Bogalusa enterprise., 1916-11-09

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 a 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 a lot about this up-and-
at-'em pastime.
The drOp-kickers have q 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 e3-yard line in the game
against Normal last fall. This achieve
ment of Payne's fractured the sever
teen-year-old mark of 62 yards made
by Pat 0'Dea of Wisconsin against
Northwestern. Payne's kick wasn't of
the fuke order. 1t was a clean hoist
that sent the ball we'll over the cross
bar and directly In the center, although
he shot from a different angle.
p Three men are tied for third place
honors in the drop-kicking line with a
credit of 55 years. They are: J. V.
Cowling of Harvard, who made his
mark against Princeton in 1883; J. q.
Duffy, (Michigan 1917 against Cor
nell; 0. W. Wilcox, (Mansfeld, Pa,
Normal) against Wyoming.
HaxaIl's Record Remains.
]. T. Haxall of Princeton made a 65-
yard placement kick against Yale in
1882, which is the record for that sort
of scoring. J. p. Davis Of Dickinson
place-kicked 58 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 IS yards.
The longest touchdown run was
made by G. S. McCaa of Lafayette. On
October Is 1909, while playing against
Swarthmore, McCaas 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
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 0berlin ran 100 yards through
the Cornell line on October 10, 1908,
while third place is given to Erehart Of
Indiana, who made 10S-yard run
against Iowa in 1912. Walter Ecker
sails 1C6-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 niche in the hall Of fame
last year. He got a punted baA five
yards behind his own goal line and ran
1t 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 a Cornell kickoff one
yard back of his own line AND immedi-
ately 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 1t was passed by one Of the
Southern Illinois college players and
ran 1t the full length Of the field for
score.
Many Great Booters Now.
A study of the football records shows
that the new style football has deyel-
6ped many great drop kickers. Ten
years or SO ago not much attention was
paid to this department. 1t was con-
s;lered "haby tactics for team to
try for field goal when 20 to so yards