Williams news., 1917-01-04

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 a generation ago knew quite lot about this up-and- at-'em paStime.
 The drop-kickerS have a new mark to boot at this season. It was made by Mark Payne of Dakota Wesleyan, who drove a dropped ball over the goal posts from tho 63-yard line in the game against Normal last fall. This achieves ment of PayI es 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. It was a 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 55 years. They are: J. V. Bowling of Harvard, who made his mark against Princeton in 1883; J. E. Duffy, (Michigan 1S91) against Cor nell; o. w. Wilcox, (Mansfeld, Pa., NorniaD against Wyoming.
 HaxaIPs Record Remains.
 J. T. HaXall of Princeton made 65- yard placement kick against Yale in 1882, which is the record for that sort of scoring. J. P. Davis of Dickinson place-kicked, 5S yards against Pitts burgh in 1905 while the third place honors are divided by w. G. Crowell Utah 19O4), who booted the placed ball for 55 yards.
 The longest touchdown run was made by G. S. McCaa of Lafayette. On October 15 1909, while playing against Swarthmore, McCaa's team got the ball on downs few inches from it's own line. The ball was passed to McCaa tack 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. c. Carey of Oberlin ran 109 yards through the Cornell line on October 10, 1908, while third place is given to Erehart of Indiana, who made a 1O8-yard run against Iowa in 1912. Walter Ecker- sails 1O6-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 punted ball 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 1OO-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 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.
 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. It was con- sfdered "baby tactics" for a team to try for O field goal when 20 to 50 yards