Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-26
SHOOTING At OLD RECORDS
MARKS SET BY ANClENTS
GOAL OF MODERN PLAYERS
Few rr!~rs OF To- TN. Aisle 10 ErRr-
ture Stnrd! Accomplishments
OF uN-t.Onc Ern.

Every sca""n--and this is n" cA;
rapti"n- tic ncw stars OF III. football
ornament shoot at some u the records
That have boon made in the other days
OF the grdiron sport. Football has
progressed in the last few years.
Everything has been dunc TO speed up
est ability in every player. Vet only
= few Of the marks Sc, by Tn: oih,
which would indicate tiiat the boys OF
generation ago knew quite lot
''b0u, this upland ,'em pas,imc.
The drop kickers hay" had :, new
mark to boot at this season I; waA
made b. Mark Payne, of Dako;a
Wesleyan. who drove dropped ban
threc-%ard line IN the game against
Northern Normal last fail. This
achievement Of paync'a fractured the
Yards. made 10y Pat p'Dea. of Wiacon-
I'm, agains; Northwestern. payns's
kick wasn't of The luke order; II was
Il clean hoist that sent thr ball well
over the cross bar and directly in tn"
center although he shot from differ
cnt angle
Three men arc tied for third place
honora III tho drop-kiclins liue. with 4
credit OF hfty-;ive yards They are
!. V. Cowiing, OF Harvard, who made
!. l.. Dumy michigan. lS9D. against
Cornell; q. ". wilcox tMansncld, Ia.
Normal. against Wyoming.
j: T. liaNali, Of princeton; made
siAty-hvc-yard placement kick against
Yale in lsS:, which is tho record foi
tina, SCR, 81 scoring. j. T.. DAYS. "
Dickinson. placed kicked hfty Gig ht
Yards against Pittsburgh In 1905. while
The ,hird plaGS, honorA arc divided by
and Fred Bennion tttah, 1900, vino
booted the placed bail for ff,y- i've
yards.
The lonEcs, touchdown run was mad"
by G. :. McCau, OF Lafayette. on DC
,ober IL. 1909. Will" playing against
Swarthmorc. Means team got The
"A
onn line. The ball was passed to
Mccan back Of his own line aud ne
ran the entire length Of the Held, no
Yards; for a touchdown: This record
probably viii last for all time. as the
rules since have been changed wnich
limi, the length Of the neid 10 100
yards. g. G. Grey. Of Oherlu. ran los
cards through the Cornell linz on pc
tbber 10. 1905. while third place is
given 10 Erehart. Of Indiana, who nlauc
iOs-yard run against Iowa in 1872.
Waiter Eckersails i"b-yard sprint for
ins the Wisconsin KICK -otf, gives him
fourth plac" among tn: iOnH-run boys.
General rla.ers Holds Record.
james de Hart, of Pittsburgh carved
Fame las, year, lie got a punied
ball i've Yards behind his own goal
line and ran II through a broken ii"ld
Tor touchdown, the longest run mat
mas been made since The lVU-Xhrd field
has bcen ii, effect John Jarrett. Of
Washington and Lee, got Cornell
tick.or one yard back OF his own lin.
and .umed.;,,cly rae,J down ana
across tho Ithaca goal Inc .
Erothcr College. hollis IN. record Tot
ran with an intercepted forward
pass lie Suutched the ball on has owl.
-oa, line, when !, w:s passed ~. ono Of
thc Southern Illinois College players.
and ran IT the fuu length OF ,he fic!d
4 study Of the football RECORDS
shows that the new STYLE, football hu-
LoNeloped many great drop hlei:ers.
Tao ,..str mr. III m "a fem
ton was paid TO this department. II
Was considered ''bab.,. tactics Tor 4
twenly tc iii,y yards from tie cncny's
..pal line Tlt.t va. tn. era when
beef and bra" prevailed; Wien mos
teams sconeu At scoring "a h,!d goal!
whiic Zen rhe rcr!o,e>t chanc. re-
tuA4.1 for a touch! Town.
But new football. which has made
III. game one whe,, fast, trck? but
j GIN .neu prevail has devciored punt-
ing mn drop kickinS TO the hithesi
io.N a.e made Tor Geld goals wher. on,
Nm ma: ~ ne byson. A" ~ TEX iis,tt,.
are being registered.
During 1915 exactly forty h.ld GOAL:
from the forty yard Inc OF better were
made That is almost a. !nany as were
accomplished in tci. years by the old
iuers Who used ~, !" scpinmass her s,,
sr G ;o-9I Ei BOO, r to6x ;hS WIS lis,
distance kickers for 1915 Wi!coX FOL
lows with his nifty fve yard wnliap
Guernsey, u AZ. W 40 49,
three wards against princeton. - third
j. l.. Cody. OF Wander ii;: :. Ewing o
Penn state, ana {. Parker. OF DUBUQUE
are tied for fourth place with hftN
vard kicks Parker. by the WAY, boot
cd two nom ,hat distance. The other
slip down from forty-ciGNi yards. b.
= /. Puitz. OF rurlue. 10 fourteen kic!:
from tho iorty-yard line made by play
cr-s in different sections % the country
Ana from the Way the coachiDS per
sous talk aud the dopestcrs dope. on
IS led TO believe that the day OF kick
iur has Just begun: that what wa
conc in 1918 won't be anything re
n1arkahle in comparison with wha
viii he accomplished ill., approaching
scasons