Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cross Country 1942
Coach Bill Eddy
Meister, Fred Davis, junior Roger Newton return
sophs Hartley, Harding, Van Velsor, Berkowitz, Daly
10 Oct @Coast Guard
17 Oct Alfred
24 Oct Union
31 Oct @CCNY
7 Nov @WPI
14 Nov Brooklyn Poly
Freshmen
Vincent, Fiomenhoft, Downey, Paul Dockler, Dick Bumstead, Ken Walker, Don Robertson, Dick Huber, Walt Young
17 Oct Williams
no other meets scheduled
25 September 1942, Time trial, 2 miles
1 Fred Davis 9:29
2 Jim Harding
3 Roger Newton
4 Dick Burdick
5 Sandy MacPherson
6 Harry Van Velsor
=7 Vernon Hartley & Harry Meister
Rensselaer Polytechnic, 6 Oct 1942, p5
Dockler finished third in time trial with varsity
also Gere, Conway, Calvin, Hamilton, Young
Hugh Flumenhoft dnr
10 October 1942, RPI 21, Coast Guard 34 @New London, 4.1 miles
1 Fred Davis RPI won by more than a minute
3 Jim Harding RPI
4 Harry Meister RPI
5 Clapp Fr RPI
8 Dockler RPI
10 Rog Newton RPI
Rensselaer Polytechnic, 20 Oct 1942, p5,6
17 Oct freshmen meet with Williams cancelled due to war-time conditions
in Varsity meet vs Alfred Dockler finished fourth, followed by Downey, Gere, Conway, Flumenhoft, and Huber
17 October 1942, RPI 18, Alfred 40 @RPI
slight drizzle
1 Fred Davis RPI 26:46
2 Jim Harding RPI
3 Larry March A
Paul Dockler RPI (did not count in scoring)
=4 Van Velsor, Meister, Downey RPI
Jim Conway RPI (did not count in scoring, nor did Downey)
24 October 1942, Union 27, RPI 28 @RPI
1 Jim Harding RPI 25:00
2 Highland U 25:05
3 Fred Davis RPI 25:06 slowed by stitch when leading at 3 miles
4 Quinnlin U 25:07
5 Snell U 25:30
6 Lony U 25:38
7 Meister RPI 25:46
8 Clapp RPI 25:57
9 Van Velsor RPI 26:04
10 Viglielmo U 26:20
11 Downey RPI 26:21
12 Gere RPI
13 Neacy RPI
14 Schmitt RPI
15 Conway RPI
16 Calvin RPI
17 Eajer U
18 Flomenhoft RPI
19 Newton RPI
20 Paul Dockler RPI slowed by stitch
21 White U
22 Burdick RPI
23 Sheppard U
24 Huber RPI
31 October 1942, CCNY 27, RPI 28 @Van Cortlandt Park, 5 miles
1 Cliff Goldstein CCNY 28:04
2 Fred Davis RPI 28:34
3-4 CCNY
5 Jim Harding RPI slowed by stitch
6 Downey RPI
7 Van Velsor RPI
8 Dockler RPI
9 Clapp RPI
10 Meister RPI
Under ICAAAA rules no displacement of runners figured in the scoring.
7 November 1942, RPI 23 1/2, WPI 33 1/2 @Worcester, 3.9 miles
course included two long, steep hills separated by a swamp
1 Fred Davis RPI 19:15 cr (old mark 20:15, 1932)
2 Ralph Clapp RPI 20:05
3 Jim Harding RPI 20:13
4 Hallisey WPI 20:13
5 Breinn Daye WPI 20:43
6 Kinng WPI 20:57
7 Gault WPI 21:02
8 Harry Van Velsor RPI 21:17
9 Downey RPI 21:18
10 Paul Dockler RPI 21:23
11 Sherman WPI 21:40
12 Newton RPI 21:40
13 Staples WPI 22:25
14 Hulby WPI 23:01
14 November 1942, RPI 18, Brooklyn Polytechnic 37 @RPI
strong freezing wind
1 Fred Davis RPI 24:33
2 Ralph Clapp RPI 25:35
3 Erickson BP 25:53
4 Jim Harding RPI 25:54
5 Conway RPI 26:16
6 Downey RPI 26:22
7 Roger Newton RPI 26:23
8 O'Connell BP 26:26
9 Van Velsor RPI 26:50
10 Calvin RPI 26:55
11 Gere RPI
12 Dockler RPI
13 Williamson BP
14 Flomenhoft RPI
15 Bumstead RPI
16 Waterman BP
17 Hamilton RPI
18 Burdick RPI
19 Huber RPI
20 Schmidt RPI
21 Cook BP
RPI finished the season 4-2.