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