South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-01
RECORD KICK IN
FOOTBALL MADE
BY WESTERN MAN
Mark Payne Sends Pig Skin 63
Yards, But Little is Said
Because He's Not With
Big Eleven.
Rv Frank G. Mcnlze

NEW YORK. Nov. Mark Payne
fractured all existing records by kick
ing a goal from field from the 50 yard
line, but you haven 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 Wes-
leyan, instead of for one Of the al
legged higher institutions of learning
in the east.
What difference does it make what
team a man plays with if he performs
such an amazing stunt? ? Isn't II just
as hard for a man on a small college
eleven to boot a ball 63 yards as it is
for a player on a big eleven?
Nothing Flukey About Kick
II was in the Dakota Wesleyan
Northern Normal game in Aberdeen,
S. D.. on Oct 16 that Payne. dropping
back 70 the 63 yard line-some say 1t
was the SO yard line-caught the per-
feet pass of his center, poised himself,
dropped the ball even as enemy lines
men were hurting themselves at him,
met il on the rebound with a swing of
his mighty right boot and sent the ball
emy's goal.
Payne's daring trick surprised every
person who saw the game. When he
dropped back of the line. it was fig
ured 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 him.
ticeable niche.
Payne's Kick Beat O'Dea's.
Payne's kick beat by one yard that
memorable boot executed by Pat
O'Dea, the great wisconsin player
the man who ranked as one of the
most wonderful kickers in the entire
history of the game. 1t was made on
Nov. 25, 1898 in the game against
Northwestern. Some who saw that
boot claimed that it was only a 60
yard hoist, but the officials ruled that
the ball dropped on the GO yard line,
and O'Dea got credit for a 62 yard
drop kick. which remained as the rec
ord for It years. until quiet, unas-
Stunning Mark Payne, the minor
Lacquer" made it 63.
on Nov. 80, 1882, J. 7. Haxall OF
Princeton. kicked a 65 yard goal from
placement in the game against Yale,
but placement kicking and drop kick
ing 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 over
the bar from the 5S yard line on Nov.
%, 1905.
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 ]. V. Cowling and J. f. Duffy.
Cowling playing for Harvard in
game against Princeton, Nov. II,
1883. made a drop kick from the 50
yard line, and j. +. Duffy of Michigan
tied that mark when he kicked a field
goal from the 10 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 Prince
ton. 43 yards against Yale, Nov. Is,
1913.
Carl Woodward Of Tulane univer-
sity tops the list of modern goal
from placement kickers. on Nov 1,
1913. in the game against St Louis
university, ne kicked a goal from
placement from the as yard line
against Harvard on Nov. 1. 1911, r. J.
Brown Of Rochester, kicked from the
AZ yard line against st. Lawrence Oct.
Z. 1911, Charles Brickely of Harvard.
made a placement kick for Harvard
against Princeton, Nov 2, 1912, and
HOBBY Baker kicked from placement
for Princeton from the as yard line
against Holy Cross Nov. l, 1913.