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Show FIVE GREAT COACHING BRAINS Either Robertson or Moakley Likely to Be Chosen U. 5. Olympic Trainer BY l)in.N SNYDER. , A lot of brain. goes into college athletics. But thi year's coaches are working1 j overytime 'trying to turn out winning' limber for the S. Olympic team. I Here are some of the best men In I the business. j Bill Roper's mind turns m'ostly to football, while tho other four have' brought out wine of the best Antwerp possibilities of the year. a FltxpatrlcH is on his way to Enc-, land with the Princeton Tiger' star track squad, where they are to com-' pete against the cracks of Oxford unl-1 verslty on July $. I Princeton Abroad. I This will eliminate the bejt balanced' team which, ever wore the oranco col-j ors from the Olympic tryouts and from the world, meet unl&uj special arrangements nro made to include them later. But right now thro seems little hope that this will be done, j The other three Lawson Robertson j of Penn. Jack Moakley of Cornell ai.d, B. .Martin of Penn State aro In the! limelight ae selections for the L S. coach of the Olympic tefem. It Is almost a certainty thut ietherj Robertson or Moajiley will'get theJob. j Either of them Is a worthy, man for the honored position. When MoitKley was approached on the subject he looked thoughtful and replied: 'i "Well, 1 have not given the mattcr much consideration, but if the com-, mlllee wants me to fill the position. ' why, of course, 1 could not very velr afford to overlook the honor. 1 don't think they could go wrong In selecting! Lawson Robertson. He Is a great! coach, a man with a big heart, and1 the fellows would all like to have him; watch over their training while, abroad." ) And when you mention the aub-j Ject to Robertson, he Immediately begins be-gins passing back bouquets to the Cor- nell mlraclo coach. Robertson says:' There's Jack over there He Is an older man than I and deserves the place. Moakley Is one of the few greati coaches of the present day. He has developed some wonderful men." Rivals but Friends. A talk with these men cannot help but give tho impression that what each says of the other is true. Every year they pit their teams against each other on the track paths. They know each other's systems and methods of training men to get the most from them. They produce new stars from year to year. Penn's victory in the intercolleglales makes Robertson loom big on the horizon as the probable selection of tho Olympic committee. Ho Is a big athletic fellow. His life interest Is coaching. Recently he has become samera shy. but he slipped up in this case and the lens caught him tn a real close up. The selection of the 17. S. Olympic coach will not be made until after the tryouts in July, according to Gus Klr-ly Klr-ly head of tho committee. TY work of the coach In charge of the American boys will be very light until the team reaches Antwerp. But once on tho scene of tho great gamea lie will have a strenuous week, for it is in this short time that the Yanks must acquire the final edge for the struggle with the flower of Europe's athletes. But either Robertson or Moakley will be capable of doing the job as It should be done that Is, with the "Jack Pershing" punch. |