New Britain herald., 1922-09-28
RECORDS
 OF LONG STANDING
Performances Of Old Time Stars
 Are Not Being Duplicated

New York, Sept 2S. (By Associat- ed Press)-The annual rikskin hunt will start in earnest on Saturday. Pad ded and armored collegians hardened by several weeks of practice will en- ter the lair of he rolling, tumblirs spheroid, grappling in dust or mud a football emblem Of Americas great est intercollegiate sport.
 Tales of long, lodging runs and spiralling kicks will follow and in- crease as the season progresses. New records will be chronicled in type and cheering when the pigskin is dropped behind the goal line for football like feats extraordinary Whether the present autumn will witness the estab- lishment of what may be termed worlds records in football only time can tell. With the startling growth of the game 1t would appear that one or more youthful gridiron gladiators were due to mount the pedestal long occupied by heroes Of other decades.
 With the exception of Benny i'os nun D ll'- sfili VI lull IDl q lDutll- down, following the catching of a punt by the Williams college star in the game with Hamilton two years ago, these records are in many cases hoary with age. Some date back close to 40 years and gray haired veterans Of the grdiron point to this fact as bearing out their claim that the game of today does not develop players of calibre of long ago.
 Records That Stand.
 Statistical data would appear to bear out their claims in part at least tor when J. T. HaNell of Princeton, kicked a goal from placement from the 65 yard mark in the Yale game of 1882 he set a standard that has not been supplanted since. Last sea son the best kick under the same conditions was 62 yards.
 In 1899 W. B. Richardson of | Brown, raced 103 yards for touch- town, after picking up a fumbled 1 0all in the game with Princeton. Last | year the best similar run was 9OI ards.
 DcWitt's Great Run.
 The longest run for touchdown rom blocked kick was made by the amous John Dewitt of Princeton, in he game with Yale in 1903 when he rossed the line after an so yard print A year later Walter Ecker- all, of the University of Chicago, one if the greatest football players ever developed in the middlewest, ran trough the entire Wisconsin team or 1O6 yard touchdown, following
 kickoff in the game between the wo rivals. G. F. McCaa. of Lafay- tte. holds the record run for touch own from scrimmage. Back in 1909 laying against Swarthmore he was iven the ball and never stopped run ing until he had reached his op onents goal line 11o yards away
 Indian Ran 70 Yards.
 During the same fall Bill Newashe,
 Carlisle Indian school player set up
 record for a touchdown from for ard pass when he covered 70 yards pr score against the University Of Last season this rec I'd came close to being erased for in he Tulane Detroit game 6S yard ass and run scored for the southern olleeians when Legendre hurled the all C4 yards and Turpin trotted the dditional four for the touchdown, , oming down to more recent cam aign the records show that Payne f Dakota Wesleyan is the champion ,ng distance drop kick goal scorer, ( [e booted the ball over the bar with
 63 yard post in the 1915 game ( ith Northwestern Normal displacing lt ,e famous 62 yard goal kicked by Et at Odea of Wisconsin in the North- !, estprn contest of 1S9S. U