermen this year were freshmen and had had tittle or no experience. This was the main reason many a win- ning point was lost. John Pittman, a hurdier, had never known what a high hurdle looked like hefore this year. The same was true with the men entered in the field events. Nlany of the track- men had never run across the Cinder path, or competed with other coiieges. But with Tommy Thorn, undefeated hy any hut two Qlympic runners, to huild a team around next year, as well as with hacking hy Stu Giiiard, Art Giantz, and Jimmie Collins, and with several veterans for field events, the prospects for the 1938 season iooics very tori ght. 129