Gettysburg Cross Country 1947
Coach LeRoy Bloomingdale (also freshman football coach, never coached XC before)
XC team resumed for the first time since several years before the war
31 Oct Muhlenberg
following week Lehigh & Swarthmore @Swarthmore
14 Nov Middle Atlantic States @Allentown
The Gettysburgian, 2 Oct 1947, p4
only 12 men out for XC
track lettermen George Hamm and Hummel Fager
frosh Ed Whipple and Ed Hoos were New Jersey champions
also Ed Smith, Launcelot Soult, Charles Motter, John We?land, Steve Ayres, Hen Glissman, Bob Merry, Fred Rudy
22 Oct Albright
21 Nov @F&M
The Gettysburgian, 9 Oct 1947, p4
three mile course laid out over the battlefield
B?on Merry, Ed Hoos, George Hamm, Ed Smith, and Ed Whipple leading in workouts
Hamm a soph, the rest frosh
22 October 1947, Gettysburg 26, Albright 29 @Gettysburg, 3 miles
1 Ankan A 17:00.7 cr
2 Ed Smith G
3 Langford A
4 B?on Merry G
5 Ed Hoos G
6 John Yost G
7 Shaffer A
8 Reeves A
9 Steve Ayres G
10 Sch?meister A
11 Wh..mar A
12 Glass A
13 Hamm G
14 Stamp A
15 Whipple A
meet scheduled w/Mt St Mary's on 13 Nov
The Gettysburgian, 30 Oct 1947, p4
next meet vs Muhlenberg
George Hamm's sprained ankle inmproving, Ed Whipple rounding into shape
5 November 1947, Swarthmore 23, Gettysburg 48, Lehigh 49 @Swarthmore
course covered with water
1 Alden Stevenson Sw 16:59
2 Ralph Cheney Sw 17:08
3 Ed Smith G 17:13
4 John Spaulding Fr Sw 17:53 (Swarthmore Phoenix says just edged by Smith)
5 John Bowley L 17:53
6 Ed Hoos G 18:00
7 Bill Battin Sw
8 Dick Benner L
9 Gunder "Andy" Frank Sw
10 Lin Ton Sw
11 Frank Nichols Sw
12 Steve Ayers G
13 Harold Eisenhauer L
14 Geyer L
15 Irving Dayton Sw (SP says 15th, B&W omits)
16 Lawrence Martin L
17 Yost G
18 Lawrence G (Gettysburgian reports Hearder, Lawrence)
19 Hearder Sw
20 Stone Sw
21 Hall Sw
23 Bron Merry G
24 George Hamm G
Ed Whipple, Gettysburg, dnf