The New York herald., 1922-12-17
MATS
NEVER 50 NUMEROUS.
More Players Of Rare Merit
Than Ever in Sports 46
Year History.
MINOR COLLEGES SHINE
Season Unusual for Runs Of
Full Field Length-10, 600
Collegians Engaged.

placement kicked upon any gridlron In
the United States this autumn was a
booming drive OF 40 yards by Allen Lin
coin Of Missouri kicked against Kansas.
This kick not only is. the longest place
kick but it is the second longest kick OF ,
the season. place or drop, and 1t pos
sesses especial glory because it was the
crucial. winning play in the game In
which 1t occurred. Missouri and Kan-
sas were embattled at Columbia, Mis-
souri,, on Thanksgiving Day Inter-
state rivalry. tradition and the occasion
sharpened the desire for victory. Mis-
souri, scored a touchdown but failed to
add the additional point upon the try
Kansas also scored a touchdown but
added the critical point upon the try.
Without the presence of Allen Lincoln
upon the Missouri eleven Kansas. there
fore, would have carried home TO Law
renee a Missouri football bearing the
legend kansas T. Missouri g." In the
crises of play, however. Kansas held
Missouri for four downs on the Kansas
3-yard line. Allen Lincoln fell back 10
the 4S-yard line to attempt goal from
placement. The pass was accurate and
the placement was likewise. Lincoln
leaped forward. struck the ball a mighty
blow with his skillful foot and the ball
shot down it's long trajectory through
Kansas goalposts and above its cross
bar. and the ball remained. The legend
1t will bear for all time will be- Mis-
souri, Q, Kansas II
MonjO's Long Kick.
Sharing the honor of the longest field
goal from placement is Edward r. Mon
10 of Williams. who also kicked a goal
from the 4s yard mark. Williams and
Wesleyan are ancient friendly enemies.
Their football rivalry dates back to the
very beginning Of American football am
nails. Their game this year was highly
thrilling as a battle. but from a sta
tistical standpoint it was "A rarity and a
curiosity. The score was Williams %,
Wesleyan Z. Fifteen of Williams's 22
points We're derived from field goals.
thereby making it stand second in the
United States this fall for abundance OF
field goal scoring. Williams began the
scoring In the first period when Monjo
kicked a goal from the 19-yard line.
thereby affordlnG the spectators tho
spectacle of seeing one of the longest
field goals from placement kicked in the
! United States. few minutes later
1 Mallon OF Williams kicked another field
| goal from the 25-yard line Toward the
/ cicse of the period Monjo kicked another
goal from the 4e-yard line and few mo-
ments later kicked the third longest field
goal from placement from the 47-yard
/ line In the last quarter Mallon closed
/ the field goal fusiliade by another goal
/ from the S5-yard line
The most formidable field goal man In
the United States This fan has been Her
J hart FfN4srH
/ eleven of Kentucky. This extraordinary
player has kicked ten goals from the
/ field during the fall. the greatest num-
Der achieved by any player In the United
States. But what Is more amazing he
kicked six OF these I'm one game, the
/ Centre e-Louisville struggle lie also has
/ the distinction among his collection OF
goals of one kicked against Harvard.
His six goals against Louisville invite
/ comparison. The greatest number of
/ field goals heretofore scored In "A single
! intercollegiate game is seven. kicked by
r.. c. Robertson OF Purdue against Rose
| Polytechnic twenty-five years ago. Sew
enteen years ago w. II. Eckersan of
! Chicago kicked five goals against iii
nois and thirty years ago b. w Traf-
/ ford of Harvard kicked five goals
against Cornell II is against such a
I rare background AS this that the six
goals OF Herbert Covingtcn CLEAN this
fall.
In former years the feat of kicking
three soals from the field IN ono game
has occurred only once or twice durins
a season. In 1922. however. this expio
I has been performed by four players.
The drop kickers who sen; q bail thrice
/ between an opponents goal posts are
( Herbert Covngton OF Centre and S,e-
phen a. Coutchie OF Illinois. The place
kickers arc represented In this method
7 nf ri hN Il / fn
OF Williams and Murray Cuddeback OF
| Stanford
The record for the largest number OF
/ goals from placement for the season
/ goes to Allan Lincoln OF Missouri. Lin
coins roster presents six goals of the
distances of %. IS. s. -. 20 and 10 Yards.
/ Two players tie for the honors OF sec
ond place with four goals each. Ben
jamin Roderick OF Columbia has kicked
I goals from placement this fall from tho
-. 30. IS and 81 yard lines William
/ Fullbright OF Arkansas parallels this
performance with goals from the 25, "a,
80 and 30 yard lines.
Twenty Touchdowns for kingsIc~.
/ The player scoring the most touch
downs IN the East IS Briggs Kingsley
/ OF Franklin and Marshall who has
scored a score--twenty tcuchdowns. rep
resenting a valuation OF 100 points
Herbert Gettlo OF Virginia Polytechnic
cal Institute Is second With a record OF
having crossed an opponents goal limo
/ fourteen times. Third place Is occu-
/ pied by two men. Leonard Brunner OF
Lafayette and Harry Wilson OF Penn
State. each having scored twelve touch
downs during the fall.
Tries for point. the nerve raciing or
deal Of adding a poiS, 20 a touchdown.
presents an lnconsp' Guous hut very re-
markable drop kicker. Samuel Yohn ot
Franklin and Marshall, who was called
upon thlrty-one times curing the fall
\ to face hard charging opponents and
20 pend his drop kick across their cross
bar. Yohn did not fan in a single in
stance but actually kicked thirty-one
drops out OF thirty-onc tries.
Yohn also has kicked three goals
thirty and more yards H. length by drop
kicks In sCrimmage.
Separated from him by only single
successful goal Is Leonard 9. Hanson
Of Cornell who converted thirty tries
into Joints by place kicks. James T.
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