Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06

manager, to Kent,s remark, ssTell Jack to step in here when he comes over
 You mean MT. MoakIey. don't you ?' and it was not a question
 And Mr. Moakley,s none other than John F. Moakley, track coas.., it is all over the campus. In fact, MT.
 Moakley.' who personifies CornelPs athletics and is the outstanding figure connected with them. is one of the
 chief reasons for the new order and
 spirit of life at Cornell MT. Moakley
 has not been dictatoria1 as has been another Cornell coach of longer stand ing and with more wins to his credit, nor has he been soverbearing, or self centered or objectionable as so many trainers and coaches can be- On the contrary, he came to Cornell unknown, met conditions that were absolutely discouraging, used his Irish noodle in sizing it all up, and today, when Cor nell men meet they demand MT. Moak- ley as a speaker, because he and Cor
 nell are one and inseparable, and he.
 best of all. can tell them what they wish to hear.
 When Moakley came to Cornell he had to gain success-if he desired it. by developing his athletes from the student body. Fitted against him were old hands at the business, in cluding Mike Murphy, whose name alone brought stars to whatever col lege he favored with his services. Moakley began his work by interesting the students in coming out for the
 team. keeping up this interest by prov ing he was a square, likeable man who knew his job and the aim of Cor ness in athletics. In no time at all he had future farmers, embryo engineers and plain classic collegians running the legs off of former prep school stars who had been breaking records long before they figured on a college educa- tion- It wasn't long before he and the
 institution were in love with each other so the alumni sealed the troth A nr1 fho fscar r1raI1G
 To be sure, Cornell has had school
 boy stars like John Paul Jones and Alma Richards, on it's track teams,
 but its victories have been won by
 ter, Berry, Poate Munson. HaIstead,
 Berna and Hoffmire, distance runners; Porter, high Jumper; d'Autremont, pole vaulter; Talcoot, Shelton, Star
 kanzler, Pew, Baker and Hooker, weight men, all champions of the track and field, who wore their first spiked shoes under Moakley.
 Moakley is the biggest man who ever came to Cornell in an athletic sense, and he is pushing a lot of the highbrows for the title of most useful citizen He has nearly every boy out for some sport, knows them all by name, advocates clean living and hard study, and means both and believes that his job, and CornelPs, is to fit
 boys for the days work Moakley 0OCSu DCAl0fS lI14L any DOy IS a Qu1L- ter, and he proves it by bringing his
 good qualities to the surface. His policy of having everyone do some ath- letic stunt on the bampus hit the local booze joints in the downtown section pretty hard and at the same time es- tablished an unnamed intramural sport at Cornell in a rather ideal way, even before it was dreamed of by its in experienced and theoretical advocates elsewhere Moakley is a big man do- A 6-hln06Gd dfr,o lxy we'll He happens to be the right man in the right place. and they call him
 MT. Moakley," win or lose
 Copyrighted, 1917, by Sol Metzger.)