The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-20
OLD RECORDS HOLD
Ancient Football Stars Knew
Great Deal About Game.
Few Marvellous Feats Are Be-
ing Performed Now Days.
BY FRANK G. MENKE

New York, Oct. 20-Every season
and this is no exception-the new
stars of the football armament shoot
at some of the records that have been
made in the other days of the grid
iron sport Football has progressed in
the last few years. Everything has
been done to speed up the game and
bring about the greatest ability in ev-
cry player. Yet only few of the
marks set by the old timers have been
fractured. All of which would indicate
that the boys of generation ago knew
quite lot about this up-and-at-' EN-
pastime.
The drop-kickers have a 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 Northern Normal
last fall. This achievement of Payne's
fractured the II year old mark of 81
yards made by Pat O'Dea, of Wiscon-
sin, against Northwestern. Payne's
kick wasn't of the fluke order. 1t was
a clean hoist that sent the ball well
over the cross bar and directly in the
center, altho he shot from a different
angle.
Three men are tied for third place
honors in the drop-kicking line, with
Cowling of Harvard, who made his
mark against Princeton in 1883; ]. E.
Duffy, (Michigan $3.50 against Cor
nell; o. w. Wilcox. (Manfield, Pa,
NormaD against Wyoming.
HaxaFs Record Remains.
]. T. Haxall, of Princeton, made
6 IS yard placement kick against Yale in
1882, which is the record for that sort
of scoring. ]. P. Davis of Dickinson,
placed kicked So yards against Pitts
burg in 1905 while the third place hon
ors are divided by w. G. Crowell
(Swarthmore 1000 and Fred Ben
Mon (Utah 1000 who booted the
placed ball for SIS 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 entire 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. Grey of Oberlin, ran los
yards thru the Cornell line on october
10, 1908 while third place is given to
Erehart, of Indiana, who made los
yard run against Iowa in 1912. Walter
Eckersall's / 06 yard sprint for Chicago
on November 26. 1904 following the
Wisconsin kickoff gives him fourth
place among the long-run boys.
James De Hart of Pittsburg, 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 thru a broken field for touch
down-the longest run, that has been
made since the 100 yard field has been
in effect. John Barrett of Washington
&. Lee, got a Cornell kickoff one yard
back of his own line and Immediately
raced down and across the Ithaca goal
line.
D. ]. Murphy of the Christian
Brother college, holds the record for
a run with an intercepted forward
pass. He snatched the ball on 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.