Bates Cross Country 1940
Coach Thompson
Cpt Warren Drury only returning veteran
Bob McLauthlin, undefeated as a freshman last year
Juniors Dave Nickerson and Ike Mabee
Sophomores John Grimes, Gordon Corbett, George Kolstad
Varsity opens against New Hampshire today, freshmen run Wilton Academy
8 November 1940, New Hampshire 20, Bates 44 @Lewiston
1 Bob McLauthlin Ba 21:18
2 Jack Kirk NH 21:31
3 Jones NH
4 Sanborn NH
=5 Kimball, Lowry, French NH
8 Sleeper NH
9 Nickerson Ba
10 Corbett Ba
11 Drury Ba
12 Grimes Ba
15 Mabee Ba
16 Borden Ba
Bates Freshmen 24, Wilton Academy 34
1 Smith Ba
2 Higgins Ba
3 Bridges W
4 Winter W
5 Coady Ba
6 Rhoberts Ba
7 Hall W
8 G Melcher W
9 S Melcher W
10 Crean Ba
15 October 1940, Lincoln Academy 23, Bates Freshmen 36
1 Simmons L 10:15
2 Smith Ba
3 Higgins Ba
4 Oliver L
5 Dodge L
5 Brown L
7 French L
8 Bryant L
9 Roberts Ba
10 Crean Ba
11 Hamason L
12 Meader Ba
18 October 1940, Lisbon HS 26, Bates Freshmen 29 @Lewiston
1 Leblond L 10:30
2 Higgins Ba
3 Smith Ba
4 Jalbert L
5 Fillion L
6 Roberts Ba
7 Coombs L
8 Keach Ba
9 Doiron L
10 Meader Ba
11 Girard L
12 Boothby Ba
13 Dyer Ba
14 Hartwell L
Crean dnr because of injured foot.
19 October 1940, Northeastern 22, Bates 36, 4 miles
1 Bob McLauthlin Ba 22:45
2 Parker NE
3 Carpenter NE
4 Prohodsky NE
5 Warren Drury Ba
6 Doe NE
7 Drovich NE
8 Carroll NE
9 Grimes Ba
10 Nickerson Ba
11 Corbett Ba
12 Sawyer Ba
13 Campbell NE
14 Borden Ba
15 Annis NE
16 Lloyd Ba
Course recently lengthened to an offical, measured four miles.
22 October 1940, Portland HS 26, Bates Freshmen 31 @Lewiston, 2 1/2 miles
1 Higgins Ba 14:08
2 Wheatley P
3 Smith Ba
4 Orlando P
5 Beking P
6 Roberts Ba
7 Corrigan P
8 Barbarian P
9 Crean Ba
10 Pacillo P
11 Thompson P
12 Meader Ba
13 Dyer Ba
14 Keach Ba
course record 13:54 by Bob McLauthlin, Bates, 1939.
25 October 1940, Maine State XC, Augusta, 4 miles
Maine 20, Bates 52, Bowdoin 65, Colby 108
1 Robert McLauthlin So Ba 19:05
2 Ken Blaisdell Me 19:16
=3 Howard L Ehrlenback Me
=3 Dwight C Moody Me
5 Richard E Martinez Me
6 Mark W Ingraham Me
7 Warren Drury Ba
13 Dave Nickerson Ba
15 Gordon Corbett Ba
16 John Grimes Ba
19 D Sawyer Ba
23 G Borden Ba
29 October 1940, Deering HS 26, Bates Freshmen 31 @Lewiston
1 McDonald D 13:51
2 Bert Smith Ba
3 Art Higgins Ba
4 Foster D
5 Roberts Ba
6 Soule D
7 Michaud D
8 Becker D
9 Crean Ba
10 Richer D
11 Curry D
12 Meader Ba
30 October 1940, Bates 25, Bowdoin 30
=1 Warren Drury & Bob McLauthlin Ba 23:11
3 Gordon Winchell Bo
4 Dana Jones Bo
5 Dave Nickerson Ba
6 Bill Stark Bo
7 Gordon Corbett Ba
8 Jim Doubleday Bo
9 Pete Babcock Bo
10 John Grimes Ba
11 Sawyer Ba
12 Borden Ba
13 Newhouse Bo
14 C Jones Bo
4 November 1940, Bates 17, Colby 39 @Waterville
new course
1 Warren Drury Ba 21:27.9
2 Dave Nickerson Ba 21:34
3 Gordon Corbett Ba 21:35
4 Frank Quincy Co 21:36
5 John Grimes Ba 22:42
6 G Borden Ba 23:04
7 WL Emery Co 23:48
8 Lou Weeks Co 24:29
9 Tom Farnsworth Co 24:52
10 D Sawyer Ba 26:04
11 Harold Costley Co 26:45
12 Gilbert Potts Co 27:41
Bob McLauthlin, Ba, held out with a cold.
7 November 1940, Brown Jug Derby @Bates
Sophomores 21, Freshmen 34
1 McLauthlin '43 13:19 mr
2 Nickerson '42
3 Corbett '43
4 Higgins '44
5 Grimes '43
6 Smith '44
7 Borden '43
8 Roberts '44
9 Sawyer '43
10 Crean '44
11 Meader '44
also freshmen Landik, Dyer, Keach, Abbott, Boothby, Parks, Bartlett, Blackman
Cpt Warren Drury '41 opted not to run.
11 November 1940, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4 1/4 miles
Rhode Island St 30, Conn St 63, Northeastern 78, Maine 98, 7 Bowdoin 198, 10 Bates 283, 13 teams
1 Robert C Nichols So RI 20:57.4 cr
2 Charles Tingley RI 21:25
3 Ed Parker NE 21:29
6 Kenneth Blaisdell Me 21:51
40 Bob McLauthlin Ba injured by stepping into deep hole in mid-race
42 Warren Drury Ba
56 Gordon Corbett Ba
72 David Nickerson Ba
73 Graham Borden Ba
79 John Grimes Ba
Letters: Warren Drury '41, Bob McLauthlin '43, Dave Nickerson '42, Gordon Corbett '43
Freshmen numerals: Bert Smith, Art Higgins, Don Roberts, Bill Crean, Dick Keach, Ray Meader, John Dyer