Evening star., 1936-05-30
CORNELL LOOMS
BEST AT |. c. "A
Leaves Harvard in Ruck in
Qualifying Tests for
Meet Today.
BY ALAN GOULD,
.ssociated Press Sports Editor


HHILADELPHIA, May 30.-The
- dean of American track and
field coaches, John Francis
l. Moakley. held what appeared
TO be the winning hand today with a
balanced, aforementioned Cornell
track team poised to capture the in
tercollegiate A. A A. A. champion
ships for the first time In II years.
The big red array from Ithaca, led
by the stalwart Walter Duke Wood,
outstanding performer in the weight
events, dominated the qualifying trials
yesterday on Franklin Field and re-
placed Harvard as the favorite to win
a meet that has been monopolized for
the previous Is years by teams from
California.
The Crimson, winner of this years
''Ivy League" meet, met with series
of setbacks in the preliminaries, but
its Unexpectedly poor showing was not
the fault of Milton Green, injured cap
tain and all-around ace. Green, in
fact, was the chief factor in saving
Harvard from a rout at the very be-
ginning Of the meet.
Injured Green Scores.
NITH his right leg heavily taped,
w the result of a pulled muscle,
Green qualified handily for the final
of the 110-meter high hurdles and
then virtually clinched first place in
the broad Jump by clearing "a feet
91s inches, foot beyond his nearest
rival.
Had the Harvard weight-toSsers
performed up to expectations, Green's
comeback would have assured the
crimson fighting chance to win the
team title for the first time since
1919. Norman Cahners failed to
qualify in the hammer throw, while
Dick johnson, in the Javelin, and
Malcolm Millard in the Discus, barely
squeezed into the finals. Harvard
then virtually conceded the team race
by withdrawing Green from the third
event in which he was entered, the
200 meters low hurdles.
IthacanS Powerful.
MEANWHILE, Cornell, with Man
A'A haitian College in closest pursuit,
gave an all-around demonstration OF
prowess reminiscent of the days when
the Ithacans ruled the Eastern track
and field world. The pupils of Jack
Moakley, who coached nine victorious
teams from 1905 to 1919, picked up
nine places in eight events, with po-
tential winners in three. This COM
pared with seven for Manhattan, six
for Pennsylvania, five each for Har-
ward and Dartmouth.
Wood showed the way for Cornell
by topping the discus throwers at
158 feet IL inches, which should
clinch first place and five points with
out a struggle today. He also quail
fed second to Dartmouth's cham
pion Tony Geniawicz in the shotput.
Bob Scallan equalled the time of
Eddie O'Brien, Syracuse ace, in the
200 meters dash at 81 8 seconds.
Other Cornell Qualifiers.
TOHN MESSERSMITH registered
the fastest 200 meters low hurdles
trial, 24.1 seconds. Bob Linders In
the 400, John Meaden in the 800. Don
Houpt and Elliott in the javelin
throw, and Grandin - odley, in the
high hurdles. completed the list OF
Cornell's qualif1ers.
With the possibility Of picking up
additional points today in the four
events for which no qualifying tests
were held, the high jump, pole vault
and two distance races, Cornell fig
ured to score close to 80 points. Man.
haitian, with its strength concen-
trated In the foot races, notably the
800, needed the breaks to tally as
many as Is points.