Bates Cross Country 1914
Coach Burton C Morrill
Captain Doe '16
Coach Lathrop resigned because of ill-health after three years at Bates.
As of 7 October the following men were out for the team:
Cpt Doe '16, House '17, Snow '16, Arthur Doe '18, Lane '18, Frank Chamberlain '18, Gray '16, Holmes '18, Mansfield '15, Tucker '16, Sherman '17, Carland '16, and Syrene '16
30 October 1914, Inter-class cross country run, ~4 miles
Freshmen win as the only class with five finishers.
1 Willis Lane '18 23 minutes
2 Cpt William Doe '16
3 Eddie Mitchell '18
4 Cate '17
5 Weber '17
6 House '17
7 Snow '16
8 Ralph DeWolf '18
9 William Lawrence '18
10 Fred Holmes '18
11 Benvie '16
12 Tucker '16
13 Greene '17
14 Donald Swett '18
Two men dnf.
6 November 1914, Maine State Cross Country, Brunswick, 5 miles
Maine 26, Colby 39, Bates 65, Bowdoin 91
1 Bell Sr ME 28:37
2 Wenz So C 28:40
3 Dempsey So ME 29:17
4 Preti So ME 29:24
5 Lane Fr Ba 29:25
6 Wunderlick Fr ME 29:41
7 Levine Fr C 29:44
8 Doe Jr Ba 29:54 (stricken with pains at two miles)
9 Weg So C 30:16
10 Webster So C 30:23
15 Cate So Ba 31:25.4
17 Mitchell Fr Ba 31:49
20 Weber So Ba 31:57.2
23 Snow Jr Ba 33:12
24 House So Ba 33:13
25 finishers
William Earnest Doe '16 of Kingston, NH, was elected captain of the 1915 team.