Bates 1915

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