St Josephs University - Greatonian Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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JOSEPH A. CORNELY CAPTAIN

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1934 THE GREATONIAN Then followed the St. Francis' victory, an overtime loss to P. lvl. C. and the final insult, the defeat by Baltimore. St. Jaseph's, though its victories were few, had a few compensa- tions. It had one of the highest totals registered against Penn. lt defeated St. Francis'. lt had Cookie lvlcCusker, who ranked with Princetonians as the man making the highest score against l-lashagen, of Penn. Co-Captains John Kane and t Charlie Morris, Jim Dougherty, Bill I-lalpin and Joe Morrow have completed four years of St. Joseph's competition and will be lost to next year's five. McCusker, Ed Costello, Al Mandes and Jack Lawlor will remain as veterans. Tribute of the School and Tl-lE GREATONIAN at this time should go to Charlie Morris. ln closing his collegiate sports career against Baltimore, Charlie completed one of the finest competitive records a St, Joseph's man ever had, Of him it Joe Morrow Bill l-lalpin can be truly said that never did he cease trying in a game, no matter what the odds, no matter how hard the struggle. ill ill ill New hopes come with new years. Yesterday there was the dull dispiritedness'1hat comes with the successive sting of bitter defeats, tomorrow the reiaicing that comes only with the unending flow of V John E. Kane CO-Captain successes that surely await. The past once gave to St. Joseph's followers all that could be asked, this year has been a time of preparation, the future will bring to the school all the glamorous victories, the great glories that once were hers. The disappointments, the discouragements, the defeats of the past will go into the limbo of forgotten things when the squad once more returns to the playing floor to plunge into the season's schedule. The men who remain from this past year, tested in the field of battle, will not be alone in the fight as, unfortunately, they have been before. New material will pour into the school to augment their efforts, a new gymnasium will bring the unmeasured benefits of playing upon o home floor, a new spirit will bring once more to St. Joseph's the long, flowing penant of proud victory where before there had been only the chilling, blinding winds of defeat. All these will come, One hundred twenty-three

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1934 THE GREATONIAN Track PEER into a crystal ball and wonder--wonder about our 'Sei track team which waits to battle on the cinder path for St. Joseph's --waits to vie against such powers as l-laverford, Ursinus, La Salle, Delaware, and, possibly, Philadelphia Normalg- to battle for those laurels which go to men of brawn+-to endeavor to terminate successfully the most brilliant program ever to confront one of our track squads. For this schedule we must thank our tireless Manager, J. Ashton Belmont, through whose apt contacts these meets have been obtained. Coach Ken Smith seems worthy of the task of shaping men, of molding feet and legs, of building arms and making muscles strong. To him the men turn for advice and from him they have received it in years gone by. His is the lot of building a first rate team from virtually raw materials. But he has done it before. There are those upon whose strength the balance will depend Ken Slmlll 'W-those who have already made their names topics of corridor COC1Cll discussion with their feats of former years. Conspicuous among them are such bulwarks as Captain Joe Cornely, former Catholic I-ligh distance star who racked up no few points for his teammates during previous seasons Then, too, there are such men as Joe Gooley, George Nash, Jim Maher, Gerry Becker, and Jim Byrne, whose names have caused the lower classmen to marvel as they read in The l-lawk of prowess well displayed. Gooley has specialized in the 220 and flflO sprint events, having been rarely defeated and winning for himself unanimous approval as a pillar of the team. To him have clustered the medals of the fleet, with him the College has been able to produce several excellent relay teams, The more versatile Nash has proven his worth as a high iumper, broad jumper, pole vaulter angl hurdler extraordinary. l-le will again compete in all these events in a certainly fruitful endeavor to prove that iron men are still in existence. Maher competed satisfactorily in the sprint events last year LQ c ts i . l One hundred twenty-five