The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-11-27
81 TOMMY CLARK.

A tho football season grows older
~ u bccomcs more evident that
"A tho field goal on which the
- rules committee lowered tho
scoring value last winter. continues
70 win gnmes FOR The big and small
olovenH. Early In the season COM
mon comment among ardent dcvotccs
of tho popular autumn sport had it
that tho play would fall into disfavor.
However. such Is not tho case II
many recent games won by booting the
ball can be taken as criterion the
pretty play whereby the leather spins
between tho upnghts Is decidedly In
favor thin season Apparently tho re-
ductlon OF one point IN is tallying
value has not reduced itE worth In tho
minds of the coaches and their charges.
When tho value OF the field goal was
reduced from four points TO three fol-
lowers Of the popular college sport
were inclined 10 believe this move on
the part OF tho rules committee would
discourage fieid goal kicking and even
tunliy do away With ono OF the original
features OF the game. This does no,
seem 20 be the case. for one has only
20 cite the games which have been won
by a single field goal since tho adoption
OF Instances seeming defeat or tic
wns turned into a victory FOR some
eleven by q well placed field goal when
all other means Of gaining ground and
scoring points had failed.
Tho fact r. granted that II IL the
ambition Of most OF the teams this sea-
son 20 try Tor touchdowns. but when
two teams are so evenly matched that
"a To he ff 0tnl
line then other means arc employed 10 |
register points. which is the field goal |
process. Then. again. there are many |
teams that consider IL great honor to |
score upon Some big eleven. and TO |
accomplish this end they Try every |
means possible to attain this ambition. |
and In cases OF this character the field |
goal kicker Is called into commission.
IL r. improbable TINT the decreased |
value OF the deld goal viii tend TO dis
courage this feature Of the game. and
IL is only reasonable 20 believe that
ncld goal kicking VIII continue 70 hold
It's original position In the game and
that coaches viii continue TO develop
players who show an aptitude in this
department.
A little further attention 10 field
goals might be interesting. Tho recent
statement that the change was made
because II was ncld goal last season
that defeated Yale In the game against
Harvard may be taken with grain OF
salt
Goals from field have been increasing
so rapidly that leading gridiron experts
had been suggesting for more than two
years the change in the scoring sys-
tom. IT T. possible that there Will be
more field goals kicked this season
than thero were last The tendency TO
score In this manner IS strong. and not
few opportunities were given up last
year which VIII be taken advantage of
In 1909
IL was hcady work on the part Of
Prlncetons Geld general and the clever
toe Of Cunningham that saved the Ii
gers from being played TO scorcless
tic by Fordham university at Princeton
recently With but a few minutes left
10 play In the second half of the game
Princeton recovered the bail on n FUN
BILE Cunningham WAS called upon 20
drive the oval over the crossbar for the
three points that meant saving his
team from the irnomluy OF a tic with
supposedly weaker eleven. and he was
equal 20 the In *
Moreover. proof positive that the IT.
ger coaches had determined upon the
field goal 20 save their charges was re-
hccted In that Cunningham cssayed
the play twice shortly after the begin
ming OF the second half but failed
Gorgan OF Fordham also tried to re-
cord a trio OF points FOR his team by
the neld goal medium.
The field god was also responsible
for preventing a no score game being
plnyed by Michigan and Case. Aner-
dice captain OF tho Wolverines. de-
featcd Case by bootinE a successful
place kick from the thlrty-five yard
line after a Ions run by Lawton had
carried the ball within striking dis
tance. b
Alvestor OF Rutgers caused three a
points 10 be chnllscd against the Navy's $
record by HIS field goal Captain To- n