Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-24
By HOWARD 3. CASE.

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BY HOWARD o. CASE.
ITO broaden the scope of clean ath-
letics in Hawaii and to promote an
interest in Cornell
This is the purpose OF the Honolulu
Cornell Club track meet, held annual
| ~ under the auspices Of that organi-
zation. The initial event was held last
year, proving an unqualified success,
and practically every student athlete
of the city, as well as others who
enter unattached, is looking forward
to the second meeting which takes
/ place during the middle of next March.
Early as 1t is, and despite the fact
that the soccer season is in full swing,
arrangements are being made by those
schools in the Interscholastic League
to secure material for the teams which
they will enter. and many bright lights
In the way of track and field. men.
are looming up.
There is to be no interseholastic
track meet in Honolulu this year, SO
| the path Is clear for the Cornell Club
meeting. The several schools in the
league win hold interclass meets,
however. The beautiful cup which Is
the trophy offered by the club, last
year was won by Kamehameha, and
both the Mckinley High school and
Punahou, as well as other schools
which may enter, viii strive to take
it from her this season. According
to the rules governing the meeting,
the school winning the trophy three
consecutive times, keeps 1t, and 1t Is
worthy addition to any collection.
In a letter which Arthur L. AM
drews. one OF the promoters Of the
meeting and an enthusiastic member
of the club, wrote John F. Jack
MoakIey, trainer Of athletic teams at
Cornell University, the former men.
toned the interest which the boys OF
Honolulu are showing in cross-country
running, and asked If he would not
give them some suggestions regard.
ing form and training. Moakley very
kindly responded with few hints,
at the same time expressing his best
wishes for the success of those boys
of Honolulu who are engaged in this
most healthful form Of outdoor exer.
else. .-- rs
OF the value Of these hints there
can be no question. Those who have
watched Mr.. Monkeys work at Cor
nell have long been convinced that,
as trainer of track athletes, he has
had no superior; and since the death
of Mike" Murphy few will have the
temerity to assert that he has an
equal Certainly no other trainer has
had equal success in developing nov
ices into distance runners of the first
class. Until -Moakley became their
coach, the Cornell track teams had &C
complished practically nothing; only
on rare occasions did a man score in
the intercollegiate games. Under his
skillfuI direction, the Cornell teams
have four times won the inter-collegi'
ates and they invariably are among
the chief contenders. 49,
More remarkable still has been the
success of the Cornell cross-cOuntry
teams. Fifteen INTERCOLLEGIATE cross
country contests have been held. and
of these Is Harvard has been victori-
GUS once, Yale once and Cornell 13
times 1t is significant, too, that these
victories Nave been won not by stars
recruited from the small colleges and
the big preparatory schools. but by
men who, before entering Cornell.
were almost or entirely unknown. Tell
Berna. for instance, the present holder
of the collegiate record in the two
mile run and the individual winner &C
an intercollegiate cross-cOUntry con
test, showed almost no promise when
he took up running as a freshman
Ellis Schutt. who held the two-mile |
record before Berna. never put on a
running shoe until he competed in the !
under-class games as sophomore |
Trube. until recently holder of the |
worlds amateur record for the mile |
(4:14 2-5) were "Moakley-made;" as !
freshmen they gave little evidence OF !
their potential powers. This list might
be extended almost indefinitely; it /
would include many names familiar !
to everyone at all acquainted with
eastern collegiate athletics.
Moakley. then, speaks with author
ity. 1t is true that his success has !
not been gained merely by handing