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New York. Oct. :5.--As the foot
ball season progresses the. teams Of
big universities OF both the cast and
middle west are finding II moro dit
ficuit each wcek to keep their score
states clear. fine was when tho
colleges forming the pig Six" and1
zig Nine" felt that their excutch-
eonh mad been blottod II the eievea
Of o miaor isstitution scored upon
their team. With the coming OF the
so-caiied open 9amc conditions chan.
Sed. SCORING against Yale. Harvard
ana Princeton in the east and Michi-
saa. Minnesota aad Chicago In the
middle west IL no longer uncommon.
In most cases. however. the score =
via the aerial route and 10 duc moro
to the personal kicking ability Of one
player than to tho team - . whole.
During the early part OF tho pres
cnt season such soosss were freNusat
ami tho manner IN which tho little
teams were scoring On the biz varsity
elcvenx led to . d3srusston At q uni.
vsisity club ~ to thethes the modern
Kicker wss more proficient In his par
teiaiar rart Of football play than in
tho past. u vas the eonaensus Of
opinion amonx the many former foot.
hnii stars present that. while the
ability of the average colleec drop
kicker hud advanced. tho famous
punicrs md kicksrs ~ the paat were
10 no danger ~ hostns the laurc;s to
which their briilisat performances
entitled them. E +.
IN crder to prove their contention
The old-timcrs quoted some authcn-
ticated field rosis scored from drop
and piaecueat kieis that startled
tho youngsters about the table. T.
was aGvccd TINT tho s:-yard drop
Kick field soai made by Pat O'Dea
Of wisconsin. IN the game with
Northwestern In 1898. formed the
record FOR thia method Of scoring.
while ). r. Haxail. Of Prtnceton. held
the record for . goal placement with
mis- G5-yard score against Yale in
1889. }. v. cowilnE. of Harvard.
was credited with . ss.yard field
goal in the same with Princeton In
1893. and J. T. Duffy. OF Aichisan.
with q similar feat against Cornell
In 1891. Getting down to usoasra
tis,es IN football play records. were
psoducea 70 show that Joha Dewitt.
the famous Prinectoa EuaSd and
kicker. word two s9-yard placement
field gcsis In 1909. one against Yale
aud the other against Cornell. Just
TO SHOW that such fcats nfc OCCASION
ally accomplished In the present
Rnmc. tho case OF II. A. Puu,uclly Of
last years Yale team was cited. His
Sensational feat OF tying the scosc
for Yale in the Princeton game OF
tsl: with a irop-kick goal Of is-
yaards. puts him we'll up In the list
Of xucecsafui field goal scorers Mt nm.
nsuai distances. Goals from, both
placement and by drop kick Of As
yards and less arc comparatively
common. The records show that
Alex Morfat. Princeton: q. Caproa.
Minnesota: James Thorpe. CariiAls
Indian SCHOOL: W. q. Crowell,
swarthmorc: q. A. wstkinson. Yale:
}. =. Dalton. Navy: d. ". Trsfford.
Harvard and W. II. Erkcrsall. Chica-
70. alt have scored not one. hut many
field goals from distances between
10 and u. yards.
With the international play for tho
Davis tcnais cup assured FOR this
country IN 1914 there Ia already con-
siderable rivalry between BOSTON,
New York. Philadelphia and Chicago
for the matches next season, and q
keen contest II expected when tho
matter comes before the National
Lawn Tennis Association in February
rhc i.ongwood Cricket Club. near
i,oston. where tho last challenge
rounu for toh cup was played in this
country ana which resulted in an En-
Eitsh victory Is Understood TO he nm
active bidder for the matches Of 1914.
The CreEcent Athletic Club Of Brook-
lyn. where Davis cup matches wero
played In 1909. n again in the field
FOR the big event next year. whilo