Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-30

duce the valueSof both drop and place
kicks to three points instead of four.
change in gridlron warfare seems i'm.
minent. Indeed. it appears possibili-
~ that fewer matches will be won tnis
season by the leather twirlmg between
the uprights. The faci, however, that
the scoring value of the play has been
reduced one point robs 1T of much eff
fectiveness.
Last season two field goals Detted
eight points; hence IL the team blessed
with an accurate kicker could stave
off it's opponents attack with only one
touchdown resulting the pair of field
goals would win the day. Under the
new scoring rules. however, with the
field goal yielding but three points. 1t
will take three successful boots to
down the eleven scoring n lone touch
down.
When one goes over the list OF games
that were won by the field goal the
statistics are astonishing Prominent
among them is Harvards defeat of
Yale. when Kennard made his now
famous 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 medi-
um the abori@tneS possessing kickers
of rare excell,uee in Thorpe and Ba-
lent. On more than one occasion the
toe of Allerdice saved Michigan.
And then this seasons crop Of toe
artists does not give promise of COM
ing up TO the standard of the 1908
galaxy. KenDard will probably nos
play for Harvard. Shorwin of Dart
mouth has been graduated. Wheaton
of Yale is DOW a back f"id coach.
Northcroft, captain OF last years navy
eleven. and LANCE have completed
their courses; Balenti and Thorpe VIII
likely not play with the Indians; JacE
Means has been graduated from Penn
sylvania and Caldwell from Cornell.
However. few stellar kickers are
left. Vorhis of Penn State who de
feated Cornell in 1907 with two field
goals. is leading his team this year.
Another keystone State combination
that promises 10 boast of capable
toe artist this season is the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. In Thayer the
Ouakers have a capable pert former
He gave signs OF real worth last year
In practice aud his work is now show
ing to advantage When the red and
blue opened their season it was Thay
ers toe that added three points to
twenty garnered against Gettysburg.
Cunningham OF Princeton showed
last season that he has kicking ability
and will very probably be developed
along these lines Captain Coy of Yale
was responsible for four point score
I'm the 1903 Brown game and should
help out the Ellis in this department
Yale has another good one in Hobbs
In recent game against the Spring
field II. S. be kicked six goals. Moore
of Cornell kicked a goal against Penn
sylvania last Thanksgiving and will
probably be used for this phase Of the
Ithacans attack.
Allerdice. Michigan's captain. won a
victory from Case with his toe. The
blond captain kicked a field goal late
in the second half, thereby scoring
Michigan's only points of the game.
Mol of Wisconsin and McGovern Of
Minnesota are two other stellar artists
In booting the leather between the
/ sticks.
Everything taken into consideration
I however mud present indications do
not point 10 such a general and sue
cessfui use of the field goal as the
1908 campaign developed there may
be latent talent among the candidates
MS yet unearthed. and. such being the
case several surprises may be sprung.
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