Springfield Cross Country 1939
Coach Bliss Sargeant
Cpt Danny Riva
Freshmen Coach Clayt Plummer
Wes Wall, Joe Stoye, Don Meyer, Bill Booth, Tauno Rivers, Ray Waters, Bud Hueston most promising
also Emile Faubert, Roger Burton, Ray Cole, Walt Mineart, Dick Foster, Earle Buckley
Springfield Student, 18 Oct 1939, p3
Cpt Danny Riva sidelined with injury
Schuman, Swetman, Lewis also out with injury
Ned Badrow ran 24:12 in time trial followed by Christy and junior Jacobus
Taylor, Lysak, Norling, and Pape also likely to run vs Trinity
planned practice meet with Bowdoin cancelled due to schedule difficulties w/Bowdoin
16 October 1939, Gardener HS 19, Springfield Freshmen 36
1 Kauppinen G 13:20 cr
2 Booth Sp
19 October 1939, Trinity 20, Springfield 35 @Hartford
1 Bradrow Sp 17:28 cr
2 Caffrey Tr 17:33
3 Rosen Tr 17:35
4 Smellie Tr
5 Charles Tr
6 Riley Tr
7 Morton Sp
8 Lewis Sp
9 Lysock Sp
10 Jacobus Sp
11 Taylor Sp
12 Elrick Tr
13 Bennett Tr
14 Linendoll Tr
15 Riva Sp
16 Norling Sp
17 Schuman Sp
Springfield Freshmen 17, Trinity 38, 2 1/2 miles
1 Booth Sp 13:20
2 Waters Sp
3 Myer Sp
4 Dave Tyler Tr
5 Rivers Sp
6 Buckley Sp
7 Burton Sp
8 Woll Sp
9 Bill Flynn Tr
10 Vignone Tr
11 Emery Tr
12 Gulliver Tr
13 Stoye Sp
14 Nemetz Tr
15 Donahue Tr
October 1939, Springfield 20, Amherst 35 @Amherst
newly lengthened course
1 Ned Badrow Sp 24:21 cr
2 Prickitt A
3 Taylor Sp
4 Lysak Sp
5 Morton Sp
7 Danny Riva Sp
28 October 1939, Wesleyan 21, Springfield 34 @Springfield
new course
1 Holmes Ws 22:01 cr
2 Ned Badrow Sp 1' back
3 Guernsey Ws
4 Spadone Ws
5 Stewart Ws
6 Christy Sp
7 Lysak Sp
9 Swettman Sp
10 Danny Riva Sp
Springfield Freshmen 24, Wesleyan 35, 2.8 miles
new course
1 Ferguson Ws
2 Bill Booth Sp
3 Tauno Rivers Sp
4 Ray Waters Sp
5 Ws
6 Ws
7 Don Meyers Sp
8 Wes Woll Sp
9 Earle Buckley Sp
10 Roger Burton Sp
2 November 1939, Mass St 22, Springfield 33 @Amherst
1 Badrow Sp
=2 Putney, Bunk, Copson, Kimball Ma
6 Swetman Sp
7 Morton Sp
8 Morrill Ma
12 Hayward Ma
Springfield Freshmen 15, Mass St 48
Sprague, McDonald, Anderson, Morawski, Clorite
7 November 1939, Connecticut Valley meet @Springfield, 4.1 miles
Connecticut 26, Mass St 75, Wesleyan 76, Springfield 99, Trinity 143, Amherst
1 Johnny Holmes Ws 21:18
2 Charlie Robbins Ct
3 Bob Wheaton Ct
4 Guernsey Ws
5 Hank Prickitt A
6 Bill Tribou Ct
7 Charley Rice Ct
8 Bill Herold Ct
Ned Badrow led Springfield despite bad leg
also Cristy, Morton, Lysak, Cpt Riva, Swettman, Taylor
Freshmen
Springfield, 4 Amherst
1 Dick Ferguson Ws
2 Sam Cobb A
3 Bill Booth Sp
5 Brunetti Ct
6 Waters Sp
7 Gaunt Ct
8 Rivers Sp
10 Wes Woll Sp
11 Earle Buckley Sp
16 Roger Burton Sp
Don Meyers, Springfield, dnf because of a cramp
Bill Booth and "Brick" Woll elected Freshmen co-captains
NEICAA 13 November 1939, Franklin Park, 4 1/2 miles
Maine 66, Connecticut 73, Rhode Island 81, 12 Springfield 313
1 Donald C Smith Sr ME 21:16.8 cr, previously 21:28.8 Edwin Veysey, 1934
2 William Atkinson Tu 21:50
3 Kenneth Blaisdell Me 21:52
4 Lester Nichols RI 21:54
5 Charles Robbins Ct 22:01
47 Ned Badrow Sp
also Lysak, Swettman, Taylor, Riva;
81 runners
Freshman, 3 1/4 miles
Maine 35, Rhode Island 43, Northeastern 80, New Hampshire 93, Springfield 135, 8 teams
1 Bob Nichols RI 16:04.4 cr, previously 16:34.6
2 Linden Camniencke RI 16:22
3 Dwight Moody Me 16:25
4 Phillip Hamm Me 16:28
5 Kenneth Taylor RI 16:32
9 Norm Emmons NH
10 Bill Booth Sp
also Waters, Buckley, Burton,Woll, Meyer, Stoye
Springfield Student, 22 Nov 1939, p5
Ned Badrow elected captain of 1940 team