Springfield 1938

Springfield Cross Country 1938

Coach Bliss Sargeant

Cpt Menge

returning Owen, Christy, Holmes, Hurlbert, Jacobus, Jurgenson, Knecht, Lewis, Mose, Norling, Quincy, Riva, Wollenberger, Wurtz

Freshmen:

Coach Clayton Plummer (New Hampshire '36)

Bess, Bower, Dryden, Fox, Goodner, Macleod, Mitchell, Morse, Morton, North, Pape, Swettnan, Towne, Wescott

14 October 1938, Gardener HS 23, Springfield Freshmen 32 @Springfield

1 G Kauppenin G

2 H Gounlund G

3 Jeff MacLeod Sp

4 E Kowlzan G

5 Riva Sp transfer student

6 Fill Swettman Sp

7 E Larkin G

8 Will Fox Sp

9 C Gronlund G

10 J Wescott Sp

11 L Morton Sp

12 "Cotton" Mitchell Sp

13 R Bess Sp

14 L Morse Sp

Fritz Pape dnr because of twisted ankle

15 October 1938, Bowdoin 19, Springfield 39 @Brunswick, 4 miles

1 Nils Hagstrom Bo 23:45

2 Roy Owen Sp

3 Jim Doubleday Bo

4 Hill Bo

5 McDuff Bo

6 Don Bradeen Bo

7 Menge Sp

8 Norling Sp

9 Martin Bo

10 Christy Sp

11 Lineham Bo

12 Sanborn Bo

12 Hurlbert Sp

14 Pope Bo

15 Wollenburger Sp spiked and finished with torn shoe

16 Lewis Sp

17 Parsons Bo

18 Jacobus Sp

20 October 1938, Springfield 19, Trinity 36 @Springfield, 4 miles

flat course, steady rain during varsity race

1 Roy Owen Sp 24:15.6

2 Jim Caffrey Tr

3 Christy Sp

4 Gillis Sp

5 Wollenberger Sp

6 Menge Sp

7 Bill Charles Tr

=8 Pankratz & Riley Tr

10 Bennett So Tr

also Hurlbert, Norling, Lewis, Quincy, Jacobus, Holmes, Waglow

Springfield Freshmen 26, Trinity 29

1 Tr

2 Tr

3 Jeff MacLeod Sp

4 Swetman Sp

5 Will Fox Sp

6 Fritz Pape Sp

also Morton, Westcott, Moyse, Towne, Cotton Mitchell

1 November 1938, Connecticut Valley Championships @Amherst

Connecticut St 26, Wesleyan 62, Amherst 86, 6 Springfield 126, 7 teams

1 Harry Heermans Ws 19:20.4

2 Bob Wheaton Conn twenty yds back

3 Archie Lucazai Conn

4 Charlie Rice Conn

5 Larry Pickard Ma

6 Phil Moyer A

7 Roy Owen Sp 20:02

22 Wollenberger Sp

30 Christy Sp

31 Gillis Sp

38 Menge Sp

44 Norling Sp

49 starters

Freshmen

Connecticut St 29, Wesleyan 78, Springfield 94, 6 teams

8 Morrill Ma

11 Jeff MacLeod Sp

also Fox, Swetman, Pape, John Wescott, Moyse, Morton

7 November 1938, NEICAA @Franklin Park

unseasonably warm

Maine 90, Bates 96, Tufts 102, Conn St 120, 14 Springfield 348, 14 teams

1 Donald C. Smith ME 21:47.0 (first man to win twice)

2 Bill Atkinson Tu 200 yds back

3 Don Bridges Ba

4 Sam Wilson BU

5 Harold Nygaard Tu

47 Gillis Sp

99 runners

Freshmen, 2 3/4 miles

Conn St 79, Rhode Island St 93, Northeastern 101, 8 Springfield 160, 12 teams

1 Charles Tingley RI 16:36.4

2 Charles Robbins Ct

3 Arthur Reis NE

4 Basil Babcock Bo

Springfield Student, 16 Nov 1938, p3

11 November 1938, Varsity 24, Freshmen 31, 2.7 miles

Springfield Freshmen 19, Michigan Central State Teachers 36

Sp 1,2,3,6,7; Mi 4,5,8,9,10

Springfield varsity and freshmen ran at home as did the Michigan team and the times were telegraphed to be delivered by night letter for scoring

1 Riva SpV

2 Jeff MacLeod SpF 14:30 (2.7 miles)

3 Wollenberger SpV

4 Swettman SpF 14:45

5 Menge SpV

6 Fox SpF

7 Christy SpV

8 Henderson SpV

9 Norling SpV

10 Pape SpF

11 Lewis SpV

11 Morton SpF

12 Moyse SpF

13 Wescott SpF

14 Towne SpF

15 Kustas SpF

16 Jacobus SpV