The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20
WITH The COLLEGE ATHLETES
DOINGS ~ THE FIELD or SPORT
~ EAST AND WEST.
terneii Has Done u Again len tross-4 QUIZ
Try There seems to he No Reason wh,
fsut Msaklry How some Others Have
Fareti- Notrr Danes Cemebark.

4 interc olleRiaIe championship race. VIII
does Cornell VIM" The answer To that.
: u u could b. given de'in .trly and rSyrtlv.
would lie n prescription that the other
coaches would follow ia hopes of m.'r us
success The man Who can tel why cor
mel! wins is John = Moiklcr. =. entity Il.
-"r,hed In Boston nsN spnp"r n "A i;rs-
I tonan who has been come ted Nth Cora II
athletics since isoa Moaklcy - on ~
: that. lie has been connected with cornell
/ athletics since $500. and since 1880 the M NE
OF Cornell has been connected with N'tnrS
IN cro~s-country running. not Z" ni"ntlnn
two track ana field championships
| III Moaklsy care%to ONE forward and tell
how II Is done. the rest OF the coll-g. world
will listen to him. Moakley isn't me IN
about II though Several seasons ago when
syracuse wanted tn start IN with cross
country the Syrarusan- ~roI" IN liLI't
/ for advice. Moakl-y told them freely VIII a.
h" thought was :: good system - pursue.
| and they followed II with m.l>urlhi" ~u'-
cess. This year. however. there were not
enough candidates TO max. reason hi>
good team and syracuse didn't compete
at Princeton.
Moakl-y gets some men who hay" had
prep school experience, Iik. = Jones the
Exeter crack. hut many. many others who
never saw a spiked she's, before they entered
Cornell In this category are the great
men he has turned out. Halsteid. Young.
Berna. Putnam. Sweet. Newman. berry.
hutt and on. Tn. lis II long indeed
and every name means membership on 4
champ ionship cross-country team In fact
Ia be one OF Cornell team every year sine"
1900. except one. means to be Of the cham-
pionship team.
There is great record Eleven cham
pionshps ont of twelve times up Tho
means Moakley and Cornell are batting
Oh. which Is some hitting
when they start out cross country
season at cornell they begin by logging
along over the four mil. course or some
other path that has been laid OUT and they
keep up the work until MOakl"y has had 4
chance to see what men look good Then
the work gets sitter and suffer and th"r"
ar" plenty OF scraps Ia bring ont tn" best
qualities in the men and then Moaklsv picks
"A team and away II goes To aInbridZ" or
Princeton or Morris Park or Trav"Ts Island
and no matter " II raln-. SHOWS ar halls
IT wins simple programme.
That's what the other colleges do too
They may not have - hard cour-' :"
practise over ~ Cornell. hat runnIn; -
running and they develop teams The Who'll"
point Is tina, there j. some important ".n,'n'
that the other colleges don't have and that
specialized man who never yet has lost ~,
enthusiasm for athletics. no matter how
lie doesn't often get the preparatory
ing OF :: T Took and lee }. Talbot, s,n"ro
he had for brief time in hi. care Honest,
! couldn., h"ll.y" I, was ,ru" Nh"n ,h"N
on. ever heard Of the Cornell Cross-coUntry
men until the day OF som" dual meet Ih"n
for the first tim. there springs up a star
who - brighter than tn" man who wa
currently supposed to be torn"lI's best
and the Others groan. Gee StunV again
Well. IL Is possible to 30 on for "a LONG
time trying to explain why Cornell wiu- A.
cro---Country. hut the truth Of M" matter
how 10 bring out team and how 10 select
men who will work together A. rul" L.-
bcs' man and his worst aren't FAR apart
Cornell has won several times with almost
the lowest possible team score. that -. unly b
one man Of -nfne other college splitting
year there were first ratar- on other college.
teams Cornell was able 10 bring hor>" IN"
bacon. even II the rae" ~as ht'lr "l"-"r
than usual
The best chance that any ,nl.Rr has
to beat Cornell should ~ Harvard Iu"
cambridge men this season engaged A'r'd
Shrubb. the wonderful English ped who
did good work with his team and turned
them out they were hle 20 get uud
knowing the Cornell proves. th-r - IA"
best he proph-~ied for himself II Shruhh
stays along with the team and has - cham"
to build up u squad h. should get even
better results IN course uf time som"
day he might turn ont y team that "o'ld
beat Cornell Looking NJ ~ -oh"riy som"
ono ought - have done u wear. ago ~
it, lik" Cornrlrs rowing. som" or" "ugh'
to have turned out "r-w- that would '.. .r
Cornell consistently. bu' ~" r." ord. -now
~ i+n't PneIsy ihlng 10 do
~hrubh WIS ~ Harvard IN ifo~ ant ~"
team did well under hi~ ,o,th.n, thrn
Ll-' s.LSon after a poor showing by 'E"
Crimson II wt- Hgtlt-d tht the. '" m
should re, regular coaching ~ els" ~hoult
rtrnn Attf Of he tla In 90
says. being beaten r"guitrlv IN sport yves .
9 univ er~ity r"rut r''"n Tor n"'rcien"N p
harvard doesnt want that rsIut 'IDu.
was made. u had iis results ag,in tn
ve1r. and IN" "hin"e- are Thai a. ~" -"A-"n
year and 'h- 'hancs.~ ar" III = ~" =" l-on- .
roll on cross Coun'ry running will ~. "a
very import In' sport Their"
To induce NOR" men ." com. uur fgr ia" .
gam. the ward of ~" varsity wi> orer.i
90 III" men who might finish IN any "ua
~ n" ,hra" pics AK ,,n-i ~" m We
inter ollcEiat". md ~ oour~" f"r = hun.
pion-hir team IN" very Hr-' - .n...
i-tt.r~ Jldu"-. l"'"e~ md Wilmington
took IN" thru" l"nd'g Eli""- nGtln-t lni"
Again ~ -" intcryoliex'at". 'h" lire"
IN" trouhl. with ~" Harvard team va
want Of haIan"" Ih"~" thr"" ,n"u w"r"
star, AMI with two more az! Wh'-r'. near
thorn would np,e clean" ~ Cornell ~
n" itha"nn- after scoring ih"'r first TIRE"
men. :. ,? ant \. MAKING u poIr's rE"ir-'
newt TWO in - ana - AMI Harvard
n~,t two were y and 3" There ah"r" 1t
comes in and that's cornell
Vale did a lo' better against Harvard IN
NE iniercoll"xiatn run than u dii m ~" dual
rae" with the rimson Their" Nd- dr.
rrenc. 81 only points he'n""n tr.-"
cams at Princeton Eleven point wa-
he margin IA the dual run HarvIr! inning
7 - 10 81 ~ tn" INTERCOLLEGIATE" race.
,ray and ase got the varsity letter DVsr"i
% any Val. men finishing IN the :5T-; ta.i,"
iaynor of Vale missed u by three SIMS II
second lie vas that far behind Putnam
u Cornell. who finished twelfth karnor
Sa. thirteenth last year and TINS was hi-
hSt chance. 10 get the letter "a Crp-s-"oTn-
~ Who shall say ihnt 81 - not = hrodoo
lumber
u - iarly that m" run will l." hold here.
Iff"i At -om" plaC" vhcr" m" conditions WI
20 mor.. GaN orubl" Perhaps ,.Vgr ~ $50"
ier~nns -aw the run They went over to
~. u b.cau4. It was there. for the crowd
sa- on hand for III. football gam" ~"
ale Princeton crowd dIJn much to
make u Enthusiastic for al" wha t.ird AMI
sI,th Bu' tho run. which -
ehl mans size sport, aaa oyershtiow"t