The Washington times., 1924-10-27

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skipped dashingly over ninety var
play Of last Saturdays gridiron d.
Here Is the roster II the Inn
mortals:
Joseph H. Sears. Of Harvard.
raced eighty.five yards to a touch.
down from kickoff on Novefber %,
1886.
e. G. Bay, Of Lafayette. ran 100
yards fof a touchdown from kickoff
on October 21, 1889.
Charles d. DAILY, West Point, gal
loped ninety-eight yards to a touch
down from kickoff on November
80, 1901.
z. e. Miller. Penn STATE. rushed
ninety-five yards to a touchdown
from kickoff on November %, 1911.
Richard M. Marshall. Penn. sped
seventy-five yards to a touchdown
from kickoff on October 26. 1919.
George Pease, Columbia, spun
ninety yards to a touchdown from
The difficulty Of performing the
feat Of running back the kickoff
over the opposing goal hne Is
shown In the years that elapsed
WGtytOGNA 4 IGNkEtttlVAAH
Torrance. Twas thirteen years
between the irst time and the
second. The latter was the Ccea.
sion when Bray, Of Lafayette, cap
tain Of the Maroon, came down to
Franklin Field, and with the six
points that accrued from his
triumph and the goal after touch
! down carried away the EOnOrs
from q Penn football team that
numbered T. TruxtOn Hare and
his giant brethren.
Two years later Charlie ITALY was
the star OF the Army backfield In
the annual duel with the Navy
DAILY had achieved a tremendous
reputation at Harvard before he
went to West Point. Everything
considered, he was probably the
greatest quarterback who ever wore
the Crimson. He only weighed
around las pounds, but he smeared
a line that often comprised beef in
the bulk.
Charlie, afterward coach at West
Point, circled the ends. kicked,
lodged. squirmed, and generally be-
fuddled the opposition IS no sue
eessor among the quartarbacks Cf
John Harvard has ever shown.
Indead, Charlie DAILY, Vincent
Stevenson and Walter Eckersall
were long regarded as the greatest
lriumvirate of quarters that foot
ball ever knew. Glenn Killinger, Of
Penn State, came along lately to
elongate this trinity into an in
comparable quartette.
DAILY took the ball on the kick
off, and squirming, twisting, turn
ing and lodging, tore loose and
planted the ball behind the Annap.
oils goal line in that most spec
tacular of all plays. Gashing over
the opposing terminal from kick
off. Twenty years elapsed between
Days feat and the next time that
this performance was given.
Then shorty Miller, quarter
back Of Penn State, ran back the
kickoff for 5-yafd run on
October 20, 1911, and entered the
exclusives OF the ran-baclG-the-
kickoff club. Incidentally, Bill
HOllonbaCh, the great fuIIbach
Of the Red and Blue, was the
coach Of that State eleven. The
Nittany Lion cIawed the QuaEers,
lnfIicting q 26-6 defeat which
ranked in the breasts of Penn
for many seasons. State had a
whOOpplng eleven that year, with
Dexter Very on end, Shorty at
quarterback and Phil Barry at
full-back.
Two years afterwards Dick Mar
shall saved Penn from defeat by
the Carlisle Indians. 1t was OH
the afternoon of October Is, 1918,
that Marshall received the kickoff
from Joe Guyon, Of the Braves,
at the opening of the third period,
and sped back seventy.five yards
and over the Redskins goal. This
led to n stalemate In the score,
both sides leaving the field even at
TAN, and Marshall's run turned the
trick.
On that eleven 1t might be stated
was a young man named Lou
Young, who at the present time is
the head coach OF Penn. Lou was
an end, and DANCED good one,
too. He must have recalled Dick
Marshall's feat when he saw Pease
iunge ahead. gather speed as he
roamed, and finally plant the ball
behind Penn's goal posts on Sat
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