The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-30

Every scason-and this is nc excep-
tinn-the new stars of the football
armament shoot at Some of the records
that have been made in the other days
of the gridiron sport, Football has
progressed in tie last few years. Every
thing has been done to speed up the
gui:e and bring about the greatest abil-
ity In every player. Yet only a few of
the marks set by the old-tlmers nave
been fractured. All of which would in
dicatc that the boys of u generation
ago knew quite n lot about this up.aEG-
at.cn pastiine.
The drop-kickers have a new mark
TO bCOt ut this season. II was made by
Mark Payne of Dakota Wesleyan, who
drove u dropped ball over the goal
posts from tie C3-yard line in the game
against Normal last fall. This achieve
mcnt Of rayLe's fractured the seven
tc~cn-yea!~clR mark of 81 yards made
b. Pat O'Dca of Wisconsin against
Northwestern. puyne'S kick wasn't OF
the n-ke order. 1t was Il clean hoist
that sci.t the ball we'll over the cross
Lar and directly in the center, although
be shot froiG "A different angle.
Three gacn are tied for third place
honors ia the drop-kicking line, with II
credit of 80 years. They are: j.. V.
Cowliug of Harvard, who made his
mark against Princeton in 1888 j. l..
Duffy, (Alichisaa 1S9l) against Cor
rcll .. ". Wilcox, (ManSiicid, Pa,
Normul) against Wyoming.
Hasall's Record Remains.
j. r. HaXall Of Princeton made n G5-
yard placement kick against Yale in
lSS2, which Is tie record for thai sort
Of scoring. J.. l.. Davis OF Dickinson
placc-kickcd IS yards against Pitts
bLrgh in 1908 while TIE third place
hogurs are divided by W. G. CrOwell
(Swurthm"re l9ui) and Fred Bcnnion
(Utah l9Ol), who booted the placed
ball for ~ yards.
Tie longest touchdown run, was
made ny G.. :. McCua If Lafayette. o.
October II 1903, while playing against
SWIrtEWgrc, McCaa'S team got the Ian
on downs Il few inches lrpn its OWE
line. The bah was passed TO McCUi
back If his OWE line and Ec ran the en-
tire length OF the tcld-llG yurds-fOl
II ~tourhiown. This record probably
viii last FOR all time, rs the rules size
lave been changed which limit III,
length of the field Ia 100 yards. G.. &
GarcN of Ohcrlin ran 100 yards through
the Cornell linc On October 10. 1905
willie third place Is given to Erchurt %
], diana, who made Il lrS-yard run
against Iowa In 1912, Walter Ecker
sails lCC-yard sprint for Chicago OF
November 20, 1904, following the Wis
cor sin kickoff gives lin fourth pluc,
aia,ug tie lonG-run boys.
james DE Hart of Pittsburgh carve'
for hiIAself Il niche In the hail of fam,
last year. He got II puutcd ball iiv.
yards behind his own goal line and RAJ
1t thrCLgh "A broken field for II touch
dowl-the longest run that has bee.
radc since the l0O-ynrd field has bee.
In effect. John Barrett Of Washing
ton aLd Lee got II Cornell kick-Cn CE
yard back Of his own line urd iiamedI
ately raced down and across the Ithac
goal lire.
ID. 5. Murphy Of the ChrlstIa
Brother college holds The record for
u with an intercepted forward pass
He sLatchcd the ball on his own got
line when II was passed by one CT IN
Southern Illinois college players AN
ran 1t the full length Of the field for
score
Many Great 3ooters Now.
A study Of the football records show
that the Lcw style football has deve
oped many great drop kIckcrs. TIE
years or 50 ago not much attention W!
paid to this department. II was COZ
sidered baby tactics for "A team
try for u field goal when 20 to 90 yarC