Williams Crosscountry 1916
Thirteen candidates for the crosscountry team reported for practice:
Foster, Kelton, Safford '17
Hodge, Leeming, Peterson, EG Redfield '18
Brown, Goodman, Platt, Putnam, Webster, Wood '19
New cross country course starts from Lasell Gymnasium, goes out Main and South Sts to the Golf Club, over to the boundary of Mr Cluett's property, thence down in back of the red barn to Weston Field, and then, after circling the track once, repeating the circuit by way of Walden and Hoxsey Sts.
The seven men chosen to comprise the cross country team after trials on 28 October are:
Cpt William Kelton, Truman Henry Safford '17
Hodge, Joseph H Leeming '18
Horace Hallock Brown, Henry Russell Platt, and Roger U Putnam '19
Brown was the 1916 New England 2 mile champion in 9:52.8. Safford is Captain of the 1917 Williams track team.
4 November 1916, Schenectady, 4 miles level pavement
Williams 19, Union 41
1 HH Brown So W 21:15
2 Hance u 25 yds back
3 Putnam So W
4 Safford Sr W
5 Kelton Sr W slowed by a pain in his side
6 Hodge Jr W
7 Joseph H Leeming Jr W
8 Peasley u
9 Morris u
10 Streeter u
11 Platt So W
12 AW Ladd u
13 Watts u
14 AS Ladd u
The team left Williamstown at 0738 on Saturday.
11 November 1916, Williams, 5 miles
Williams 17, MAC 40
1 Brown W 27:08.4
2 Putnam W 10 yards back
3 Kelton W still troubled by muscle problems in side
4 Lyons MAC
5 Safford W
6 Leeming W
7 Gordon MAC
8 Chapin MAC
9 Sweeney MAC
10 Hodge W
11 Platt W
12 Hall MAC
Race finished between the goal posts at the north end of Weston Field during half time of the Williams-MAC football game.
NEICAA
Saturday 18 November 1916
Franklin Park, 5 1/2 miles
mixture of snow and mud on the course
Maine favored after winning NEICAA & IC4A in 1915. Dartmouth 2nd favorite then Brown. NEICAA rules that freshman allowed to compete.
Williams 53
Maine 56
Dartmouth 58
MIT 103
WPI 126
Bates 148
Brown 148
MAC 193
1 Horace Hallock Brown So Wm 28:38.4
2 CB Thompson Sr D 150 yds back
3 Frank P Preti Sr Me
6 William H Kelton Sr Wm
9 R Putnam So Wm
14 Truman H Safford Sr Wm
23 J Leeming Jr Wm
26 HP Platt So Wm
30 LJ Hodge Jr Wm