Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-08

vania had made eleven Of It's surplus points
by means Of trick play. Hence when We
substract and find the remaining points are
IL to IL, we are inclined to eagerly watch
Pennsylvanla's schedule when we read:
october 2s, Chicago at Chicago" "Novem-
ber H. Michigan at Philadelphia and we
are led to wonder IL Pennsylvania can pull
both OF these games out Of the fire. This
question Is all the more relevant when we
remember that cid Michigan beat Chicago
last fall by a score Of u to II.
The phenomenal part of last years records
was the great lesson given by individual
players. We refer to the unusual hckers of
the Harvard, Chicago and Wisconsin, teams.
Haugtlton, Hirschberger and ODea are
kckers who must be remembered Nas the
best and greatest OF any season since foot
ball became a recognized college sport
o'Dea, while probably not the equal OF
Hirschberger in running and distance punt
ing yet he punted to better advantage be.
cause he punted high and always placed the
ball within reach of the end rushes
Haughton's kicking was invaluable for this
reason, that he had the knack of putting
the ball high enough in the air so that his
whole line could be with Il when it reached
the fullback. His kick was so phenomenally
high that few men could catch 1t. AS
result in the Pennsylvania game alone he
won 256 yards Of clear ground, gained by the
recovery by his end rushes of high punts
muffed by the Pennsylvania backs. This
alone was enough to insure Harvard vic
tory. Hirschberger Is in O. class by himself
as kicker 1t Is enough to say that once in
the Pennsylvania game he punted the ball
from Chicagos fifteen yard line to Penn
sylvania's twenty five yard line without any
wind in his favor and when the ball vas
caught by the Pennsylvania back 1t was
still travelling toward the Quaker goal on
the fly. This punt OF over seventy yards
without wind Is beyond comprehension.
This seventy-yard punt was Of little value
to HRS side, over and above the ordinary
kicker, because the ball travelled so far ana
so fast that the end rushes could not get
within thirty yards of the back who caught
the ball. II Hirschberger had been told
to give up ten yards of his distance for the
sake of thirty feet more elevation he would
have had even then a long punt for distance
and one that would have been dangerous
to handle. His kicking was ineffective, but
did not need to be So And so it seems
that the successful teams last season were
those that combined a good system of run
ming the ball with kicker who was able
to punt in such a way as to let its rushes
get down under the kick, and so we see
that the best and most successful game Is
still from kicking the ball, whence foot ball
derived its name.
Tom Cooper of Detroit who has been seen
here and in Council Bluffs several times, is
the professional champion bicycler of 1899.
Cooper has been after this cycling champion
ship for four years, and has just succeeded
in capturing the title. His victory was some
what of a surprise, as was the close score
of the years races, together with the sec
ond of Kiser. The champion was naturally
looked for elsewhere. owing to the poor
showing of this pair last season, and on ac-
count of their sickness.
The two leaders will go to France next
year to win new laurels and more coin. The
following table is the way the leaders stand