Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
Moro Kicked During 1914 Than In
ANY Previous Year-Several Re.
suited In Winning Game.
cAHALL, OF LEHIGH, THE STAR
Boots the Leather Over the Uprights
Ten Times-Complete Record
showing Taliies From Dropkick
and Placement.
BY PARKE ii. DAVIS,
frinceton Member intercollegiate Foot
ball Rules COmmI ttce.

ing the return OF the continuous line
attack, characterized by an unbroken
chain OF first down and frequent touch
uo~hs, both by the losing as we'll as the
( winning side. there were an unusual
scoring was confined wholly to goals
from The field. Those games were
ilaSer ~; ?; Lebanon smsr,n W ndr o.
( Michigan. 8; Michigan Agriculture
{ College, o.
& D,terbein. 3: Cincinnati, o.
Z itoiia. .. Missouri, o.
= Virginia Polytechnic Institute. 3:
North Carolina Agriculture and Me-
+ chanic. o.
! Virginia Polytechnic institute. 3:
Virginia Military Institute. ..
( wesleyan, 3; Bowdoin, Q.
Wesleyan, 3; Trinity. 0.
Williams, 3; Vermont. o.
tElualy numerous are the games In
which a field goal. added to the other
hcore. gave the excess OF victory. Many
victor OF Il clean score by a goal from
me field. and only n very few elcvcns
oa a. he found which AT one time or an
spicuous exponent Of this latter class
was Yale. which, although possessing
marvellous field goal battery in Aims
worth Knowles and Pumpciiy. did not
Kick a goal from the field during the
season. because, probably, their playing
LILLY was opposed TO this method Of
scoTing except In an emergency. which
IN their games did not occur.
More Goals From Distances.
IN the second place. more goals were
kicked from extraordinary distances
& man In any previous season Prior TO
I Lyi5 only eighteen goals had been
E9nd of which thirteen we're by drop
hicks, and The remaining nvc wcrc from
basement ,i..S Last fall two players
and both were 10y dropkicks. rhes.
& men were. r. :. Cusack, OF New York
+ nnn,versl,,y. who made his goal against
( nnemnseilaer, and II; l.. Cotall. Of Notre
4 nanc, who scored his goal against
b Carlisle. Separated only By a single
!afn Is INC record goal from placement.
nam. az Denver. against Wyoming.
In Tie third place. for the nrs, time
~ many years more goals were kick ed
r pS ,1r95p e than from placement. the
three phenomena are cSplicablc by ono
ma me same circumstance. For sew
e ar years past young boys have been
practiclng alone kicking goals by drop
KICKS, merely rs a pastimc and rccrca-
non. just as some boys practice shoot
ing al mark with gun; AS II result
some phenomenal dropkickcrs have de.
Nelopcd. and now those men are en-.
tering college. The next few years
promise still greater feats in the field
goal art.
Three Men SHIRE Honors.
mo honor OF having scored the
sFe shsrsd number am Of goals II one fane
gan. OF Nebraska, kicked three goals
from placement against Iowa. T. Free
man. OF Rolla; kicked similar mum
Der against Missouri, and r. b. Ma
combcr.t Of Illinois, similar score
against Ohio state
Reyersins our viewpoint. 1t appears
that rhc team which saw the greatest
number Of field goals pass over ita
own crossbar was Ohio State. against
which seven goals were kicked. Pen
sylrania state and Muhlcnberg are in
second place. with an adverse record
Of four field goals.
The greatest number OF goals dur
ing the season was kicked by w. c.
Cahall. of Lchigh, who has record of
+ ten successful dropkicks. L. l.. Lamb.
Of Pennsylvania State and V. II, Hal
ors, with records of seven goals, each,
3 all from placement. Third place is oc-
i curied by f.; r.. Macomber, of Illinois,
with five goals from placement
Those who desire to pursue an analy-
sis farther Will md much Of interest
OF the past season.
Field Goals From Dropkicks.
80 yards-Cusack tNew Yorr univer-
sity) vs.. Rensselaer,.
80 yards--Ii. l.. Cofall (Notrc Dame)
VS.. Carlisle.
IS yards-c. w. Tandy North Caro-
a yards-W. NJ. Rosekranz fUnion)
vs.. Rensselaer,.
a yards-p. Do windt (w'niams>
~ yards-W: c. Cahall Lehigh) VS..
AZ yards-c. ]. Lanshoff est. Mary's)
AZ yards-E. A Donahue CIV Id
VS.. Swarthmore.
~ N yardsIA sr, Porter SA5lzonal VS..
Il yards-J. F. Miller tspring,e itr;
VS.. Massachusetts Agricultural College.
) 40 yards-R. Harvey Virginia POLY
technic Institute) VIZ. King
Z 40 yards-R. Harvey Virginia Poly-
technic 1nstitutc) VS. Harvey.
40 ynrds-w. C. Cahnll Gehi~h) VS..
IF e NJ.
|. 40 yards-F. NJ. Tibbott (Prlnceton>
q vs.. Dartmouth.
I 40 ,yards--H. P. Tallman (Rutgers)
5 40 yards--E. ]. Abrahamson Haw-
rence) VS.. Ripen.
/ 40 yards-R. l.. Jones Of. & NJ VS..
Swarthmore.
IS yards-L. L. Splawn (AIichigan) va
/ IS yards-E. w. Mahan (Aarvard)
IS yardswB. C. Law tPrinceton> vs..
81 yards-Neil tMichigan) VS.. Penn
81 yards-IrwIn Heise est Johns,
We Catholic Univcrsity.'
! So yards-C Il. Hastings (Pitts-
burgh) VS.. Cornell.
IS yards-A Erehart (Indana) VS..
80 yards-Garrett twestern Mary
| land) VS.. Lebanon
4 Brown.
I 81 yards-G. E. Ruffner (Maine) VS..
50 ynrds-C. 8. Jones tMidd,ebury)
rs st. Lawrence
81 yards-C. f. Hastings {Pittsburgh)
vs. Pennsylvania State.
81 yards-W. c. Cahan dehigh) vs.
80 yards-c: e. Hastings pitts
burgh) VS.. w: J.
80 yards-L. l.. Splawn (Michigan)
! -. De PAW e''
80 yards-L. L. 'splawn (Micbigan)
VS., Vandsrbilt. p
80 yards-E T. Bustis (wesleyan)
vs. Trinity.
| ys. New York University.
80 yards-H. p. Tallman (Ritgers)