Williams Crosscountry 1917
Call for candidates for the crosscountry team made 1 October.
The team comprised:
Penfield, Platt, Putnam, Stewart (Cpt) '19
Fowle, Olsen, Parker, Perry '20
Course started in front of Laselle Gymnasium up Main St past Greylock Hotel on to South St to the Taconic Golf Course to southern end of Weston Field through the old campus to the Gymnasium. Repeat, finishing on Weston Field with a lap of the track.
3 November 1917, Williams, 5 miles
Williams 24, RPI 33
1 Henry R Platt Jr W 28:03
2 TL Smith RPI
3 Parker So W
4 Perry So W
5 JL Smith RPI
6 Shannon RPI
7 Fowle So W
8 Judson RPI
9 Olsen So W
10 Stewart Jr W attack of cramps
11 Harris RPI
12 Roger U Putnam Jr W recovering from knee injury
13 Sutton RPI
14 Graves RPI
First ever meet against RPI.
10 November 1917, Schenectady, 4 miles
Williams 26, Union 32
1 Cpt Benjamin Hance u 22:24
2 Platt W 22:35
3 McLean u
4 Stewart W
5 Parker W
6 Streeter u
7 Perry W
8 Olsen W
9 Fowle W
10 McCarty u
11 Ewing So W
12 Lyman u
13 Sheldon u
14 Donnan u
Putnam unable to make trip because of an injured leg.
Saturday 17 November 1917, NEICAA, Franklin Park
1 MIT 32
2 Bowdoin 40
3 Williams 56
4 Tufts 105
Boston College inc
1 G Goodwin Bo 29:08
6 RM Parker So Wm
11 H Platt Jr Wm
15 FB Stewart Jr Wm
16 S Olson So Wm
18 AD Perry Wm
Only six of the twenty-three colleges in the NEICAA entered teams.