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the country. The east adopted II and
J. r. De Witt OF Princeton, became
the first great place-kicker Of that
section. In 1901. 1902 and 1908. De
Wits piace-kicking caused trouble
for all the teams on the Princeton
schedules.
Pete Houser. Carlisle, Is probably
the. greatest place-kicker ever devel-
eped. He mastered the art, and with
the cooperation Of his teammates.
became a constant scoring asset for
the Indiana. , -
p. j. ODea, Wisconsin, was a
great place and drop-kicker and Is
credited with the longest drop-kick
and place-kick from scrimmage ever
made IN America. O'Dea dropped a
goal against Northwestern from the
63-yard line, He made placetkick
from the 5s-yard line against Illi-
nois.
= Pafke H. Davis, Princeton, 'gs. now
d weII-known lawyer IN Pennsylvania.
has complied a record OF goals made
from drop and place-k.cks in Is
series Of games. u begins with east
ern games of the '70's and includes
also few teams OF the west. This
list shows lab goals In important
matches. 49, - s&- 6-
-, The eastern teams are credited with
,124 goals and the western teams with
2f. Fourteen. eastern teams, however,
are considered In this list and for
period OF 35 years. Three western
team are considered. covering 10
years. This gives the eastern teams
about onequarter of goal per team
per year. II gives tho west a little
more than half a goal per team per
year.
The fact brought out by this COM
pi!ation is the prevalence of kicking
in western football
The first great innovation was made
by Lorin F. Deland, Harvard man
and a student of military science.
who took pleasure In applying the
rules Of war to football and with much
the same results. for his flying inter-
.fguratiyely. and sometimes
actually, killed so many that the
rules committee abolished il.
Deland originated the flying
wedge whereby two sides OF wedge
at top speed In the center
OF the field. tore at Its scattered OPP
ponents and split them wide open.
The west has contributed the other
and they are used today
and are known from coast to coast
The first great development was
the direct pass by the center to the
kicker Before 1895 the ball. when
put into play. for a run or kick, In
yariably passed through the hands
OF three men. The quarterback took
the ball from the center and passed
II 10 the kicker or runner.
When passed for kick in this
manner the play was slow and dang
crous, and because of the frequent
Nv blocked kicks, discouraged a kick
ing game.
I. The rules contained the provisio
that the ball must be touched by
three men before II was legally In
play. This apparently prevented di-
rect passing.
But at Illinois university they evad-
ed this by having a player stationed
iust back and TO the side OF the CEN
ter, coaching him 10 make the pass
direct to the kicker, and this player
lust "ticked" the ball as II passed.
This saved time, and worked so
we'll that a general demand from the
vest for the removal OF the subter-
fuge, resulted in the rules being
, hanged to legalize the direct pass.
-k arot diract mass In game
came when Illinois met Wisconsin.
Eullback Hotchkiss waited until the
safety" man was playing close and
then. jumping back, suddenly called
for the ball, getting Il on the direct
pass. and punting far over the WIS
consin man head. dashing down the
Aeid aud putting men ''on side. i
An Illinois grabbed the ball ana
ent over for touchdown. The rules
nroyided that the Kicker cot> "a his
,sau mates on side and secure the
sall by rushing down field TO point
even with the ball Hotchkiss did
this.
George Huff. then as now. athletic
director at Illinois. sat on the side
lines and chpckled over the success
OF the play.
The direct pass has made the kick
ing game possible. II Is more difhcult
IN block and elves the offensive side
one more man TO protect the kicker
or TO 90 down the neld wi'h the punt
Disp.tene. from. Ceiumbur this morn
ing said that Ohio state was favor-
ite over Michigan.
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