Bates Cross Country 1938
Coach Ray Thompson
Don Bridges '39, Dana Wallace '39, Eugene Foster '39, Al Rollins '40, Harry Shepherd '40
Fred Downing '40 returns after a year off school
Frank Coffin '40 dark horse prospect
also Richard DuWors '39, Charlie Graichen '40 (sidelined by pulled muscle last year), Al Pierce '39, John Nash '39
Sophomores Warren Drury, Tom O'Shaughnessy, Richard Hoag, Louis Hanley, Charles Lovely
Dick Nickerson '41 did not return to school this year
7 Oct @Colby
15 Oct Northeastern
22 Oct Bowdoin
28 Oct Maine State @Lewiston
7 Nov NEICAA @Boston
10 October 1938, Bates 18, Colby 41 @Waterville
new course
1 Don Bridges Ba 23:37
2 Dana Wallace Ba
3 Al Rollins Ba
4 Chase Co 24:07
5 Shephard Ba
6 Card Co
7 Downing Ba
8 Charbonneau Co
9 Coffin Ba
10 Graichen Ba
11 Stevens Co
12 Fernald Co
13 Gooch Co
14 Fitts Co
Coach Thompson reports only two of the seventeen freshmen prospects have any experience
Frances Boone and Hildeth Fisher ran in high school
John Lloyd, Wendell Bishop, Arthur Damon, Bob Muldoon, Melvin Gulbrandsen, Julian Thompson, Ralph Fuller, Robert Baldwin, Joseph Howard, Ray Harvey, Laurier Demers, Lloyd Chaisson, Albert Ring, Donald Cheetham, Austin Green
11 October 1938, Bates JV 16, Bates Freshmen 51 @Lewiston, 1 7/8 miles
1 O'Shaughnessy JV 11:20
2 Pierce JV
3 Houston JV
4 Holmes JV
5 Fisher '42
6 Hoag JV
7 Hanley JV
8 Howarth JV
9 Damon '42
10 Chaisson '42
13 Fuller '42
14 Cheetham '42
15 Boone '42
16 Libby '42
14 October 1938, Lisbon HS 17, Bates Freshmen 42 @Lewiston
new course
1 Gagnon L 10:41 cr
2 Millett L
3 Baxter L
4 Fisher Ba
5 Smith L
6 Briton L
7 Carron L
8 Damon Ba
9 Fuller Ba
10 Chaisson Ba
11 Cheetham Ba
12 Grondin L
13 Green Ba
14 Gulbrandsen Ba
15 October 1938, Bates 22, Northeastern 36 @Lewiston, 4 miles
1 Don Bridges Ba 21:50
2 Sam Drevich NE 50 yds back
3 Al Rollins Ba
4 Bob Pritchard NE
5 Sheppard Ba
6 Coffin Ba
8 Carter NE
=9 Wallace & Downing Ba
11 Stone NE
12 Marshall NE
13 Landsman NE
14 NE
15 Lockerby NE
also Richardson, NE and Graichen, Ba
18 October 1938, Bates JV 19, Bates Freshmen 39 @Lewiston
1 Quigley JV 11:13
2 O'Shaunessy JV
3 Fisher '42
4 Houston JV
5 Pierce JV
6 Chaisson '42
7 Drury JV
8 Howart JV
9 Damon '42
10 Boone '42
11 Fuller '42
12 Green '42
13 Diety '42
14 Holmes JV
Coach Thompson predicts close meet against Bowdoin
Gene Foster '39 expected to run, turned ankle early in season and not yet raced
Al Rollins '40, Dana Wallace '40, Harry Shephard '40, Fred Downing '40, Frank Coffin '40, Charlie Graichen '40
Bates freshmen to run against Deering HS on Thursday
25 October 1938, Bates 15, Bowdoin 46 @Lewiston, 4 1/2 miles
1 Cpt Don Bridges Ba 21:23
2 Frank Coffin Ba a few seconds back
3 Harry Shepherd Ba blanket finish for 3rd-6th
4 Fred Downing Ba
5 Dana Wallace Ba
6 Al Rollins Ba
7 Nils Hagstrom Bo
8 George Hill Bo
9 Don Watt Bo
10 Jim Doubleday Bo
11 Charlie Graichen Ba
12 Don Bradeen Bo
13 Drury Ba
14 Martin Bo
15 McDuff Bo
21 October 1938, Deering HS 15, Bates Freshmen 46
1 Ahern D 15:11.5
2 Foster D
3 Wood D
4 Ryder D
5 Becker D
6 Fisher Ba
7 Brackett D
8 Damon Ba
9 Chaisson Ba
10 Harmon D
11 Cheetham Ba
12 Fuller Ba
13 Boone Ba
15 Diety Ba
25 October 1938, Wilton Academy 18, Scarboro 55, Bates Freshmen 64, 2 3/8 miles
1 Hardy W 14:40
2 Winter W
3 Coburn S
4 Remick W
5 Trask W
6 Wood W
7 Jones S
8 Bridges W
9 Lorette W
10 Fisher Ba
11 Chaisson Ba
12 Colt S
13 Diety Ba
14 Boone Ba
15 Glover S
16 Cheetham Ba
17 Tuller Ba
18 Pooler S
19 Damon Ba
21 Strout S
23 Michelson S
27 October 1938, Lisbon Falls HS 15, Bates Freshmen 48 @Lewiston
1 Davain LF 14:50
2 Beals LF
3 Earle LF
4 J Popadak LF
5 Karkos LF
6 Goodwin LF
7 Fisher Ba
8 Mabee Ba
9 Palmer LF
10 Diety Ba
11 Boone Ba
12 Chaisson Ba
13 Cheetham Ba
14 Damon Ba
also Foote, Kazimer, Kick, and P Popadak, LF
28 October 1938, Maine State Meet, Bates, 4 miles
Maine 24, Bates 35, Colby 75
1 Cpt Donald Smith Me 20:51 cr
2 Cpt Bridges Ba 21:52
3 Kenneth W Blaisdell Me
4 Al Rollins Ba
5 Ralph F Whicher Me
6 Phil Meserve Me
7 Harry Shepherd Ba
10 Fred Downing Ba
12 Dana Wallace Ba
13 Frank Coffin Ba
18 Eugene Foster Ba
1 November 1938, Portland HS 18, Monmouth Academy 39, Bates Freshmen 74 @Lewiston
1 Carland P 14:16
2 Samson P
3 Foster M
4 Roberts P
5 Portas P
6 Donahue P
7 Harris M
8 Walter Washburn M
9 Wheatley P
10 Williams Washburn M
11 Johnson M
12 Fisher Ba
13 Kane P
14 Chaisson Ba
15 Boone Ba
16 Dietz Ba
17 Thompson Ba
18 Damon Ba
19 Tuller Ba
Bates team to Boston for NEICAA, Graichen out with bad knee, replaced by sophomore Warren Drury
7 November 1938, NEICAA @Franklin Park
Maine 90, Bates 96, Tufts 102, Conn St 120, 14 teams
1 Donald C. Smith ME 21:47.0 (first man to win twice)
2 Bill Atkinson Tu 200 yds back
3 Don Bridges Ba
12 Dana Wallace Ba
25 Harry Shepherd Ba