Bates Cross Country 1915
Coach "Mike Ryan"
Captain William E Doe
Lewiston Daily Sun, 15 & 16 October
35-50 men in training
Willis L Lane '18 one of Bates' best
Doe, Gregory '18, Kneeland '19, DeWolf '18, Snow '16, White '19, Smith '19 doing well
20 October 1915, Cross Country run, 5 miles
1 Gregory '19
2 Doe '16
3 DeWolf '18
4 White '19
5 Smith '19
6 Snow '16
7 Kneeland '18
8 Larkum '19
9 Lawson '19
10 Holmes '18
11 House '17
12 Adams '16
Lane out with bad attack of appendicitis.
Lewiston Daily Sun, 23 October
final trials for Bates XC team on 27 Oct
planned dual meet with Maine postponed, may be run at Orono on 30th if the Maine manager agrees
DeWolf '18 stumbled in run and may have pulled a tendon
27 October 1915, Inter-class Run
Freshmen 27, Sophomores 38, Juniors & Seniors inc
1 Willis L Lane '18
2 William E Doe '16
3 Charles Gregory '19
4 Otho T Smith '19
5 Harry J White '19
6 Dexter Kneeland '18
7 Newton W Larkum '19
8 George M Lawson '19
9 Fred Holmes '18
10 R Waldo DeWolf '18 slowed with bad ankle
11 George W House '17
12 Donald H Swett '18
13 Christian H Von Tobel '17
14 Lester H Purvere '19
15 Babcock '19
16 William F Snow '16
17 Gould '19
18 Townsend '18
19 Stimpson '18
Doctor only gave Lane permission to run yesterday.
30 October 1915, Maine 15, Bates 40 @Orono, 5 miles
weather less than ideal
1 Roger W Bell M 26 minutes
2 Wunderlich M
3 Frank Preti M
4 Dempsey M
5 Libby M
6 Lane Ba
7 Gregory Ba
8 Hysom M
9 DeWolf Ba
10 White Ba
11 Sullivan M
12 Doe Ba
5 November 1915, Maine State Cross Country, Orono, 5 miles
combination of mud, rain, and wind
Maine 19, Bates 43, Bowdoin & Colby 74
1 Roger W Bell ME 32:00
2 Frank P Preti ME 32:18
3 Edmund J Dempsey ME 32:56
4 Albert W Wunderlich ME 32:57
5 Willis L Lane Ba 33:47
6 Charles Gregory Ba 34:13.4
7 William E Doe Ba 34:18
8 Mark Thompson C 34:30
12 Otho T Smith Ba 35:20
14 Waldo DeWolfe Ba 35:40
Lewiston Daily Sun, 11 Novmember 1915, p. 7
The Bates Athletic Association said that Coach Ryan could choose to send his team to the New England Intercollegiate Cross Country Meet or the track team to the Intercollegiates next spring.
13 November 1915, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 5 miles
Maine 59, Dartmouth 68, MIT 98, 8th Bates 154, 8 teams
1 Raymond G. Brown Sr MIT 28:48.2
2 H. Aiken MAC 29:17
3 Roger W Bell Me 29:25.2
4 K.D. Tucker D 29:31
5 Willis L Lane Ba 29:37
25 Charles Gregory Ba
33 Wlliam E Doe Ba
44 R Waldo DeWolfe Ba
47 Ortho T Smith Ba