El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-01
KICKS COAL FROM S. YARD LINE
WHENISA TOUCHDOWN NOT ONE?
Some Football Gossip by Menke Who Tells When Mark
Payne Fractured AL Existing Records and When
the Touchdown Of Washington and Jeffer
son Against Yale Failed to Count.
BY FRANk G. ,lENkE.

Jew YORK. Nov. Mark Payne
N fractured all existing records by
= kicking a goal from the sS yard
lire. but you haven't heard much about
it simply because Mark doesn't go to
Yale. or Princeton. or Harvard
Payne's accomplishment Is the most
wonderful in football history; yet. his
marvellous feat has been almost over
looked. because some persons regard
him as a minor Lacquer simply be-
cause he footballs for Dakota IVES
1eyan, instead Of for one of the al
legged higher institutions Of learning
in the east
What difference does il make what
team a man plays with If he performs
such an amazing stunt2 Isn't it just
as hard for a man on small college
eleven to boot a ball 63 yards as Il
is for a player on a big eleven2
Nothing FIukey About Kick.
It was in the Dakota Wesleyan
Northern Normal game in Aberdeen. 5
D. on October 16 that Payne, drop
ping back to the So yard hne-some
say il was the 65 yard line-caught the
perfect pass of his center, poised him
self. dropped the ball even as enemy
1Inesmen were hurting themselves at
him, met il on the rebound with
swing Of his mighty right boot and
sent the ball soaring over the cross
bar OF the enemy's goal
Payne's daring trick surprised every
person who saw that game When ne
dropped back Of the line, il was figured
that he might Try forward pass or
punt A drop kick2 No, he never
would try that. The distance was too
far. the wind was against him, Dut
Payne tried and he succeeded, and by
his success he has carved for himself
in footballs hau of fame noticeable
niche
P,vne,s Kick Beat O'Dea's.
Payne's kick beat by one yard that
memorable boot executed by Pat IDEA.
the great Wisconsin player. the man
VINO ranked as one Of the most wonder
fuI Izfckers in the entire history Of
the game II was made on November
% 1898 in the game against North
western Some who saw that boot
claimed that Il was only go yard
hoist but the officials ruled that the
ball dropped on the 81 yard line, and
O-Dea got credit for 81 yard drop
kick which remained as the record
for L years until quiet, unassuming
Mark Payne, the minor Lacquer" made
On Nov. 80. 1882, J. T Hsxan. OF
Princeton kicked a IS yard goal from
placetOn in the game against Yale, but
placement kicking and drop kicking are
entirely different matters.
J. p. Davis. OF Dickinson, got second
place in the list Of goal-from- place
ment kickers by shooting the ball ove-
the bar from the IS yard line on Nov
%. 1905. from the IS yard line
Other Famous kicks
Payne's trick puts him first in the
list of drop kickers, placing ODea
second and leaving third place tied
by J. V Bowling and J. f. Duffy
Cowlins. playing for Harvard in game
against Princeton. Nov II, 1883, made a
drop kick from the s. yard line, and
J. F. Duffy, Of Michigan, tied that
mark when he kicked a field goal from
the % yard line in the game against
Cornell Nov. q. 1891
The best drop kicks during 'the past
few years, with Payne's eXcluded, were
executed by Harold Pumpelly. Of Yale.
40 yards against Princeton, Nov. 16
1912. and HOBBY Baker. OF Princeton,
43 yards against Yale, Nov Is, 1913
Carl Woodward Of Tulane university
tops the list OF modern gOaI-from-
placement kickers- On Nov. !. 1913. in
the game against st. Louis university,
he kicked a acknowledgements from
the As yard line against Harvard on
Nov. ]. 1911. r !. Brown. Of Rochester,
kicked from the A yard yard line
against St Lawrence. Oct Z, 1911;
Charley Brickley, of Harvard. made
placement kick for Harvard against
Princeton. Nov. 2. 1912, and HOBBY
Baker kicked from placement for
Princeton from the IS yard line against
Holy Cross, Nov. !, 1913