The New York herald., 1922-12-17
George Staten of Ohio Wes-
leyan Ran 105 Yards on
One Play.
CONVICTION TOPS KICKERS
Booted Ten Field Goals Over
Bar, Six Of Them in One
Game.
BY PARKE II. DAVIS.


OF the present type Of game have SO
many formidable elevens been afield,
never have there been so many great
players in the ranks Of all teams. So
widespread Is the art of expert foot
ball play and so thoroughly distributed
are it's mightiest exponents that the
small and inconspicuous teams Of the
country share In the possession Of
few at least of these great players.
Hero and there It must be said is a
minor college team which possesses
greater star than can be found upon
any major eleven, Hence. In a re-
view of this character in which the
exploits of all the players Of the United
States are assembled. classified and
arranged according to the rank OF
their achievements without reference
to the power of their opponents, the
great player of the small team comes
into his right to have his performance
paralleled by the side of, similar
feat of a football comrade on great
team. Let us, therefore. ascertain who
of the country's 10000 intercollegiate
football men have performed the
greatest exploits in the various classes
of expert football play
There is a method OF comparing the
feats Of the players of the United States
by assembling these into tho various
classifications of runs from scrimmage,
runs with complete passes. with inter-
cepted passes. with caught kick-offs and
caught punts. with the ball recovered
from blocked kick and with tumble,
limiting all of the foregoing to runs
which terminated in touchdowns. 1t, of
course, is easily possible to compare the
goals from the field by assembling these
into their two natural classifications OF
goals from placement and goals from
drop kicks. Space will permit US to
compare and discuss only the greatest
OF these various performances.
The first classification of exploits to
attract our attention are those rare
plays in which a player catches an OPP
ponent's kickoff and runs through an
entire team of adversaries for a touch
down. So rare is this startling and
stirring exploit that out of approx
mately 5000 kickoffs this fall less than
score of instances are to be found in
which the ball was caught and run back
to touchdown.
Rarcst of Plays.
The ,r;nr;nar r,nhac cka of l,icloffa IN
touchdown have been as follows:
Yards. Player. Team and Opponent.
1o0-H. L. Sweeney. .Ssfzl,iehanna VS.. Colgate
9T-George Hoienback. Albright VS.. Cornell
o5-Lester Lautenschlauer. ,,
Tulane vs.. North Carolina
a5-Don Miller. .Notre Dame VS.. st. Louis
95-Charles Gilliland. Arizona Vs. st. Marys
9J-P. Castner. .Notre Dame VS.. Kalamazoo
a5-Carl Beck. ........ Vermont Detroit
a5-w. s. Oliver. Georgia Tech VS.. Alabama
90-w. S. oliver. Georgia Tech. vs. Marion
90-Don Miller. .Notre Dame VS.. St. Louis
aO-Car Beck. Vermont Norwich
oo-Eldred Miller. Albright VS.. Dickinson
oO-Adrian Maurer. .Oglethorpe VS.. Georgia
Gov. Cerney. .Notrc Dame VS.. De Pauw
ss-W. Churchill. .... Harvard VS.. Florida
SJ-Iernard Kirk. Michigan VS.. Illinois
s5--J u. Tryon... Colgate VS.. susquehanna
sl-W. s. Oliver. Georgia Tech. VS.. Marion
To-Wlus Willis. Denison vs.. Wooster
G0--t;eorge Staten. Ohio Wesleyan vs. Case
A casual inspection Of the above tabu-
laton will disclose that runs from kick
off to touchdown are grossly uneven in
their distribution as we'll as rare. For
instance little Albright achieved two OF
these great runs. one being accomplished
against stout Cornell Vermont. like
wise little, also presents two runs of
this character. both made by the same
player. Carl Beck. and one OF these
o-I <,,t
eleven. Detroit.
w. S. oliver of Georgia Tech also has
been able by his great skill to accom-
plish this rare and difficult run twice in
one season. once against Marion and
once against formidable Alabama.
But IL we marvel at the exploits of
Albright, Georgia Tech and Vermont In
twice running back kickoff TO touch
down when more than 200 elevens. great
b and small. failed to run back one. what
shall we say of stunning Notre Dame
which has among its trophies four runs
of this character, two being made by the
same player Don Miller? The presence
of Harvard in this list instantly attracts
the eye OF football statistician for the
names of the greatest teams seldom ap-
pear In tabulation of this type.
Record runs and kicks are made by
specialists or by great players, not super
specialists whom an unusual condition
scp1stirnes favors. The superspecialists
49, not on the greatest football teams
OF the country. but are scattered hero
and there throughout the United States
and are more often found singly upon
minor and inconspicuous teams. Never
theless. the leading teams of the United
states have done better than usual this
autumn In contributing names, runs and
field goals to a record OF this national
character.
A Long Run.
The longest run back OF n kickoff 10
touchdown. II will be observed APP
propriately but unusually was the full
length OF the field 100 yards This run
also ranks as the third longest run OF
the year. It Is particularly interesting
because IL was made by q player on n
small team against eleven great play
ers on n major team. Colgate over
whelmed Susquehanna this fall by the
great score of so to 6. Through the
turmoil and disaster of the afternoon
II was one player on the losing side
who distinctly outgleamed the play
crs OF both elevens. That player was
Harry r. Sweeney. right halfback for
Susquehanna. This player repeatedly
pierced the Maroon line and crcled
the Maroon ends for long gains The