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