Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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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

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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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ARTHUR COCHRAN ' Captain pvarsity Soccer VVENTY-FIVE candidates reportect in the fan, hopeful of gaining berths on the varsity eleven. Unly two veterans were available for service-Larry Trantor and Art Cochran. Around these men Coach-gDonIon had to build a new team. Two of ttre regulars had never witnessed a soccer game. ' Rider stiovvect great offensive power with its effective passing attack, but the power seemect to fail whenever they were in scori-ng position. As a rsult, the squad lost its opening game to the New York Stock Exchange, 3'-O. i Featuring again the fast, clever pass- ing attaclc of the forwarcl wan, a scoreless tie was the result of the game with the Princeton Jayvees, played at Princeton. ' Because of the keen rivalry between the two colleges in the past, the trigtiligtit ofthe season was the game with the Strouds- burg State Teachers, College, played on the home field. 'Though Coach Donlon has been striving to defeat them for five years, the result was a i-1 tie. An aggressive University of Delaware team upset Rider by an early attack and handed the visiting Trentonians a 1-0 defeat in' the seasonts final game. 130