The Washington times., 1905-08-21
ATHLETIC OUTLOOK
GOOD At CORNELL
Trainer Moakley Has Re-
turned to Ithaca.

ITHACA. N Y. Aug. 21-John F.
Moakley. Cornelrs famous athletic
trainer arrived in this city yesterday
morning, after a six weeks Sojourn in
Boston. where he has been visiting rel
atives and incidentally brushed up his
GcduaintanCes among sporting men in
kis native town
MoakIey struck Ithaca fun of new
ideas and ready for q good dose of hard
work. since he has last years reputation
Of winning the intercollegiate track and
cross-eountry championships to live up
tc this year. and he seems bound 10 do
his best III that direction.
A Merry Scrap.
Indications at present point to a merry
scrap between him and Mike Murphy,
Who IS now with the University Of
Pennsylvania athletes. after leaving
Yale this past season. at the intercot-
legiates next year. though there is also
g good possibility that John J. Mack.
the former Mercersburg Academy train
er will pun Yale up into a formidable
rival Of these Two, since he has had &
lot OF experience and at Yale he has
all the material He wants TO Tork on
While in Boston and travelling about
IN New England, the hot-bed of ath-
leUCs MOaldey naturally kept MS eye
Omen Tor promising IlIlEL1t mater lcAi
ana many OF mis- remarks about the
y workings on the inside are interesting.
He says.
Fighting for Talent.
Never before. IN all my experience
have I ever seen such & securing OF the
country for preparatory school athletes,
Everywhere grads and undergraduates
Of all the big colleges are looking out
fer men to I'LL up the vacant places
in their athletic teams.
''An the big colleges seem TO be going
into II Ike II was purely a piece OF b4sl-
ness, and II gives the impression that
when they get through picking, tnere
won't be much prep school material
left idle that amounts 70 amy thing.
with CornelIs big victories last year
In cTeW ana track however. Il larger
number than usual Of schooiboys ought
TO be attracted to Cornell. l have heard
runOrs of several good men coming
here. but as these were only rumors.
and as there was nothing definite about
them. there IS no good saying anything
about IL
Football practice will begin on Percy
Field this year on September Il. q week
or so earlier than usual, because the
first game is to De played on September
= This year
To Train Squad.
Moakley VIII have full charge of the
conditioning and training OF the foot
ball men. and It IS hoped that Cornell s
past two seasons of disastrous football
Will be somewhat improved upon by his
being al the head OF the physical well
fare of the men
Glenn S Warner Cornell SIS. the for
mer famous Indian coach, will be head
coach this year again If his skill shown
at Carlisle stays with him this year
he should turn out II good SOLID eleven,
If not & championship one. He has q
lot OF good material from last year S
freshman class To work upon. and the
incoming new men Will bring him in
some valuable men fer all Of the posi-
tions
Cornell's football has gotten TO such
a stage that something desperate must
be done 10 get il upon footing equal
70 that of the other colleges Her crew
track and cross-CountTy teams are nov
as good as any. The baseball team this
year made d good showing. and now
football must be pulled out Of the rucR
into which II has fallen No stone vii
be left unturned that VIII do the trick
for Cornell grads everywhere are turn
ing an anxious eye Ia that direction.