Bates Cross Country 1937
Coach Ray Thompson
Captain Courtney Burnap '38
Sophomores Al Rollins, Harry Shephard, Charlie Graichen, Leonard Clough
Juniors Don Bridges, Gene Foster, Ken Milligan, Roy Gove, Gil Woodward, Dick DuWors, Bob Morris, Johnny Nash
Seniors Dick Gould, Bill Fisher, Valentine Wilson
Dana Wallace still sidelined with injury incurred at the New England Championships last spring, working out on track
Freshmen reporting:
Ressler, Dwight Quigley, Warren Drury, Booth, W Davis, Caswell, O'Shaughnessy, Glover, Boyle, Anderson, Dan Sullivan, Nickerson, Rob Thompson
8 October 1937, Bates Freshmen 19, Lisbon Falls 30
field took a wrong turn cutting about 100 yds off the course avoiding some hills
=1 Dick Nickerson, Drury, Quigley Ba 10:20.4
4 Goodwin LF
5 Karkos LF
6 Caswell Ba
7 O'Shaughnessy Ba
8 Palmer LF
9 Glover Ba
10 Earle LF
11 Pugsley Ba
12 Baumann LF
13 Kick LF
14 Foote LF
9 October 1937, Bates 18, Colby 41 @Lewiston
1 Al Rollins Ba 22:55
2 Harry Shepherd Ba 23:13
=3 Bridges & Burnap Ba 23:14
5 Don Gardiner Co 23:46
6 Charbonneau Co 23:51
7 Jim Chase Co 23:57
8 Foster Ba 24:07
9 Duwors Ba 24:06 (sic)
10 Gould Ba 24:59
11 Driscoll Co 25:10
12 Fernald Co 25:58
13 Davis Co 26:14
15 October 1937, Bates Freshmen 20, Wilton Academy 35 @Lewiston
1 Dick Nickerson Ba 11:04
2 Warren Drury Ba
3 Dwight Quigley Ba
4 Bob Trask W
5 O'Shaughnessy Ba
6 Stevens W
7 Hardy W
8 Loratte W
9 Caswell Ba
10 Winter W
11 Glover Ba
12 Wood W
13 Anderson Ba
14 Sawtelle W
16 October 1937, Bates 26, Northeastern 29 @Franklin Park, 4 miles
1 George Leck NE 23:24
2 Don Bridges Ba ten yds back
3 Ralph Townsend NE
4 Burnap Ba
5 Rollins Ba
6 Shephard Ba
7 Bob Pritchard NE
8 Dave Lockery NE
9 Foster Ba
10 Loren Skiff NE
11 Gould Ba
12 Abe Landsmand NE
13 Graichen Ba
14 Russell Kippen NE
19 October 1937, Bates Freshmen 19, Lisbon HS 42 @Lewiston
1 Dick Nickerson Ba 10:48
2 Drury Ba
3 Gagnon L
=4 O'Shanussey & Quigley Ba
6 Millett L
7 Caswell Ba
8 R Thompson Ba
9 J Anderson Ba
10 Baxter L
11 Smith L
12 Lavigne L
13 Clark L
14 Woodbury L
22 October 1937, Bates 17, Bowdoin 42 @Brunswick
1 Don Bridges Ba 30:44
=2 Wallace, Burnap, Shepard Ba 31:00
5 Bob Hyde Bo
6 George Hill Bo
7 Al Rollins Ba lost shoe at 3 miles, borrowed sneakers from spectator
8 Foster Ba
9 Hawkins Bo
10 Sanborn Bo
11 DuWors Ba
12 Bradeen Bo
Bowdoin Orient says Charlie Pope 8th, Bill Mitchell 9th, Bill Hawkins 10th, followed by Don Bradeen and Dick Sanborn
22 October 1937, Bates Freshmen 23, Deering HS 34 @Lewiston
1 Watts D 10:39
2 Dick Nickerson Ba (Bates Student says three-way tie for second)
3 Dwight Quigley Ba
4 Warren Drury Ba
5 Ahearn D
6 O'Shaughnessy Ba
7 Foster D
8 Dick Thompson Ba (son of Bates coach)
9 Glover Ba
10 Van Gundy D
11 Harmon D
12 Carleton D
13 Anderson Ba
14 Becker D
26 October 1937, Farminton Normal 50, Bates JV 50, 3 miles
=1 Charlie Card, Eaton, MacWilliams, Robinson, Trask, Smith, Wilcox F 19:20
8 Pierce Ba
9 Woodward Ba
10 Whiston Ba
11 Parker Ba
12 Gove Ba
13 Milligan Ba
14 Curtis Ba
Lewiston Daily Sun, 29 October 1937, p16
Bates team departing for Waterville and State XC meet tomorrow
Cpt Don Bridges, Al Rollins, Courtney Burnap, Harry Shephard, Dana Wallace, Gene Foster, Dick Gould
29 October 1937, Bates Freshmen 21, Portland HS 34
rain-sodden course
1 Nickerson Ba 11:00
2 Carland P
3 Droury Ba
4 Quigley Ba
5 Lawrence P
6 R Thompson Ba
7 O'Shaunessey Ba
8 Partas P
9 Donahue P
10 Roberts P
=11 Caswell, Anderson, Golver, Davis, Pugsley Ba
13 Kane P
14 Stockman P
31 October 1937, Maine State XC @Waterville
Bates 27, Maine 31, Colby 68
1 Don Smith So Me 19:04
2 Ralph Clifford Me
3 Al Rollins Ba
4 Cpt Don Bridges Ba hampered by severe cold
5 Dana Wallace Ba
6 Courtney Burnap Ba
7 Floyd F Jackson Me
8 John F Dequine Me
9 Harry Shephard Ba
10 Charbonneau Co
15 Gene Foster Ba
17 Dick Gould Ba
A freight train on the Maine Central tracks stopped the race after the first six runners had passed and the finish place of the remaining runners was taken at the train crossing.
4 November 1937, Interclass XC @Bates
Freshmen 15, Juniors 50
1 Nickerson '41 10:53
2 Drury '41
3 Graichen '40
4 Quigley '41
=5 O'Shaughnessy & R Thompson '41
7 Caswell '41
8 Glover '41
9 Pierce '39
10 Parker '39
11 Whiston '39
12 Milligan '39
13 Curtis '39
14 Nash '39
15 Beem '39
Varsity harriers barred from running.
8 November 1937, NEICAA @Franklin Park
Rhode Island St 50, Tufts 68, Maine 112, Holy Cross 116, Bates 141, 13 teams
1 Donald C Smith Me 21:47.8
2 William Eckhart RI 22:13
3 David Quinlan Tu 22:26
11 Don Bridges Ba
22 Dana Wallace Ba
24 Al Rollins Ba
27 Burnap Ba
57 Gene Foster Ba
Shepherd dnf at four miles after shuffling two miles with a severe stitch in his side