Bates Cross Country 1939
Bates Coach C Ray Thompson
four lettermen: Frank Coffin, Al Rollins, Harry Sheperd, Fred Downing '40
Charlie Graichen out with ankle injury
Juniors Warren Drury, Joe Houston, Tom O'Shaughnessy
Sophomores Irving Mabee and Dave Nickerson (played football last year)
6 Oct New Hampshire @Durham
13 Oct Colby
21 Oct Northeastern @Boston
27 Oct Maine State @Augusta Country Club
3 Nov Bowdoin
13 Nov New Englands @Boston
3 October 1939
Bates Freshmen open season against Wilton Academy today
McLauglin leading the Bates pack
also Lyford, Hammond, Grimes, Gates, Crosby, Corbett, Borden, Bauser, Persky, Sawyer, Solomon, Sloughton, Tufts, Welch
6 October 1939, New Hampshire 21, Bates 36 @Durham, 4 1/2 miles
1 Jack Kirk NH 24:43
2 Ray Rivers NH
3 Ted Underwood NH
4 Rollins Ba
5 Drury Ba
6 Paul Shaw NH
7 Downing Ba
8 Coffin Ba
9 Mullen NH
=10 Swasey & Clinton Huntoon NH
12 Warren Jones NH
13 Kimball NH
14 Houston Ba
15 Nickerson Ba
10 October 1939, Bates Freshmen 21, Wilton Academy 34 @Lewiston, 1 7/8 miles
1 McLaughlin Ba 9:51.4
2 Trask W nearly a minute behind
3 Corbett Ba
4 Welch Ba
5 Lyford Ba
6 Wood W
7 Bridges W
8 Grimes Ba
9 L Welch W
10 Sawtell W
11 Gates Ba
12 Sawyer Ba
13 Crockett W
14 Phinney W
13 October 1939, Bates 15, Colby 52 @Lewiston, 4 miles
=1 Drury, Coffin, Rollins, Shephard, Downing Ba 22:26
6 Cpt Card Co
7 Houston Ba
8 Nickerson Ba
9 Holmes Ba
10 Emery Co
11 Ferneld Co
13 DiPompo Co
14 Fitts Co
15 Warren Co
13 October 1939, Bates Freshmen 15, Lisbon Falls HS 46 @Lewiston, 1 7/8 miles
1 McLaughlin Ba 10:04
2 Lyford Ba
3 Welch Ba
4 Corbett Ba
5 Gates Ba
6 Anderson LF 11:00
7 Earle LF
8 Borden Ba
9 Grimes LF
10 Wentworth LF
11 Sawyer Ba
12 Reynolds LF
13 Allen LF
14 Wheeler LF
17 October 1939, Bates Freshmen A 16, Portland HS 62 @Lewiston, 2 3/8 miles
1 McGlaughlin Ba 13:55
2 Welch Ba
3 Lyford Ba
4 Corbett Ba
5 Wheatley P
6 Gorden Ba
7 Beking P
8 Gates Ba
9 Smith P
10 Harvey P
11 Daukus P
12 Richardson P
13 Sackley P
14 Lekouse P
17 October 1939, Mechanic Falls HS 19, Bates Freshmen B 42 @Lewiston, 1 7/8 miles
1 Greenwood MF 11:16
2 Grimes Ba
3 Rowe MF
4 French MF
5 Bradford MF
6 Thayer MF
7 Sawyer Ba
8 Gagne MF
9 Bonney MF
10 Tufts Ba
11 Soloman Ba
12 Persky Ba
13 Crosby Ba
14 Stoughton Ba
20 October 1939, Deering HS 26, Bates 29 @Lewiston, 2 miles
1 McGlaughlin Ba 10:25
2 Ward D
3 Drew D
4 Lyford Ba
5 Welch Ba
6 Ryder D
7 Wood D
8 Soule D
9 Borden Ba
10 Grimes Ba
11 Gates Ba
12 Sawyer Ba
13 Michaud D
14 Hofacher
24 October 1939, Bates Freshmen 18, Scarboro HS 44 @Lewiston, 1 7/8 miles
1 McGlaughlin Ba 10:00
2 Lyford Ba
3 Withee S
4 Welch Ba
5 Borden Ba
6 Corbett Ba
7 Gates Ba
8 Jones S
9 Grimes Ba
10 Tufts Ba
11 Swift Ba
12 Classe S
13 Cott S
14 Solomon Ba
27 October 1939, Maine State XC, Augusta Country Club, 3 3/4 mile
Maine 18, Bowdoin 48, Bates 65, Colby 126
=1 Cpt Don Smith Me 19:38
=1 Kenneth Blaisdell Me
=1 Mark Ingraham Me
=1 Howard Ehrlenbach Me
5 Pete Babcock Bo
6 Nils Hagstrom Bo
7 Jim Doubleday Bo
8 John F Dequine Me
9 Al Rollins Ba
10 Warren Drury Ba
13 Dave Nickerson Ba
16 Frank Coffin Ba
17 Harry Shepherd Ba
18 Fred Downing Ba
20 Charlie Graichen Ba
1 November 1939
Bates to run Bowdoin @Brunswick Country Club on Friday
Warren Drury, acting captain, =1st against Colby, 2nd vs New Hampshire, 5th in New Englands, and second in state meet
Bates Freshmen vs Lisbon HS postponed from Tuesday because of downpour, will be run Thursday and also Bates JV
3 November 1939, Bates 23, Bowdoin 32 @Brunswick Golf Club, 5 miles
1 Babcock Bo 22:35.8
2 Shepherd Ba 22:36.6
3 Coffin Ba 22:37.6
4 Jones Bo
5 Downing Ba
6 Drury Ba
7 Rollins Ba
8 Doubleday Bo
9 Hagstrom Bo
10 Martin Bo
11 Holmes Ba
12 Nickerson Ba
13 Sanborn Bo
14 Houston Ba
15 Johnson Bo
6 November 1939, 2 3/8 miles
Bates Freshmen 23, Bates JV 35
Bates JV 23, Bridgton Academy 33
1 McLauthlin Fr 13:59
2 Holmes JV 14:44
3 Corbett Fr
4 Houston JV
5 Lyford Fr
6 Welch Fr
7 O'Shaughnessy JV
8 Grimes Fr
9 Borden Fr
10 Handley JV
11 Tufts Fr
12 Gates Fr
13 Schoffenberger JV
14 Tuller JV
against the JV, Bridgton ran:
4 Soule, 6 Cornell, 7 Flint, 7 Scott, 11 London
8 November 1939
Bates entries for New Englands on Monday: Harry Shepherd, Al Rollins, Fred Downing, Frank Coffin, Warren Drury, Charles Graichen, Bob Nickerson, and Mal Holmes
Conn St has strong team, RI shut out Northeastern, Bates def NH
"Brown Jug Derby" today at Bates, interclass run with seniors favored over freshmen, sophomore Nickerson nursing a sore ankle tendon
8 November 1939, Brown Jug Derby @Lewiston, 2 7/8 miles
Seniors 23, Freshmen 46, Juniors 57, Sophomores 96
1 McLauthlin '43 13:52
2 Shepherd '40
3 Rollins '40
4 Drury '41
5 Coffin '40
6 Downing '40
7 Graichen '40
8 O'Shaughnessy '41
9 Grimes '43
10 Houston '41
11 Welch '43
12 Corbett '43
13 Arlock '43
14 Mabee '42
15 Hanley '41
16 Borden '43
17 Bates '43
18 Schofenberger '42
19 Tuller '42
20 Howarth '41
21 Cheetham '42
22 Bolter '42
the prize was five gallons of cider
13 November 1939, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4 1/2 miles
Maine 66, UConn 73, Rhode Island 81, 8 Bates 172, 9 Bowdoin 208, 12 teams
1 Donald C Smith Sr ME 21:16.8 cr, previously 21:28.8 Edwin Veysey, 1934
2 William Atkinson Tu 21:50
3 Kenneth Blaisdell Me 21:52
20 November 1939, ICAAAA @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
Manhattan 42, Michigan St 70, Penn St 118, 8 Maine 214, 17 teams
1 Leslie MacMitchell NYU 26:28.6
2 Lawrence Moriarty Man 60 yds back
3 Williams J Smith Penn St a few yds behind Moriarty
4 Jesse R Cavileer Syr barely behind
5 Donald C Smith ME nipped in final stride
16 Kenneth Blaisdell ME 27:49
24 Charles Graichen Ba 28:17