Bates Cross Country 1926
Coach Chet Jenkins
new XC course, less difficult than Pole Hill course
8 October 1926, Time trial, 5 1/8 miles
1 Allie Wills
2 Hobbs
3 Wardwell
4 Chesley
5 Brown
6 Ward
7 Riley
8 Frost
9 Bull
10 Lyman
11 Stahura
12 Young
13 Carroll
14 Coleman
15 Wakeley
16 Trott
17 Brooks
Freshmen, shorter course
1 Dave Spofford son of former Bates professor
2 Knowlton
3 Lynn
4 Adams
5 Dingley
6 Buddington
7 Bassett
8 Miller
9 Cogan
10 Cushing
11 Costello
Lewiston Daily Sun, 16 October 1926, p9
Bates time trial:
Cpt Allie Wills, Brown, & Wardwell finished together
4 Chesley '29 20 yds back
5 Sig Ward
6/7 Riley '29 & Lyman ~200 yds back of leaders
also Wakely, Stahura, Burke, Carroll, Carr, Coleman in that order
Hobbs unable to run in trial
dual meet w/New Hampshire in a week
Freshmen: Spofford, Knowlton, Costello, Adams, Dingley, Lind, Buddington, Bassett
Freshmen meets vs: Edward Little HS, Lee Academy, Waterville HS, Canton
Lewiston Daily Sun, 21 October 1926,p7
Bates to run NH on Friday, 22 October
New Hampshire defeated Maine by 2 points last week
Bates Varsity:
Cpt Wills, Brown, Wardwell, Stillman Hobbs, Sig Ward, Paul Chesley '29, Riley '29
Freshmen to run Canton HS on Friday:
Adams, Spofford, Dingley, Knowlton, Costello, Lynn, Cushman
22 October 1926, New Hampshire 23, Bates 33 @Lewiston
1 Allie Wills Ba 29:01.6
=2 Littlefield & Willard NH 29:23.6
=4 Weeks & Cahalan NH
6 Wardwell Ba
7 Brown Ba
8 Hobbs Ba
9 Eastman NH
10 Whitney NH
11 Ward Ba
22 October 1926, Bates Freshmen 26, Canton HS 31
1 Cushing Ba 23:56.6
2 LaVergna C
3 Hardy C
4 Adams Ba
5 York C
6 Dingley Ba
7 Lind Ba
8 Spofford Ba
9 Hodge C
10 Costello Ba
11 Knowlton Ba
12 Haynes C
Cushing (Pittsfield, MA) elected Captain.
25 October 1926, Hebron Academy 20, Bates Freshmen 35 @Lewiston
course shortened ~1/2 mile due to accumulation of water in Lake Andrews
1 Nurmi Folsom H 17:26
2 Brooks H 17:20
3 Cushing Ba 17:30
4 Booth H
5 Glover H
6 Dingley Ba
7 Lind Ba
8 Cummings H
9 Costello Ba
10 Spofford Ba
11 Nazro H
12 Adams Ba took sick during race
13 Knowlton Ba
14 McGowan H
Lewiston Daily Sun, 29 October 1926, p11
Coach Jenkins, Hobbs, Chesley, Lyman, and Riley all laid up with the grip
Sig Ward ruled ineligible as he has competed four years in college athletics
Wakely and Stahura will likely start
Frost and Bull sidelined with bad ankles
29 October 1926, Maine State Cross Country, Lewiston
Bates 30, Maine 31, Colby 68
1 Forrest A Taylor Me 28:56.6
2 Cpt Allie Wills Ba 50 yds back, bad cold
3 Andre Cushing Me
=4 Stillwell Hobbs Ba
=4 HH Wardwell Ba
6 Jimmy Brudno Co
7 Arthur Brown Ba
8 Clyde C Stinson Me
=9 Victor MacNaughton Me
=9 Worth L Noyes Me
12 Paul Chesley Ba recovering from grippe
13 JR Lyman Ba
17 MA Wakeley Ba
30 October 1926, Bates Freshmen 19, Deering HS 46 @Lewiston
=1 Cushing, Adams, Dingley Ba 21:34
4 Prince D
5 Lind Ba
6 McCrillis D
7 Webb D
8 Spofford Ba
9 Costello Ba
10 Knowlton Ba
11 Witham D
12 McKinery D
13 Bates D
14 Reynolds D
4 November 1926, Time Trial @Lewiston, 3 miles
1 Allie Wills 16:44
2 Hobbs
3 Brown
=4 Chesley & Cushing 17:23
6 Max Wakeley
also Riley, Lyman, Burke, Stahura
Wardwell unable to report for the run
Dingley finished among the Varsity
other freshmen: Bassett, Costello, Spofford, Adams, Lind, Knowlton, Buddington, Cogan
10 November 1926, Bates Freshmen 15, Gorham Normal 47 @Lewiston
=1 Cushing, Adams, Lind, Spofford, Dingley Ba 20:58
6 Dunton G
7 Bassett Ba
8 Kealiker G
9 Costello Ba
10 Lessard G
11 Mercier G
12 Quimby G
13 Hallett G
14 Smart G
15 November 1926, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 5 miles
New Hampshire 55, Maine 87, MIT 89, 9 Bates 217, 11 teams
1 Forest A. Taylor Me 28:45.2
2 Norman L. McClintock MIT 28:54.4
3 Ralph B. Littlefield NH 29:04
4 Charles Adams Wm 29:14
5 Cpt Johnson Tu 29:14
11 Arthur Brown Ba
24 Allie Wills Ba
47 HH Wardwell Ba
64 JR Lyman Ba
71 Paul Chesley Ba
78 MA Wakeley Ba
Wills, Wardwell, and Hobbs all stopped with stiches at two miles while running i
n 7th place
Wills improved from 74th to 24th in the last three miles, Hobbs dnf
Freshmen
New Hampshire 108, Tufts 128, Maine 132, 6 Bates, 7 teams
1 L Lloyd Me 18:01.2
2 HF Kiely HC 18:20
3 RA Hobbs NH 18:15
Lewiston Daily Sun, 19 November 1926, p7
Bates Varsity letters:
Cpt Allison Wills '27, Arthur Brown '27, Herman Wardwell '28, Stillman Hobbs '28, Paul Chesley '29
Freshmen numberals:
Cpt Cushing, Adams, Dingley, Spofford, Lind, Bassett, Costello, Milton, Buddington