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4th from right, in long-sleeves, looks like Jim Thorpe to me.

Notice the final "TI" of TUTTI FRUTTI on the bill board appears on www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2423488900/

Well spotted on both counts swang. Jim Thorpe it is. He's the only one not wearing a club or college emblem too.

As one commenter said in the other contiguous photograph to which you have linked, it looks like there were some more athletes to the right of that photogrpah too. So they may be a third in this series.

It is very fitting that Thorpe is the only athlete not wearing any sort of affiliated clothing. It makes him stand out for the truly remarkable athlete he was.

I always thought Jim Thorpe was a very tall man. I am surprised to see that he is not, compared to the others.

Track coach at Cornell University has accepted the position of track and field coach at the coaching school conducted by the University of ...

New York Times story, April 12, 1914, analyzes the prospects for Cornell Coach Jack Moakley's Track and Field team: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A03E...

I started an entry for him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Moakley John Francis Moakley (December 11, 1863 - May 21, 1955)

Richard Arthur Norton and Wystan: Thank you for the information about Moakley and for catching the date on this negative. We will add it to the record when we update.

See the record for him in HistoryForge for Tompkins County: tompkins.historyforge.net/people/13576 showing him at three different addresses in Ithaca during his career with Cornell.

"Joseph "Colonel Joe" Henry Thompson (September 26, 1871 – February 1, 1928) was a highly decorated World War I veteran, recipient of the Medal of Honor, lawyer, Pennsylvania state senator, head football coach of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, and College Football Hall of Fame inductee." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Thompson

It seems that the photo shows athletes of the soldier team at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris 1919. Among the members were: - Meredith House, Riverside, Cal., 200-metre low hurdles - Fred W. Kelly, Los Angeles, 100-metre high hurdles - R. L. Byrd, Chicago, discus throw - Ed Caughey, Ukiah, Cal., 16-pound shot put (s. The evening world., June 23, 1919, Final Edition, Image 15, col. 1 & 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1919-06-23/ed-...)

Looks to be taken at the same location as:

I hypothesize that both pictures were taken just after the troops arrived back in North America.

New-York Tribune., August 10, 1919, Page 23
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reported that members of the Inter-Allied track team were on the Imperator and due to dock at Hoboken that afternoon.

Norwich bulletin., August 11, 1919, page 1, column 2, half-way down
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confirmed that Colonel Joseph H. Thompson was with them on the Imperator.

Capt. J. A. Praether is J. Allen Praether "special representative (of the Capitol City Athletic Club, Washington), former captain, United States army ... J. Allen Praether, well known in the sporting world here, has been authorized to promote, organize and solicit subscriptions for the capital stock of the new club." (The Washington herald., December 16, 1920, Page 3, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1920-12-16/ed-...)

Edgar R. Caughey was the winner of the shot put, s. The sun., August 11, 1919, Page 9, col. 5 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-08-11/ed-... According to other sources, his name was Reginald E. Caughey, s. e.g. - 'Annals of the Olympic Club, San Francisco', 1914, p. 43: "Reg. Caughey — He is Australian champion in putting the 16-pound shot" archive.org/stream/annalsofolympicc00olym#page/42/mode/2up/ and - 'Stanford: Home of Champions' by Gary Migdol, p. 51: "Stanford LEGEND - Reginald E. "Reg" Caughey" books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA51&lp...