Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-05
WIN TaE COLLEGE ATHLETES
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Doinet IN the Field Of Sport in East
and West.
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MftHfdAN rs TURNING BACK
tofasus taaefffah TEAM work was
me wam Factor IN me Cross
csaatfy vfetory-R
ream ~ cross rond.
itHioAN IS TURNING BACK


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Those i5 whose Tot 20 FANS to review tho
IutertuIreInte rrose-countr race in the
tdat ara Ufeiy TO be concerned chiefly
tih telling what was Corneurs winning
score There rarely o. any heartrending
sreiety ~ fthaca over what ls going to
hanren. and when the word goes out
This years A. an average Cornell team"
U ia cafe to assume that Cornell viii be
the winner
The question on the NM just before
tho results ~ an intercollegiate cross
country race are known" said the Cornell
Sun after this years run. is usually
Who cot second IN the racer In the
pride ~ our eross-country record we are
reminded o. the famous question and
answer whom the yacht America first cap
tufed the International CUP in English
waters"
That there r. no second came nearer
applying this year than almost ever be-
fore Corneirs winning total o. y points
Isn't the lowest that the team could have
made n the fthacans had finished In
the first five places they would have made
is points. However. "a points are suffici-
entity near that. especially 30 when u is
con sidered that the second team, Tech,
scored 81 points. "Thc crOss-country team, -
says the Cornell paper. once again paid
u~nboun6ed tribute to the training genius
Of John Moakiey. peer Of track coaches.
Other Institutions may receive manifold
preparatory stars to win or lose with them.
Hers a victorious oross-county team, Is
with startling regularity forged out Of
green material under the master hand Of
John Moakiey.
NHwMH MlnN az una-aNfg. Ia -. wravr IA
tracts from the brilliant work Of Cap
tain Young and his team. Their Victory
vas the result OF hard, consistent effort,
Of unselnsh team work and Of confidence
In each other and In their coach." Peer
Of track coaches' Is hardly adequate.
This reference 20 unselfish team work
tells the whole story Of the Cornell victory
this year. The 1thacans went down to
Boston TO run over a course that was
strange 10 thom-as OF course, II was to
most Of the others-but the peculiarities
OF the running at Ithaca make these
average courses In which there Is much
road running always strange to the Cor
nsiians. IL was to be noted that in the
first part OF the race the Comedians we're
not we'll up. AZ the end OF the first lap.
something under two miles. Tappan. who
eventually was second, was back in ninth
place and Berna, the champion, was
eleventh.
Young Sacrifices self.
Captain Young was even further back,
but Il wasn't because the winner OF the
1905 race couldn't have been better placed.
IL was because he was coaching along the
other Comedians. Brown and Fleming,
who ran sixth and eighth at the end.
Young did not make an effort until well
along toward four miles and then he came
20 the front for a time to force the pace
and to kill off the weaker men OF the other
teams. who would feel the greater speed
most Just at that time. Young ranged
back and forth along the line, keeping his
men together. and when the final spurI
came naturally he was unable to come
along as II he had run the race to suit
himself throughout
This Is the sort Of thing tha counts
more for a team than for a mans indi.
vfdual record. Possibly Cornell woulC
have won the team prize anyway, ever
II Captain Young hadn't devoted himsel,
to holding the team together. But tn,
Cornellians were worried by the absenc,
Of Bean and Taylor. who were up near tn,
top In last years race and were respec
lively the third and second men in 10
Cornell In 1905 IL was feared that with
them out the team might not be goo,
enough TO get first. and so Young decided
tO-take no chances.
Whistler he could have beaten 7. Berni
and Tappan Is OF course a question. bu
It Is certain he gave himself no chance L
do II. BY hanging back and coaching tn
others along. running rather for his team
than for himself.
II apears tina Cornell grows stronge
and stronger at this sport as time goe
on. In eleven races just one was los
70 Cornell. and that time. II report Is I
be believed. there was some trouble be
tween the runners and MOakIey. Tn
runners wanted 20 do things their way an
Moakiey wanted TO do them his. Even
tuaily he decided to give the students FIRE
rein 20 work out their plans as they say
liz. And Cornell finished third that year
the only time that ever the Ithaeans wer
beaten. After that. as 1t was before thai
it was decided 70 let MoakIey run tn
Thing, as results seemed to show he wa
qualified
Miehtaan TurnInE Back.
"a was a significant action OF the wesi
ern conference at It's recent meeting [
put a Michigan man on the committee {
b look after the championship meet. which
as was expsoted wa awarded TO Urbans
for June 8 Although Michigan has nc
made open announcement OF It's mtentio
TO reioin the conference from which
separated some years ago. II has bee
known an along the entering wedge I
open the way 20 returning was the fOC
BAN game against Minnesota
Furthermore because Michigan was alb.
% win from the conference champion 70,
ball lean. h improved the position Of n
Wolverines Immensely. They are not In n
position of asking 60 be taken back. hun
= blod m their latest encounter with a cor
ference team, but n they do ask
they don't have 10 be subservtent about /
n In any event putting on the games con
mitteo the representative Of a college SUI
q posedly not a member OF the associate
D Is considered TO be a very odd thing al
b less Michisan Intends coming back mi
the conference circle.
Michigan viii have Of course to con
pete Ln the Intercollegiate Amate,
Athletic Association Of America games. TO
this year unless "a IS Intended for n
wolverines 20 drop out o. the associate
! which ia prominent In the east The shoy
Ing MiCnlsan made In the cross-countl