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...following article on the development of long distance running in the United States was written by John F. Moakley, track coach at Cornell. Moakley, track coach at Cornell. Moakley, who has trained some of the leading Intercollegiate distance men of the last 20 years and who was on the coaching staff of the last Olympic team, reviews the records of past stars and discusses the chances W. L. Tibbetts '26, Harvard's crack two-miler has of bettering them in this year's I. C. A. A. A. A. meet...
...Coach Moakley last night announced the Cornell entries following a series of trials for places on the squad. At the same time word was received from Ithaca that MacNeil, who won the mile in the triangular meet last year, his been placed on probation and will not be able to compete. The loss of the star Ithacan distance man is a serious blow to the hopes of the Cornell squad. Coach Hillman also announced the Green squad last night...
Cross-country work was commenced yesterday with the announcement to the 50 odd runners who reported at the Locker Building that Dr. W. T. McCarty, who formerly ran and later coached under Jack Moakley, the famous Cornell director, had been secured to coach the Crimson harriers during the eight weeks of the fall season...
Little can be foretold as to the collective ability of the new Crimson four. The men have shown great individual speed and head-work, however, and are expected to put up a stiff fight to the finish with the Ithacans. The latter, under the tutelage of Coach "Jack" Moakley, have been undergoing a stiff course of preparations for the visitors from Cambridge, and, judging from the results shown in the last fortnight, will prove sturdy antagonists. The Ithacans made an unusually good showing at the Syracuse meet last fall and are eager to continue their success...
...revival of athletics at Cornell is proceeding rapidly. Jack Moakley, the track coach, has a squad of over 150 candidates, including a few of last year's men, from which to build up a university team. The track men will probably have the use of the large drill hall, devoted until recent times to training aviators. This hall contains space or a big track, a straightaway, and also for a basketball court and other gymnasium equipment. The new hall, together with the out-door board track, the baseball cage and the Schoellkopf Field will give Cornell an athletic plant equal...