Wesleyan 1940

Wesleyan Cross Country 1940

Coach: J. Fred Martin

Captain Johnny Holmes '42

Aldrich, Bernie Giza '43, Don Steward '42, Ralph Davis '43, Richard D Wade '42, Bob Jacobson '43, Dick Billard '43, Dick Ferguson '43

David T Peck '42

Freshmen Roy B Bowman, Richard A Neuffer, Charles M Stone

11 October 1940, Yale 25, Wesleyan 30 @New Haven, 5 miles

1 Holmes Ws 28:07

2 Bill Bird Y lost shoe with two miles to go

3 Wes Shapleigh Y

5 Cpt Mal Main Y

7 Johnny Ashton Y

8 Walt Mann Y

Davis Ws

Steward Ws

Billard Ws

Yale Freshmen 15, Wesleyan 40, 3 miles

1 LeRoy Schwartzkopf Y 17:18

2 Castles Y

3 Coffin Y

4 Cleaver Y

5 Gardiner Y

18 October 1940, Wesleyan 26, Tufts 30 @Medford

1 Johnny Holmes Ws

2 Bernie Giza Ws

28 October 1940, Wesleyan 26, Springfield 29 @Middletown

1 Johnny Holmes Ws

2 Ned Badrow Sp

3 Bill Booth Sp

4 Bernie Giza Ws

5 Davis Ws

6 Phil Swettman Sp

7 Billard Ws

8 Chuck Christy Sp

9 Steward Ws

10 Roy Lang Sp

1 November 1940, Wesleyan 21, Trinity 37 @Hartford, 3 1/2 miles

=1 Holmes, Gieza, Davis Ws 17:41.4

4 Jim Caffrey Tr 18:00

5 Bob Smellie Tr

6 Ed Rosen Tr

7 Billard Ws

8 Steward Ws

9 Jacobus Ws

10 Bennett Tr

11 Pack Ws

12 Gulliver Tr

13 Elrick Tr

Holmes slowed to allow his teammates to finish with him.

Wesleyan Freshmen 23, Trinity 32 @Hartford, 2 1/2 miles

1 Bowman Ws 13:17

=2 Newffer & Stone Ws 14:17

4 Hayward Tr 14:45

5 Farnsworth Tr 14:45

5 November 1940, Connecticut Valley @Wesleyan, 4.6 miles

UConn 15, Springfield 79, Mass St 89, Wesleyan 93, Coast Guard 116, Amherst 142, Trinity 161

1 Robert Wheaton Ct 23:59.9 cr

2 Charley Robbins Ct

3 Lou Brunetti Ct

4-6 Ct

7 Johnny Holmes Ws

8 Bernie Giza Ws

19 Ralph Davis Ws

25 Don Steward Ws

34 Bob Jacobson Ws

42 Dick Billard Ws

8 November 1940, Wesleyan 22, Coast Guard 34 @Middletown

=1 Holmes, Giza, Davis Ws

Steward Ws

Billard Ws

14 November 1940, Little Three @Williamstown, 4 miles

Wesleyan 22, Williams 33, Amherst 65

1 Cpt Johnny Holmes Ws 20:57

2 Giza Ws 21:16

3 Brew Chapman Wm 21:44

4 Ralph Davis Ws 21:58

5 Van Cott Wm

6 Bob Griggs Wm

7 Ferguson Ws

8 Don Seward Ws 22:19

9 Tom Lena Wm 22:25

10 Ken Moore Wm 22:32

13 Dick Billard Ws

18 Bob Jacobson Ws

Williams Freshmen 31, Amherst 38, Wesleyan 54

1 Johnny Neilson Wm

2 Tom Henderson Wm

3 Anderson A

4 Maurie Goodbody Wm

5 Dietrich Roetter A

6 Bowman Ws

7 Neuffer Ws

8 Pete Swayze Wm

9 Parker Dorman A

Frosh team won only against Trinity, losing to Yale, Springfield, Norwich; last in Little Three and fourth in Connecticut Valley.

Holmes re-elected as Captain for the 1941 team.