The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-19
NOT A DECIDING FACTOR
FIELD COAL ROBBED OF ITS PLACE
 IN GAME.
Change in Count From Four Talliea to
 Three, Brings About the ChanGe-Play Stfll &Dectacular.

VIII the field goal decide as many football games this autumn as 1t did a year ago ?AGridifon scientists the coun- try over are giving thought to the ques . tion. In view of the fact that the powers that be- in footbau codifying deemed 1t advisable last winter to re- dnce the value of both drop and place kicks to three points instead of four, change in gpidiron warfare seems imminent. Indeed. it appears a possi- btlity that fewer matches will be won this year by the leather twtrfing be- tween the uprights. The fact, however, that the scoring value of the play has been reduced one point robs 1t of much of it's effectiveness.
 Last season two field goals netted eight points. Hence. if the eleven blessed with an accurate kicker could stave off its opponents attack with only one touchdown resulting, the pair of field goals would win the day. Un- der, the new scoring ruies. however. points. 1t will take three successful boots to down the eleven scoring lone touchdown. And two field goals will only tie the team carrying the leather across ths final chalk bar and kicking the extra point That such a depre- citation in the scoring worth of the play will tend to its Comparative disuse. seems probable.
 that were won by the fiefd goal the statistics are astonishing. Prominent among them Is Harvard's defeat of Yale. when Kennard made his now ea- nous drop kick. Then field goal was responsible for the overthrow of Princeton by Dartmouth. Many vic tories were achieved by the Carlisle Indians through the four-point medium. the aboriEines possessing xickers Of il. On more than one occasion the toe of Allerdice saved Michigan. Among the smaller colleges q like condition of affairs prevailed. Vorhfs of Penn several games. and Frank Mount Pleasant, the former quarterback. played havoc with Dickinson'sA oppo. nents.- The minor matches won by the field goal are too numerous for men, ton.
 And then this seasons crop of toe artists does not give promise of com- ing up to the standard of the 1908 gall axy. Kennard will probably not play for Harvard Sherwin of Dartmouth, has been graduated. Wheaton. of Yale. is notvsa baclts feld coachl NorthcFoft. captain of last years Navy eleven. and Allerdice has kicked his last goal for Michigan, while Balenti and Thorpe will likely not play with the Indians. Jack Means has been graduated from nell.
 However, a few stellar booters arc left. Larry Vorhis of Penn State, who defeated Cornell in 1907 with two field goals, will lead his team this year. Another Keystone State combination that promises to boast of a capable toe artist this autumn is the University os Pennsylvania. In Thayor the Quak CTS have a capable performer. He gave signs of real worth last year in prac tice, and his work is now showing to advantage. When the red and blue opened their season 1t was Thayor's toe that added three points to twenty garnered against Gettysburg.
 Cunningham of Princeton, showed last year that he has kicking ability, and will very probably pc developed along these lines. Captain Coy. of Yale. was responsible for a four-point score in the 1908 Brown game. and should help out the Ellis in this depart ment Moore of Corneri. kicked 6 goal against Pennsylvania last Thanks giving Day and will probably be used for this phase of the Ithacans' attack.
 Everything taken into consideration. however, and present indications do not point to such general and sue. cessful use of the field goal as the 1903 campaign developed, there may be Ia. tent talent among the candidates as yet unearthed. and. such being the case. several surprises may be sprung.