Evening star., 1919-12-01
RODGERS LEADER IN
FOOT BALL SCORING
W. Va. Captain Tops All In
diViduaIs-Centre in Van
for Team Points.

Although Capt. Rodgers of West
Virginia, in his final game on Thanks
giving day. added only one point to
his total. he finished the foot ball
season in the lead in individual
scoring. Rodgers total is 147. Capt.
"Bo" Mcmillan of Centre College kept
close to Rodgers throughout the sea-
son. but Rodgers retained the lead.
Critics say that Mcmillan can do
everything that Rodgers can and one
thing more-kick well--but Mcmillan
Is not so much the whole Centre team
as Rodgers in the whole West Nir-
ginia outfit.
Weaver, Snoddy. Roberts, Bell and
others came in for much of Centres s
scoring and McMillan's total did not
outdistance theirs enough to give him
the leadership over Rodgers. For one
thing. Rodgers booted most of West
Firginia'S goals from touchdown,
while Mcmillan, who can kick better
than Rodgers, scored no field goals
for Centre. That little item amounted
to more than the margin by which
Rodgers led Mcmillan.
World Record for Weaver.
Weaver can kick better than McMil-
Ian and drew the assignment of boot
ing Centres goals. That he can kick
remarkably well is proved by the fact
that he finished with forty-siX straight
goals from touchdown, establishing a
world record.
Due to the failure of southern corre-
spondents to report properly Centres
final game, McMillan's exact total is
not known. 1t is known. however,
from a dispatch from Louisville. that
Mcmillan did not pass Rodgers, de-
spite the seventy-seven point spree
against Georgetown. Mcmillan last
week had a total of 101 points.
The season of 1919 failed to develop
anything very sensational in the way
of field goal kickers. Boote of yes
ieyan leads the list with seven, while
link of Amherst is second with hVe:
Conover of Penn State. Shiverlck OF
Cornell and Goodale of Stevens scored
four field goals each.
Centre Cops Teams HOnOrs.
Centre College maintained it's stride
through the final game of it's foot ball
schedule and finished we'll in the Lead
in team scoring. In the last game OF
the season, which was played against
Georgetown (kyD College on Thanks-
giving day, the Colonels ran wild for
"a points, which was about the num-
ber expected. But. strange to relate.
Georgetown scored as well-once. A
poor pass by the Centre gave George
town a chance to recover a tumble in
clear field.
Centre finished the season with ASS
points and had only % scored against
L. =
downs and one field goal. Indiana got
the field goal on the Colonels. while
Virginia. West Virginia and George
town obtained touchdowns. King of
West Virginia failed to kick the goal
from the Mountaineers' touchdown.
No eleven in the United States was
able to prevent scores against it, and
only four-Centre College. Stevens,
Harvard and Notre Dame-were un-
beaten. Stevens, which experienced
the best year in it's history, came
nearer to a scoreless record than any
other team. No eleven was able to
carry the ball across the Stevens goal.
the scores coming from a safety by
Stevens in favor of Rhode Island and
a field goal by N. Y. U.
Ohio, which remained unbeaten until
it's final game, had a notable record in
scoring, suffering only II points
against it's record. Michigan obtained
a field goal for three of these points,
While Illinois scored nine of them in
in the last contest of the season and
took the game and the championship
from Ohio. 1t proved difficult for the
opponents of Washington and Jeffer-
son to score. but two of them did-a
single touchdown each-and both of
these two nosed the Presidents out of
close games. Pittsburgh defeated the
Red and Black eleven by to 6, while
West Virginia won by to 0.