Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-11

Every season--and this is no excep.
tion-the new stars of the football
armament shoot ut 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 nbil-
ity In every player. Yet only u few of
the marks set by the old-timers have
been fractured. All Of which would In
dicate that the boys of generation
agO knew quite lot about this up-and-
at-'em pastime.
The drop.kickers have new mark
to boot ut this season. 1t was made by
Mark Payne of Dakota Wesleyan, who
drove dropped ball over the goal
posts from the G3-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 fuke order. 1t was Il clean hoist
that sent the ball well over the cross
bar and directly In the center, although
he shot from different angle.
Three men IRE tied for third place
hOnOrs In the drop-kicking line, with Il
credit Of So years. They are: j. v.
COwling Of Harvard, who made his
mark against Princeton In 1888; J. Il.
Duffy, (Michigan 1917 against Cor
nell; o. w. Wilcox, (Mansield, Pa,
NormaD against Wyoming.
Haxall's Record Remains.
j. 7. Haxall Of Princeton made a g.
yard placement kick against Yale In
1882, which Is the record for that sort
OF scoring. j. p. Davis Of Dickinson
place-kicked 50 yards against Pitts
burgh In 1906 while the third place
hOnOrs are divided by w. G. CrOwell
| (Swarthmore 1904 and Fred Bennion
(Utah 1000, who booted the placed
ball for 55 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 few inches from Its 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
a 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. c.
Carey of Oberlin ran 100 yards through
the Cornell line on October 10, 1908
while third place Is given to Erehart OF
Indiana, who made 1OS-yard run
against Iowa In 1912. Walter Ecker
sails 106-yard sprint for Chicago on
November g. 1904, following the Wis
cOnsin kickoff gives him fourth place
among the lOng-run boys.
James De Hart of Pittsburgh carved
for himself niche in the hall of fame
last year. He got a punted ball five
yards behind his own goal line and raj
1t through broken field for touch
dOwn-the longest run that has beer
made since the 1O0-yard field has beer
ton and Lee got Cornell kickoff ont
yard back of his own line and immedi
ately raced down and across the Ithaci
goal line,
ID. ). Murphy Of the Christian
Brother college holds the record for ,
run with an intercepted forward pass
He snatched the ball on his own goa
line when 1t was passed by one of th'
Southern Illinois college players ant
ran 1t the full length of the field for |
score.
Many Great Booters Now.
A study of the football records show
that the new style football has devel
Oped many great drop kickers. Tel
years or so ago not much attention wa
paid to this department. 1t was con
s!dered "baby tactics for a team t.
try for field goal when 20 to 80 yard