Bates Cross Country 1931
Coach Ray Thompson
Captain Norm Whitten
Bill Furtwengler other returning letterman
Russell Jellison sat out last year after transferring from Northeastern
Arnie Adams, NE 440 champ, trying out
Lary and Cole, 880 men, also out
Butler, Raymond, Smith, Drew, and Amerin up from 1930 freshmen team
17 Oct @Springfield
24 Oct Maine State
31 Oct Northeastern
16 Nov NEICAA @Boston
9 October 1931, New Sharon HS 16, Bates Freshmen B 39, 3 miles
1 C Veysey NS 19:48
2 H Veysey NS
3 Marshall NS
4 Smith NS
5 Pendleton Ba
6 David NS
7 Candee Ba
8 Bailey NS
9 Tournides Ba
10 Frost Ba
11 Griffin Ba
12 Pierce Ba
13 Tierney Ba
14 Hutchins Ba
Bates Freshmen A 17, Pennell Institute 38, 3 miles
=1 Olds, Winston, Malloy, Boston Ba 19:23
5 Caswell P
6 Chipman P
7 Norman Ba
8 Cole P
9 Doughty P
10 Carter P
11 McPherson P
12 Leavitt P
13 Whitney P
14 Muzzey P
15 Bauer Ba
16 Goss Ba
Time Trial
=1 Whitten & Jellison
=3 Carpenter & Adams
5 Cole
6 Allison
7 Raymond
8 Butler
9 Lary
10 Chronkhite
11 Amerien
12 Hall
14 October 1931, Sabattus HS 23, Bates Freshmen B 36 @Lewiston, 3 miles
1 Tilson S 19:30
2 Candee Ba
3 Price S
4 McBain S
5 Pendleton Ba
6 Scott S
7 Tsourides Ba
8 Spencer S
9 Vaillancourt S
12 W Goss Ba
13 Burnham S
14 P Goss Ba
15 Webster S
16 Harwood Ba
17 Phelan S
Time trial
1 Barney Olds
2 Boston
3 Winston
4 Normal
5 Malloy
Team A runs Deering HS next Wednesday, Team B runs Mechanic Falls
17 October 1931, Springfield 26, Bates 29 @Springfield
=1 Whitten & Jellison Ba
3 Stan Bown Sp
4 Chester Olmstead Sp
5 H Gibbs Sp
6 P Doyle Sp
7 Adams Ba
9 Carpenter Ba
10 Furtwengler Ba
12 Cole Ba
14 Allison Ba
21 October 1931, Mechanic Falls HS 15, Bowdoin Freshmen B 50, 3 miles
1 McCallister MF 18:13
2 Hoyle MF
3 Maxim MF
4 Bailey MF
5 M... MF
6 Taker MF
7 Raymond MF
8 Chapman MF
9 P Chapman Ba
10 Candee Ba
11 Tsourides Ba
12 Oliver Ba
13 Bower Ba
14 P... Ba
15 Walker Ba
16 T Goss Ba
17 W Goss Ba
23 October 1931, Maine State XC, Bates, 5 miles
Maine 27, Bates 30
1 Norman Whitten Ba 26:42 cr
2 Russell Jellison Ba 26:42
3 Harry Booth Me 26:42
4 Everett Gunning Me 28:00
5 Theodore A Earle Me 28:00
6 Arnold Adams Ba 28:25
7 George M Osgood Me 28:30
8 Russel Shaw Me 28:53
9 Ronald E Austin Me 29:11
10 Ernest Allison Ba 29:30
11 Willis Furtwengler Ba 29:34
12 Paul Carpenter Ba 29:40
13 Sumner Raymond So Ba 29:40
14 Roscoe C Masterman Me 29:55
broke course record of 27:03 by Lindsay & Richardson, Me, 1929
31 October 1931, Bates 15, Northeastern 55 @Lewiston
=1 Whitten, Jellison, Carpenter, Cole, Furtwengler, Raymond, Butler, Adams
Ba 29:31
9 Langley Morang NE
10 Art Rodham NE
11 Allison Ba
12 Lawrence NE
13 Carl Weaver NE
14 Bradford NE
15 Amrien Ba
16 Pratt NE
17 Ramey NE
18 Hall Ba
3 November 1931, Freshmen 19, Sophomore 41 @Lewiston
1 Barney Olds '35
2 Butler '34
=3 Mallo, Winston, Boston '35
6 Chapman '35
7 Norman '35
8 Dunfield '34
9 Smith '34
10 Amrien '34
11 Candee '35
12 Drew '34
13 Pendleton '35
14 Coleman '35
15 Oliver '35
16 Cambell '34
17 Brown '35
18 Frost '35
19 Tsourdies '35
20 T Goss '35
21 Perry '35
22 M Goss '35
23 Vernon '35
24 Hanley '34
Raymond '34 dnr because of an ankle injury.
Lewiston Daily Sun, 5 November 1931, p12
New Hampshire favored in NEICAA race
5 November 1931, Bates Freshmen B 25, Lisbon HS 30 @Lewiston, 3 miles
=1 Damon & Hamel L 18:57
3 Chapman Ba
=4 Candee, Norman, Pendleton, Tierney Ba
8 Goddard L
9 Tsourides Ba
10 Frost Ba
11 Coleman Ba
12 Woodbury L
13 Bower Ba
14 Dinsmore L
15 T Goss Ba
16 M Goss Ba
Twenty freshmen have run crosscountry throughout the season.
Team A won their first four meets before losing to Gorham Normal.
Lewiston Daily Sun, 7 November 1931, p7
Bates entries for NEICAA:
Norman Whitten, Arnold Adams, Willis Furtwengler, Norman Cole, Russell Jellison, George Carpenter, Earnest Allison
Freshmen: Barney Olds, Winston, Boston, Malloy, Norman, Chapman, Candee
9 November 1931, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 5 1/2 miles
New Hampshire 52, MIT 77, Maine 98, Bowdoin 111, Bates 114, 8 teams
1 Norman Whitten Ba 27:50.8
2 Russell E Jellison Ba 27:59 (Lewiston Daily Sun says a few feet back.)
3 David A Demoulpied NH 28:01
4 Harry E Booth Me 28:03
5 Everett Gunning Me 28:31
36 Willis J Furtwengler Ba
37 Paul N Carpenter Ba
38 Norman H Cole Ba
54 Ernest C Allison Ba
75 runners