Bates Cross Country 1942
Coach Ray Thompson
Seniors John Grimes, Gordon Corbett, Dave Sawyer only returning veterans
also middle distance runner Ken Lyford and basketball player Norman Boyan
sophs Robert Vernon, Trafton Mendall, Chandler Lord, Donald Bently
freshmen: Francis Disnard (former Hebron Academy star), Richard Buker Jr (son of Richard Buker '22), Herbert Shulman, Edward Frost (Bridgton Academy), John Parker, Raymond Bond, Allan Thorpe
10 Oct @MIT
17 Oct Northeastern
23 Oct Bowdoin
29 Oct @Colby
3 Nov Maine State @Augusta
9 Nov New Englands @Boston
5 October 1942, Time trial #2, 4 miles
=1 Grimes & Disnard 23:22
3 Gordon Corbett
4 Don Bentley
5 Chandler Lord
6 Elwood Ireland ran 28:15 in first trial on only three days practice
7 Bob Vernon
8 Dave Sawyer
9 Ken Lyford
10 Dick Buker
8 October 1942, Hebron Academy 29, Bates JV 30
=1 Bradford, McKay, Hart H 15:33
4 Lyford Ba 15:59
5 Frost Ba
6 Mendall Ba
7 Buker Ba
8 Bond Ba
9 Jones Ba
10 Tibery Ba
11 Canty Ba
12 Fairfield H
13 Stulman Ba
14 Woodward Ba
15 Parker Ba
16 Sargent H
17 Thorp Ba
=18 Scolnick & Plavin H
10 October 1942, MIT 22, Bates 39 @Franklin Park, 4 1/4 miles
1 George Disnard Ba 23:58
2 Knapp MIT 24:04
3 Joseph MIT 24:13
4 Miller MIT 24:17
5 John Grimes Ba
6 Rockholz MIT
7 Jevon MIT
8 Ziegler MIT
9 Cummings MIT
10 Gordon Corbett Ba
11 Don Bentley Ba
=12 Bob Vernon & Bud Ireland '46 Ba
14 Dave Sawyer Ba 27:14
16 October 1942, Lincoln Academy 15, Bates JV 47 @Lewiston, 2.3 miles
1 Roberts L 13:16
2 Johnson L
3 Swift L
4 Bryant L
5 Blomerth L
6 Bowman L
7 Frost Ba
8 Lyford Ba
9 Buker Ba
10 W Roberts L
11 Bond Ba
12 Canty Ba
13 Shulman Ba
14 Jones Ba
15 Mendall Ba
16 Tiberty Ba
17 Parker Ba
18 Woodward Ba
19 Thorpe Baa
17 October 1942, Northeastern 15, Bates 49 @Lewiston, 4 miles
=1 Crowley, Doe, Carroll, Foster NE 23:22
5 Furbush NE
6 Kodis NE
7 John Grimes Ba
8 Davis NE
9 Bentley Ba
10 Ireland Ba
11 Vernon Ba
12 Lord Ba
13 Lyford Ba
Disnard, Ba, fell and dnf.
Bates Student, 21 Oct 1942, p3
Gordon Corbett and Dave Sawyer both advised by doctor not to run rest of season
23 October 1942, Bowdoin 27, Bates 28 @Lewiston
driving rain
1 Joe Cary Bo 23:22
2 Stan Hillman Bo
3 Frank Disnard Ba
4 Johnny Grimes Ba
5 Gordon Corbett Ba
6 Bud Lewis Bo
7 Don Bently Ba
8 Webster Bo
9 Bud Ireland Ba
10 Smith Bo
11 Lyford Ba
12 Sjear Bo
13 Frost Bo
14 Zahanke Bo
15 Pipin Bo
15 Buker Ba
17 Early Bo
18 Senter Bo
26 October 1942, Portland HS 15, Bates JV 43
=1 Bombard & Faulkner P
=3 Barberian & Lombard P
5 Chandler Lord Ba
6 Simpson P
7 Corrigan P
8 Lyford Ba
9 Frost Ba
10 Buker Ba
11 Jones Ba
29 October 1942, Colby 18, Bates 42 @Waterville
=1 Robinson & Quincy Co 19:50.3 cr
3 Francis Disnard Ba
4 Michelson Co
5 Brown Co
6 Moses Co
7 Sanborn Co
8 Grimes Ba
=9 Hilton & Boyne Co
11 Gordon Corbett Ba first race in several weeks
12 Bentley Ba
13 Ireland Ba
14 Lyford Ba
15 Lord Ba
16 Vernon Ba
3 November 1942, Maine State Meet @Augusta, 4 miles
temperature near freezing, course a sea of mud
Colby 42, Maine 44, Bowdoin 61, Bates 81
1 Joe Carey Bo 19:21.4
2 Dana Robinson Co
3 Al Hillman Bo
4 Phil Hamm M
5 Cpt Frank Quincy Co
6 Francis Disnard Ba
11 John Grimes Ba
15 Gordon Corbett Ba
23 Loring Ba (probably Chandler Lord)
26 Robert Vernon Ba
27 Elwood Ireland Ba
28 Lyford Ba
Bates Student, 18 Oct 1942, p3
Francis Disnard only letter winner
Numberals to: Art Frost, Dick Buker, Traf Mendall, Ray Bond, Fred Jones, Bill Canty, Sid Shulman