New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-04
THERE ARE NO
QUITTERS,SAYs
JACK MoAKLEY
Famous Cornell Coach.
Athletes Friend, Ridi-
Cules Yellow Streak.
By JAMES :. O'NEiLE


"a don't think there's any such ,hirs
as a ouitter?" vss the exrcr. opinion
of Cornelrs veteran track coach. Jae.
Noakley. a, the Cornell Club yesterday
afternoon.
Monkeys rema-As on the subjee, O,
the yellow streak came as an after.
ma,h to a discussion OF the wonderful
amount Of interest in athletics Of all
sorts the Cornell student body is nov
showing. Moakley has 5j8 men regis.
tered for the track alone. OF these he
has brought 35 &c the indoor intereolls.
gates.
~ report is spread about that such
and-such a fellow rs yellow. I've been
seventeen years a, Cornell I'm lsty.
two years old now; took Up track s,h.
letics at sixteen and | don't believe
tales OF the yellow streak. is always
,hat a man u lazy or isn't interested
sufficient y: hasn't enough ambition. Is
nervous. or doesn't realize his own abi.-
ity. Given time. coach can take
man and show every every one that The
fellow l. not gutter
IN the seventeen years the veteran
has been coaching al ithaca he has eon
six Intercollegiate and fourteen intfr-
collegiate 'cross-country Championships.
lie has evolved methods that are stand.
ing the test Of time As q resul, Cornell
has 55e men out FOR track work.
Moakley's eyes g.eamed behind hn
glasses as he told OF his reclamation
OF a quarter-miler reprtcd 10 be yei-
low. As matter Of fact. exp aimed The
white haired coach. all ne man lacked
was confidence and realization Of his
own ability. Inclined I'D be hypo-
chondriac. he was cured and became a
star when Noakley used the time-old
device of getting doctor 10 administer
dummy pills.
Monkey method Of coaching il 20
get a. close a. possible 20 1.-THE boys
as he calls them.
"That Is the main thing. try 70 get
close 20 al Of them. Most Of my best
friends from the track are fellows who
never made varsity team. rs bosh
10 call college students men. They're
BOYS. and try 10 be . boy With them.
At the same time. try 10 cater 20 their
individual dispositions, 10 the Nanltie'
that all boys have, and ! try 10 help
them ind themselves. ! look - their
spirits and characters rather than 81.
their physiques. try TO use psyeho!'
ogy
Give me the pluggcr type every time,
in preference 10 the natural athlete.
The plugger develops most because he
thinks out everything he's told. Tho
4. In..nff have think
or. al least. he thinks h. doesn't have
10. But the plugger gets them. Tho
great runners in the end look like dUbs
at the beginning"
Noakley was enthusiastic about The
general interest in all forms 81 a'h-
letics now being shown az Ithaca. Tho
fires Imam military drill, which gron
more strenuous year by year, BE- partly
responsible for the increased activity
Of many frst-yoar men. Only 100
freshmen are excused from drill for
athletics.
All the other classes. however may
substitute for physical education 81
the drill ard calisthenic type any sor,
of exercise they may select. suCn IS
going out for an athletic team. shat
ing. hiking or any form Of exercise.
Since physical education is compp'-
sorry all four years, the effect BIS f'a'
most OF the students elect some forn
OF athletics.
Noakloy has several attractive feat
ures 90 draw mon TO the trace. one
is his individual il 'ruction. lif
gives up his morning 20 helping can.
didates who happen % have sparc wo-
ments from their studio. Afternoois
he divides the men ln -GUads, and is
thus better enabled 20 watch them.
Weekly practice meets arc held. lff
runners are divided into \ y &. aff
sometimes ID classes. and Noaklcy sp-
peals 20 the innate craving for rccog
milton that every boy has By having
the names Of the winners published
in the Cornell DAILY Sun"
"They all like 70 have everybody
know what they are doing. II They're
divided into classes no fellow viii b,
entirely outolassed, and each has :
chance 20 win sometimes Every fe'-
low likes a chance and isn't dishesr'-
ened so easily az II he were IN too
fast company"
To supplement- the practice meets .
novice meet will be held the first week
In April. For this even, Noaklcy e.
poets 200 more candidates
'I have a good team the coach re-
piled 10 a question o. whether he *
pected 10 win the intercolleg 90.
night. Beyond this. the statement
that u is an evenly balanced aggroga.
ticn, and a recountal Of tho stars Of
the squad, Noaklcy would not ycntur,
"If Cornell won folks might asy !
was too chestv." he explained.