RPI 1941

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1941

Coach Bill Eddy (4th year)

Captain George Troup

veterans Roger Macpherson, Fred Davis, Ted Farrington

sophs Harry Meister, Roger Newton, Bill Schmitt, Perkins

transfers junior Ed Moore (Swarthmore) and soph Stants (Cornell)

11 Oct Coast Guard

18 Oct @Alfred

25 Oct @Union

1 Nov @Middlebury

8 Nov WPI

15 Nov CCNY

11 October 1941, Coast Guard 22, RPI 33 @Troy

stiff wind

1 Kroll CG 26:05

2 Meister RPI

3 Banner CG

4 Benefiel RPI

=5 Ray, Woods, Moreall CG

8 Stants RPI

9 Newton RPI

10 Maki RPI

11 Perkins RPI

12 Peterson RPI

13 Sangdahl RPI

Troup dnr because of a foot injury sustained in practice

Davis lost for the season due to ineligibility

RPI Freshmen 15, Waterbury HS 40 @RPI, 2.5 miles

=1 Hartley, Van Velsor, Harding RPI 14:04.8

4 Berkowitz RPI

5 Daly RPI

also Elliot, Delaney, and Dudziak

18 October 1941, Alfred 23, RPI 34 @Alfred

rain-soaked & slippery course

1 Hall A 28:51

2 Benefield RPI 29:18

3 Scudder A 29:30

4 Meister RPI 29:44

5 Calvery A 29:45

6 Stanz A 30:27

7 Jones A 30:40

8 Newton RPI 30:51

9 Marx A 31:52

10 Perkins RPI 31:55

11 Schmidt RPI 31:55

Troup likely out for the season

RPI Freshmen 22, Alfred @Alfred, 2.5 miles

1 Vernon Hartley RPI 13:52 cr (old mark 14:15)

3 Jim Harding RPI

4 A 14:15

5 Berkowitz RPI

=6 Van Velsor & Daly RPI

25 October 1941, RPI 24, Union 31 @Schenectady

1 Bob Benefiel RPI 27:48

2 Schell U 30 yds back

3 Newton RPI

4 Viglier U

5 Meister RPI

6 Stants RPI

7 Conley U

8 Shepard U

9 Perkins RPI

10 Adams U

RPI Freshmen 17, Union 38

1 Hartley RPI 15:43

2 Harding RPI

3 Quinlon U

4 Berkowitz RPI

5 Van Velsor RPI

6 Dailey RPI

7 Middlemiss U

8 Elgar U

9 White U

10 Eliot RPI

1 November 1941, RPI 26, Middlebury 29 @Middlebury, 3 ½ miles

driving rainstorm

1 Bob Benefiel RPI 25:13

2 Paul Davis M 25:14 led until final fifty yards

3 Harry Meister RPI 25:41

4 Kinsey M 25:48

5 Cpt Dave Smith M 25:48

6 Perkins RPI 25:55

7 Stants RPI 26:10

8 Haines M 26:27

9 Roger Newton RPI 27:09

10 Schmidt RPI 27:38

11 Hartz MPI 27:45

Hal Parker still suffering from strained abdominal muscle.

RPI Freshmen 15, Middlebury Freshmen 40

1 Vernon Hartley RPI 19:02

2 Jim Harding RPI

3 Berkowitz RPI

=4 Daly, Trechter, Harry Van Velsor RPI

7 Setter M

8 Bonner M

9 Perry M

10 Parkins M

8 November 1941, RPI 26, WPI 29

1 Hunt WPI

2 Benefiel RPI

3 Stants RPI

4 Kinne WPI

5 Meister RPI

6 Sherman WPI

7 Newton RPI

8 Gault WPI

9 Perkins RPI

10 Schmitt RPI

11 Brown WPI

12 Dyer WPI

13 Peterson RPI

14 Fernane WPI

15 November 1941, CCNY 23, RPI 32 @RPI

1 Louis Cantor CCNY 25:34

2 George Burke CCNY 25:34

3 Don Creighton CCNY 25:34

4 Meister RPI

5 Benefiel RPI

6 Newton RPI

7 Max Plasner CCNY

8 Stants RPI

9 Perkins RPI

10 Morton Schwartz CCNY