The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-11-30

Every SeaSOn-and this is no eXcep-
tiOn-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 the last few years. Every
thing has been done to speed up the
game and bring about the greatest abil-
ity in every player. Yet only few of
the marks set by the old-timers have
been fractured. All of which would in
dictate that the boys of generation
ago knew quite lot about this up-and-
at-'em pastime.
The drop-kickerS have new mark
to boot at this season. 1t was made by
Mark Payne of Dakota Wesleyan, who
drove a dropped ball over the goal
posts from the 63-yard line in the game
against Normal last fall. This achieve
ment of Payne's fractured the seven
teen-year-old mark of 62 yards made
by Pat O'Dea of Wisconsin against
Northwestern. Payne's kick wasn't of
the f1uke order. 1t was clean hoist
that sent the ball well over the cross
bar and directly in the center, although
he shot from a different angle.
Three men are tied for third place
honors in the drop-kicking line, with a
credit of SO years. They are: ]. V.
Cowling of Harvard, who made his
mark against Princeton in 1888; J. E..
Duffy, michigan 1S91) against Cor
nell; O. w. Wilcox, (Mansfeld, Pa,
NormaD against Wyoming.
HaxaII's Record Remains.
J. T. Haxall of Princeton made Co.
yard placement kick against Yale in
1882, which is the record for that sort
of scoring. J. p. Davis of Dickinson
place-kicked So yards against Pitts
burgh in 1905 while the third place
honors are divided by w. G. CrOwell
(Swarthmore 1904 and Fred Bennion
(Utah 1904, who booted the placed
ball for So yards.
The. longest touchdown run was
made by G. S. McCaa of Lafayette. On
October Is, 1909, while playing against
SwarthmOre, McCaa's team got the ball
on downs a few inches from it's own
line. The ball was passed to McCaa
back of his own line and he ran the en-
tire length of the field-110 yards-for
q touchdown. This record probably
will last for all time, as the rules since
have been changed which limit the
length of the field to 100 yards. G. G..
Carey of Oberlin ran 100 yards through
the Cornell line on October TO-, 1908,
while third place is given to Erehart Of
Indiana, who made a 10S-yard run
against Iowa in 1912. Walter Ecker
sails 106-yard sprint for Chicago on
November 26, 1904, following the Wis
consin kickoff gives him fourth place
among the long-run boys.
James De Hart of Pittsburgh carved
for himself a niche in the hall of fame
last year. He got a punted ball five
yards behind his own goal line and ran
it through a broken field for a touch
down-the longest run that has been
made since the 100-yard field has been
in effect. John Barrett of Washing
ton and Lee got Cornell kickoff one
yard back of his own line and immedi-
ately raced down and across the Ithaca
goal line.
D. j. Murphy of the Christian
Brother college holds the record for a
run with an intercepted forward pass.
He snatched the ball ION his own goal
line when it was passed by one of the
Southern Illinois college players and
ran it the full length of the field for a
score.
Many Great Booters Now.
A study of the football records shows
that the new style football has devel-
oped many great drop kickers. Ten
years or so ago not much attention was
paid to this department. 1t was con-
sidered "baby tactics for a team to
try for field goal when 20 to so yards
from the enemy's goal line. That was
the era when beef and Drawn pre-
vailed; when most teams scoffed at
scoring a field goal while even the re-
hottest chance remained for touch
down.
But new football which has made
the game one where fast, tricky but
light men prevail has developed punt
ing and drOp-kicking to the highest
possible standard. A dozen attempts
now are made for field goals where one
was made in the bygone days. There
fore, many iong-distance drop-kicks
are being registered.
During 1915 exactly 40 field goals