The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-01
PAYNE MAKES
RECORD KICK
Dakota Wesleyan Player Boots
Ball Over from the g.
yard Line.
BEATS ODEA BY YARD

New York. Oct a.-Mark Payne frac-
tured all existing records by kicking a
goal from field from the e3-yard line, but
you haven't heard much about 1t simply
because Mark doesn't go to Yale. or
Princeton. or Harvard.
Payne's accomplishment is the most
wonderful in football history; yet. his
looked, because some persons regard him
as a minor Lacquer" simply because he
footballs for Dakota Wesleyan, instead
of for one of the alleged higher insti-
buttons of learning in the East.
What difference does IL make what
team a man plays with IL he performs
such an amazing stunt? Isn't IL just as
hard for a man on a small college
eleven to boot a ball 50 yards as 1t is for
a player on a big eleven?
Nothing FIukey About Kick.
It was in the Dakota wesleyan-North-
ern Normal game in Aberdeen, S. OAK.
on October 16. that Payne. dropping back
to the e3-yard lIne-some say IL was the
e5-yar6 line-caught the perfect pass of
his center. poised himself. dropped the
ball even as enemy hnesmen were hurl-
ing themselves at him. met II on the re-
rebound with a swing OF his mighty right
boot and sent the ball soaring over the
crossbar of the enemy's goal.
Payne's daring trick surprised every
person who saw that. game. When he
dropped back of the line. II was figured
that he might try a forward pass or a
punt. A drop kick No. he never would
try that. The distance was too far. the
wind was against him. but Payne tried
and he succeeded. and by his success he
has carved for himself in footballs Hall
Of Fame a noticeable niche.
Payne's Kick Beats O'Den's.
Payne's kick beat by one yard that
memorable boot executed by Pat O'Dez.
the great Wisconsin player-the man
who ranked as one OF the most wonder
full kickers in the entire history Of the
game. II was made on November q.
1895. in the game against Northwestern.
Some who saw that boot claimed that II
was only a 6o-yard hoist, but the officia
ruled that the bail dropped on the g.
yard line. and O'Dea got credit for a g.
yard drop kick. which remained as the
record for seventeen years until quia'
unassuming Mark Payne. the minor
Lacquer" made II sixty-three.
On November 90. 1882. J. T. Haxall. OF
Princeton, kicked a S-yard goal from
placement in the game against Yale, but
placement kicking and drop kicking are
entirely different matters.
]. p. Davis. Of Dickinson, got second
place in the list OF goal-from-placement
kickers by shooting the ball over the
bar from the 5s-yard line on November
q. 1895.
other Famous Kicks.
Payne's trick puts him first in the list
OF drop kickers. placing O'Dea second
and leaving third place tied by J. v
bowling and J. f. Duffy. Cowling. play
ing for Harvard in a game against
Princeton, November Il. 1883. made a
drop kick from the 55-yard line. and J.
E. DUFFY, OF Michigan. tied that mark
when he kicked a field goal from the %
yard line in the game against Cornell
November q. 1891
The best drop kicks during the past
few years. with Payne's excluded, were
executed by Harold Pumpelly, Of Yale,
- Yards against Princeton, November 10,
1872. and Hobey Baker. of Princeton, 4
yards against Yale, November 10. 1913.
Carl Woodward. Of TULANE University,
tops the list of modern goal-from-place-
ment kickers. OH November l. 1913. in
the game against ST Louis University.
he kicked a goal from placement from
the 4s-yard line against Harvard on No
vember l. 1911. r. ]. Brown. OF Roches-
ter, kicked from the F-yard line against
ST. Lawrence. October Z, 1911. Charley
Brickley, of Harvard. made a placement
kick for Harvard against Princeton.
November ., 1872. and HOBBY Baker kick
ed from placement for Princeton from
the s6-yard line against Holy Cross. No
vember /, 1913.