The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-25

! die west are finding 1t more d1fhcult
/ each week to keep their score states
| clear. Time was when the colleges
forming the 'tBig Six'' and big Nine"
felt that their escutcheons had been
blotted If the eleven of minor tnsti-
tuition scored upon their team. With
the coming of the so-caIled open game
conditions changed. Scoring against
Yale, Harvard and Princeton in the
east and Michigan, Minnesota and
Chicago in the middle west is no long
er uncommon. In most cases, how
ever, the score is made via the aerial
route and is due more to the personal
kicking ability of one player than to
the team as a whole.
| During the early part of the present
season such scores were frequent, and
the manner in which the little teams
were scoring on the big varsity elevens
| led to a. discussion at university club
as to whether the modern kicker was
more proficient in his particular part
| of football than in the pastl 1t was
the consensus of opinion among the
fmany former football stars present
! that, while the ability of the average
college drop-kicker had advanced, the
famous punters and kickers of the
past were in no danger of losing the
| laurels to which their brilliant perfor-
| mances entitled them.
In order to prove their contention
the old-timers quoted some authenti-
Gated field goals scored from drop
and pIacemen kicks that startled the
youngsters about the table. 1t was
agreed that the 62-yard drop kick
field goal made by Pat O'Dea, of Wis
iconsin, in the game with Northwestern
lin 1898, formed the record for this
method of scoring, while j. T. HaxalI,
of Princeton, held the record for a
goal from placement with his SIS yard
score against Yale in 1882. =. ".
Cow1ing, of Harvard, was credited
with SIS yard field goal in the game
with Princeton in 1893, and j. E.
Duffy of Michigan, with a similar
/ feat against Cornell in 1891. Get
ting down to modern times in foot
ball play records were produced to
show that John Dewitt, the famous
princeton guard and kicker scored two
so yard placement field goals in 1902,
one against Yale and the other against
cornell. Just to show that such feats
are occasionally accomplished in the
Il present game, the case of II. A Pum-
peIly of last years Yale team was
II cited. His sensational feat of tying
i the score for Yale In the Princeton
! game of 1919 with a drop-kick goal
4 of 40 yards, puts him well up in the
| list of successful field goal scorers at
| unusual distances. Goals from both
placement and by drop kick of As
yards and less are comparatively com
mon The records show that Alex
sofa; James Thorpe, Carlisle Indian
school; w. G. Crowel1, Swarthmore;
G. A. Watkinson, Yale; J. P. Dalton,
Navy; B. w. Trafford, Harvard, and
w. H. EckersaH, Chicago, all have
scored not one, but many field goals
from distances between 35 and 45
yards.
With international play for the Da-
Wis tennis cup assured for this coun-
try in 1914 there is already consider
able rivalry between Boston, New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago for
the matches next season, and a keen
| contest is expected when the mat
ter comes before the National Lawn
Tennis Association in February.
The Longwood Cricket Club, near
Boston, where the last challenge
country and which resulted in an
English victory, is understood to be
| an active bidder for the matches of
t1914. The Crescent Athletic Club of
Brooklyn, where Davis cup matches
were played in 1902. is again in the
field for the big event next year,
while Philadelphia and Chicago are
anxious for a chance to see tthe In
ternationa1 preliminary or final
matches.
| Judging from present information
the United States National Lawn Ten
1
en- challenges to consider at the an
nuaI meeting to be held within the
next three months. England, Austria
lasia, Canada, Belgium and Germany
are all said to have announced, in an
INFORMAL way, their determination to
challenge. France, Mexico, Switzer-
land and South Africa are also posi-
bilities. The attitude of the Eng
| Iish tennis officials is pessi1nistic,
far as a winning outlook is concern
saying that regardless of their tor
1orn chance, they will send a team to
this country next summer.
The trouble with English tennis at
this time appears to be the lack of
youth and natural playing ability
among the leading representatives of
that country. A famous tennis au-
thority in discussing the situation and
outlook said recently: None of the
present top rankers is a natural gen
ius like Renshaw, Doherty or PIN
Mr.. Parke, like Mr.. Richie and S.
H Smith in a previous decade, has
reached his present position by eX-
pIoitation of muscle and stamina, aid
ed by dogged will. Other expCnentS
of a similar character are doubtless
in the making, and when they ar
rive we shall hail them, as we do Mr..
Parlxe and those who model their
game on his lines, as international
representatives. But, if we are wise,
we shall continue to look for the tai
ent which has the hall mark of youth
and natural ability to commend it."
With the passing of baseball and
football the followers of sport are
turning their attention to forms of
indoor competition popular during the
winter months There is already
much activity evident among the hoe
key players and the indications point
to a season of unusual popularity for
the Canadian game. In those cities
where artificial Kinks or freezing
weather is assured the schedule MAX
ers are busy preparing long lists of
exhibition and championship PLAYING
dates.
Plans are under way for the open
ing of the amateur league seasons in I