The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1921-01-08
Notre Dame Star Proclaimed
Greatest Hurler of Season.
Other Remarkable Feats Mark
ed Years Play.


ed Years Play.
The longest forward pass thrown last
tall which was caught and carried
through to a touchdown was hurled by
that mighty player of the Middle West,
the late George w. Gipp of Notre
Dame, who threw pass As yards down
the field to Barry, who stood behind
Northwestern goal line. Northwest
ern opened the game aggressively with
a perplexing array of dazzling forward
| passes.
Came At Finish
These, however, Notre Dame regular
ly beat to the ground. George Gipp did
not come into action until the fourth
period of the game. He Immediately
slgnalized his entrance into play by
opening UP terrific fusillade of for
ward passes against his opponents.
| NOtre Danes system depended upon
! the ball being thrown to a certain spot
and the ability of the receiver to out
run the defenders and take the pass on
| the spot.
Paul Cashier, also of Notre Dame,
has the honor of having thrown the sec
ond longest forward pass-4O yards.
Leading Forward Passer
The most successful forward pass
| thrower in the United States, measured
by results, has been Harry Workman of
Ohio State, whose passes won two great
games. In the game against Wisconsin
Ohio State obtained the ball on a punt
81 yards distant from their opponents
goal line, and with only four minutes to
play. Opening up a forward pass at
tack, Harry Workman threw first one
| type of pass and then another, carrying
he nj he Ga1I H.,
of rs yards to Gaylord Stinchcomb
scored a touchdown in the last four
seconds of play, which won the game.
Again, week later, Harry Workman,
with only four seconds to play, stood
with the ball on his 48-yard line with
the score Ohio State 0, Illinois O. Here
Workman threw a long forward pass
from the extreme end of the 40 yard
line diagonally across the field to the
other extreme end of the 18-yard line to
{. E. Meyers, who caught the ball and
dashed across the goal line. Time ex-
plred at the precise instant that Meyers
foot touched the goal line. By that
touchdown Ohio State not only won the
game but won the championship of the
Middle West A most amazing COM
b1nation of time, tine men, the place and
the ball in the annals of all football
To accentuate the versatility of the
late George w. Gipp of Notre Dame, let
it be remembered that he is the PLAYER
who as a freshman kicked a goal from
the field from 81 yards, the second long
est goal in all football
Longest Run From Pass
When we seek for the longest run
from completed forward pass we find
Donald Mclean of Williams in first
place, with a run of IS yards through
{ al 1CI al
with the second longest run from a
completed forward pass also achieved
against Columbia, but with him on the
second platform stands a companion
sharing the honor.
In game replete with brilliant for
ward passes from all formations and in
all manners, Boynton, standing upon his
own crossbar, displayed his confidence
i'll his art by throwing a short forward
pass of Is yards to Mclean, which the
latter cleanly caught. Racing straight
shifty foot, Mclean passed every Co.
lurnbia man and scored. A few mo-
ments later he duplicated the perform
ance for a run of IS yards, thus within
the space of five minutes achieving the
first and second national records for the
feat.
The longest run off an intercepted
forward pass, 90 yards, was made by
O. @. Oden of Brown against Spring
field. Springfield began the game in a
manner that filled Browns followers
drive down the field, threatening the
Brown goal, but fumbling or tackles ter
minated each. Toward the close of the
first half Springfield again was thun-
dering forward to its opponents goal
Runs and forward passes had carried
the invaders to Browns Is yard line
and Springfeld's hosts with thumbs
down were calling for the dispatch of
the Brown team. Civolette fell back
and threw a forward pass intended for
Walters, but at this point 0. G. Oden
intercepted the ball and instantly was
off on his long dash, which terminated
in touchdown.
Blocked Kicks Aplenty
No play in football is more thrilling
than the block of a kick, the recovery
of the ball and run to touchdown. The
familiar and exhilarating sound of the
blocked kick lends excitement to the
exploit like the explosion of a cannon, is
an integral part of the attack. The sea-
son of 1920 presented a return to the
block kicking assaults which have not
been in vogue owing to the neces-
sity of weakening the defence to all the
forms of attack which Unexpectedly re-
suit from kick formation. This year,
however, tacticians have taken advan-
tage of the weak protection given
punters and have blocked kicks right
and left. fore and aft, with frequency
and effect.
The longest run achieved by any
player capturing a blocked kick was
made by J. P. Cheeves in the game of
Georgia VS.. Alabama. 1t was 81 yards
in length and is doubly respondent be-
cause it won the game.
Alabama at the time was leading, and
was about to increase its score by
drop-kick against Georgia. Cheeves, a
quarterback in a desperate attempt to
avert defeat, leaped through the center
of the Georgia line. Wechel, however,
a guard on the Georgia team, beat
Cheeves to the Alabama fullback, and
blocked the kick. Cheeves seized the
ball and leaped into the long flight of
81 yards down the field for a touch
down and the game.
Fifty yards intervenes between
Cheeves performance and that of his
nearest competitor for first honors,
Handy of North Carolina made the sec
ond longest run of this character-32
vards-against South Carolina. This
run a1os won the game in which it oc-
Cured