Springfield Cross Country 1941
Coach Sargeant
Captain Fil Swettman
senior Roy Lang, junior Bill Booth; also Ray Waters, Wes Woll, Irv Adams
sophs Vernon Cox, Bob Smith
also Charley Anderson, Amby Burfoot, Scott Maynes
10 October 1941, Springfield 17, Amherst 44 @Springfield, 4 miles
new course
=1 Vern Cox, Bill Booth, Bob Smith Sp 19:59
5 Roy Lang Sp
6 Fil Swettman Sp
7 Ray Waters Sp
also Anderson, Woll, Adams, Maynes
17 October 1941, Wesleyan 26, Springfield 29 @Springfield, 4 miles
1 Ferguson Ws
2 Giza Ws
3 Booth Sp
4 Cox Sp
5 Lang Sp
7 Smith Sp
also Waters, Anderson, Woll, Adams, Swettman, Maynes
Swettman injured during race
30 October 1941, Springfield 25, Mass St 31 @Amherst, 4 miles
1 Bill Booth Sp 21:15 cr
2 Roy Lang Sp 21:16
3 Greene Ma
4 McDonald Ma
5 Vern Cox Sp
6 Bob Smith Sp
11 Ray Waters Sp
Sp: also Anderson, Swettman, Woll, Maynes
Springfield Freshmen 28, Mass St 29 @Amherst
Springfield 15, Stockbridge 46
Ray Campbell Ma
Bob Beetz Sp
4 November 1941, Connecticut Valley @New London
Connecticut 15, Wesleyan 68, Mass St 73, Springfield 98, Coast Guard
1 Charley Robbins Ct
=2 Bill Tribou & Win Hubbard Ct
=4 Bill Herold & Bob Bowen Ct
7 Wally Massman Ct
8 Brad Greene Ma
11 Vernon Cox Sp
12 Bill Booth Sp
20 Roy Lang Sp
24 Bob Smith Sp
29 Ray Waters Sp
8 November 1941, Springfield 22, Middlebury 33 @Middlebury
1 Bill Booth S 24:40
2 Paul Davis M 24:40
3 Vernon Cox S
4 Bob Smith S
5 Hal Parker M
6 Roy Lang Sp
7 Haines M
8 Ray Waters Sp
9 Kinsey M
10 Dave Stebbins So M
11 Cpt Dave Smith M
13 George Hartz So M
14 Bob Darrow So M
10 November 1941, NEICAA @Franklin Park, 4 1/4 miles
Rhode Island St 23, Connecticut 66, Northeastern 88, 7 Bowdoin & Springfield 191, 14 teams
1 Bob Nichols Jr RI 20:38.2 cr
2 Charley Robbins Ct 300 yds back
3 Ken Taylor RI
4 Charlie O'Sullivan RI
5 Lawrence Barrett RI
23 Bill Booth Sp
29 Bob Smith Sp
34 Ken Joseph MIT
35 Vernon Cox Sp
40 Roy Lang Sp
64 Ray Waters Sp
81 Charley Anderson Sp
Freshman
Rhode Island St 46, Colby 73, New Hampshire 75, Springfield 220, 8 teams
1 Ronald Vesey Co 16:33
2 Dana Robinson Co
54 runners