Gettysburg 1947

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