Bates Cross Country 1925
Coach Chet Jenkins
largest number of men reporting in Coach Jenkins tenure
Arthur Brown '27 running well, sidelined by sprained ankle in 1924
Frank Hobbs returns to team, ran for Andover and on Bates varsity as freshman
7 Nov Maine Intercollegiates
14 Nov NEICAA @Boston
meet with Springfield pending, also seeking a meet with Brown, MIT, or Tuftsa
Lewiston Daily Sun, 7 October 1925, p9
Ray Buker coaching Bates Freshmen
Hobbs, brother of Frank Hobbs, is the star
also Chelsea, Rice, and Coleman
may be race vs Maine & Colby freshman same day as Maine State meet
Coburn harriers to run Bates freshmen on Saturday
Lewiston Daily Sun, 12 October 1925, p8
Coburn Classical vs Bates Freshmen race called off on account of weather, also the Edward Little HS @Waterville HS meet
Lewiston Daily Sun, 14 October 1925, p9
Bates had fast three mile run yesterday
Allie Wills led the pack, followed by Johnnie Hooper, Brown, Cpt Peck, Wardwell, Ward, and Hobbs
Stahurn, Miller, Arestam, Campbell, Frost, Trott, and Wagg rest of squad
Manager Hopkins has been unable to arrange a dual meet
17 October 1925, Bates Freshmen 28, Coburn Classical HS 29 @Waterville
1 Hardy C 16:17
2 Spaulding C
3 Hobbs Ba
4 Chesley Ba
5 Coombs C
6 Riley Ba
7 Lyman Ba
8 Berham Ba
9 Toule C
10 Rice Ba
11 Larkin Ba finished without shoes
12 Dennison C
13 Simmons C
14 Shea C
20 October 1925, Bates Freshmen 22, Sabattus HS 33 @Lewiston
1 Hobbs Ba
2 Chesley Ba
3 Savage S
4 Riley Ba
5 Larkin Ba
6 Merriam Ba
7 Hammond S
8 Sawyer S
9 Ricker S
10 Perham Ba
11 Rice Ba
12 Moody S
13 Early S
14 Gardiner S
15 Gray Ba
29 October 1925, Hebron 23, Bates Freshmen 33 @Lewiston
1 Standish H 15:48 cr
2 Hobbs B
30 October 1925, Maine State Meet, Orono, ME
Maine 19, Bates 51, Colby 64
1 Taylor Me 29:48.7
2 Cpt Hillman Me 29:48.8
3 Allie Wills Ba 30:56
4 Cushing Me 31:37
5 Gerow Me 32:09
7 Baker Ba 32:35
8 Wardwell Ba 32:42
11 Sig Ward Ba
14 Arthur Brown Ba
15 Stacey Peck Ba
16 Frank Hobbs Ba
20 Jack Miller Ba
Hooper dnr because of strained tendon
4 November 1925, Lisbon Falls HS 27, Bates Freshmen 30 @Lewiston
1 Cpt Hobbs Ba 16:18
2 Parker LF 16:51
3 Small LF
4 Chesley Ba
5 Clement LF
6 Lyman Ba
7 Larkin Ba
8 Doraps LF
9 Hawes LF
10 Keszonack LF
11 Butcher LF
12 Johnson Ba
13 Drottar LF
14 Smith LF
5 November 1925, Time Trial @Lewiston, 3 miles
1 Wills 15:10 cr
2 Wardwell
3 Peck
4 Brown
5 Ward
6 Burke
Johnny Hooper, out with a bad leg, may be able to run in the New Englands.
Lewiston Daily Sun, 14 November 1925, p8
Bates entries for NEICAA:
Cpt Peck, Wardwell, Wills, Brown, Hobbs, Ward, Hooper to run
also Miller, Stahura, Arenstam, Frost, Richardson, Campbell
15 November 1925, Edward Little HS 26, Bates Freshmen 29 @Auburn, 3 miles
1 Hobbs Ba 16:26.5
2 Hermann EL
3 Chesley Ba
4 Taylor EL
5 Savage EL
6 Lyman Ba
7 Attwood EL
8 Penley EL
9 Edwards Ba
10 Johnson Ba
16 November 1925, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 5 1/2 miles
Bates 71, Maine 82, MIT 91, Williams 99
1 Fred W. Peaslee NH 28:23.6
2 Allison Wills Ba 28:40.4
3 Arthur Hillman Me
10 H Wardwell Ba
19 Arthur Brown Ba
21 C Ward Ba
24 Stillwell Hobbs Baa
23 November 1925, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park
Syracuse 47, Pittsburgh 84, Harvard 122, Maine 144, Penns St 145, Bates, 159, 17 teams
1 WL Tibbetts H 30:34
2 JC Loucks Syr 30:35
3 AS Hillman Me 31:06
10 AA Wills Ba 31:40
23 FA Taylor Me 32:19
24 HH Wardwell Ba 32:28
36 CG Ward Ba 33:51
39 S Hobbs Ba 32:58
58 AG Brown Ba 33:30
107 JS Hooper Ba 37:29