RPI 1932

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1932

Coach Marty McDonagh

Captain Jake Idema

veterans Bates & Breen, also Green

newcomers Altman, Slutsky, Tweed

8 Oct Syracuse

15 Oct @CCNY

22 Oct Union

12 Nov @WPI

19 Nov Middlebury

Freshmen Coach Andy Waite

~20 men running each afternoon

opening meet 15 Oct vs Mt Pleasant

8 October 1932, Syracuse 15, RPI 40 @Troy

15 October 1932, RPI 15, CCNY 40 @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles

=1 Cpt Jake Idema, Bill Bates, Francis Breen, Morris Bassel, Dave Rogers RPI 27:55

6 Cpt Nat Volkel CCNY 28:05

7 Phil Wilbur RPI 29:02

8 Chuck Bradley RPI 29:13

9 Jimmy Fisher CCNY 29:18

10 Ike Sohn CCNY 30:00

11 Milt Gerber CCNY 30:28

Union lost to Manhattan

22 October 1932, Union 15, RPI 40 @Troy, 4.6 miles

1 Ernie Capelle U 24:50 cr (old mark 25:25 by Syracuse, 1932)

2 Gilbert Holleran U 24:53

=3 Charles Boerner & Dean Teele U 24:57

5 Thomas Remsen & Bill Kazmierczak U 25:15

7 Bill Bates RPI 25:20

8 Mirate U 25:32

=9 Brockwehl & Nestle U 25:51

= Jake Idema & Francis Breen RPI

Phil Wilbur RPI

Dave Rogers RPI

Altman RPI

Union Freshmen 25, RPI 30, 2.8 miles

1 Webster RPI 14:55.8

2 Bastedo U 15:05

3 Neuman U 15:20

4 Pessaud RPI 15:32

5 Gawne U

6 Gettes RPI

7 Fiore U

8 Travis RPI

9 Young U

10 Lamborne RPI

12 November 1932, WPI 23, RPI 32 @Worcester, slightly over 5 miles

hilly course, primarily macadam and dirt roads with mud puddles

1 Frery WPI 28:37

2 Moran WPI

3 Brewer WPI

4 Wilber RPI

5 Bassel RPI

6 Bates RPI

7 Idema RPI

8 Rothmich WPI

9 Granger WPI

10 Rogers WPI

19 November 1932, Middlebury 23, RPI 32 @Troy, 4.6 miles

muddy course, pouring rain

1 Sears M 24:27.9 cr

2 R Short M

3 D Short M

4 Bates RPI

5 Idema RPI

6 Rogers RPI

7 Ingersoll M

8 Wilber RPI

9 Bassel RPI

10 Glazier M

Rensselaer Polytecnic, 1 Dec 1932, p4

William J Bates '34, Wheeling WV, elected captain of the 1933 team