Gettysburg 1952

Gettysburg Cross Country 1952

Coach Lt Jim Eismann (Army ROTC)

Joack Robinson, Harry Hamer, Don Griesel, Bill Nulty, Larry Miller, Jim Burns

return to XC after one year hiatus

29 Oct Albright

away meets at Haverford, Lehigh, Johns Hopkins, Swarthmore, F&M

John Yovicin now head coach of football

The Gettysburgian, 25 Sep 1952, 2 Oct 1952

Harry Hamer and Jim Byrnes return from 1950 squad

also Bill Steinbach, Charlie Bugglyn, Ron Pease, Ray Best

sophs Earl Geiss, Barry Keller and frosh Don Fasnacht joined team

11 men out: Harry Hamer, Don Griesel, Hots Ports, Don Fasnacht, Larry Miller, James Burns, Earl Guise, Barry Keller, Ray Adams, Bill Steinbach, Charley Bubblin

29 October 1952, Albright 24, Gettysburg 36 @Gettysburg, 4 1/2 miles

1 Don Griesel G

2 Bill Shirk A

3 Harry Hamer G

4 Don Seltzer A

6 Mahlon Frankhouser A

7 Bob Miller A

8 Dick Flammer A

9 Jim Burns G

11 Earl Guise G

12 Bill Steinbach G

4 November 1952, Haverford 32, Lehigh 39, Gettysburg 60 @Haverford, 3 1/2 miles

1 Joe Stein H 19:41 cr (old mark 19:51)

Duane Jennings Fr L 10 yds back, did not score

2 Don Griesel G 19:59

3 Bob Vekony L 20:02

4 Klots H 20:12

5 Harry Hamer G 20:17

7 Bill Colclough L

8 Dave Henderson L

9 Dick Vogel L

16 Earl Guise G

18 Bill Steinback G

19 Charlie Bubblin G

Jim Byrnes dnf, slipped on leaf covered stones and aggravated an old injury

8 November 1952, Swarthmore 28, Johns Hopkins 28; Swarthmore 24, Gettysburg 32 @Homewood, 4.1 miles

1 Don Manger JH 21:20

2 Don Griesel G

3 George Hastings Sw

4 Harry Hamer G

5 Walt Clark Sw

Mike Dukakis Sw

10 Chuck Loucks Sw

11 Frank Irish Sw

Dieter Gump Sw

also Charles Bugglin, Earl Guise, Bill Steinbach

14 November 1952, Middle Atlantic @Newark Country Club, 4.2 miles

St Joseph 36, LaSalle 38, Haverford 102, Delaware 137, Johns Hopkins 138, Scranton 181, Lehigh 194, F&M 233, Swarthmore 249, Lafayette 259, Gettysburg 261, Albright 191, Muhlenherg 307

1 Don Manger JH 20:46

2 Earle Eldridge LaS 20:56

3 Joe Martin StJ 21:00

4 Tom Higgenbotham StJ 21:05

5 Charley Harmond LaS 21:26

16 Harry Hamer G 22:10

20 Don Griesel G

75 Earl Guise G

77 Bill Steinbach G

79 Charley Bubblin G

Freshmen

LaSalle 22, Lafayette 36, Swarthmore 64, + six incomplete teams

1 Hank Bufano StJ

3 Duane Jennings Leh

4 Frank McLaughlin StJ

15 Hotz Ports G

19 Don Fasnacht G

22 November 1952, F&M 26, Gettysburg 31 @Lancaster, 4 1/2 miles

rain-soaked course

1 Don Griesel G 24:46

2 Gil Brown F&M 24:50

3 Harry Hamer G 24:52

4 Tom Riglin F&M 25:32

5 Harry Eaton F&M 25:47

6 Dan Reid F&M

7 Charley Bubblin G

8 Don Phillips F&M

9 Guise G

10 Pete Gearhart F&M