New Britain herald., 1924-12-05
WESLEYAN BACK
 MADE LONG RUN
One Of I2 10 Score Touchdown
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New York, Dec ,. -- The 1924 football season was replcte with brilliant individual scoring achieve ments, according 10 an elaborate compilation of records from 95Q colleges and universities in various parts Of the country made by Parke II. Davis, of Easton, Pa, noted sriIiron authority and statistician.
 The rarcst of scoring plays, the runhack of a kickoff for touchdown, was achieved only 12 times this fall, according 10 the compilation, which shows that the honor of reeling off the longest run fell to two players Ernest B. MacLane of Wesleyan dashed 100 yards against the Massa- chusetts Aggies and John Nj. Brown ot Alabama covered the same dis tance, the full length of the grid iron, in a game against Kentucky State.
 Of approximately 10000 punts during the season, only o5 were run back for touchdowns, the list re- Veals, and again two players tie for the longest distance covered. Louis B. Massinkoff of Gallaudet college returned punt 90 yards for a touchdown against Drexel and Will liam Bone of Tennessee duplicated the feat against Emory and Henry.
 Bcnkert's Long Run
 Long scoring runs from scrirn- mage were unusually abundant with Henry NJ. Bankert, of Rutgers the casts high scorer, setting the pace with an SS-yard run through Leban- on Valley. David Rosenfeld Of Ala bama raced only three yards less 10 score against Mississippi. For con- sistent brilIiance in this respect, however, the palm is awarded to Harold (Red) Grange of Illinois, with runs of So, 65, 55, 50 and 45 yards; Eddie Tryon Of Colgate, with runs of 50, 55 and 50; John M. Brown of Alabama with dashes of B, 50, 5S and 4S yards; and Rosen- field, who besides bis S5-yard dash, hung up other advances of 62, 76, and 59 yards
 Edwin 5. Dooley, Dartmouth quarterback and captain-elect for 925, flung the longest forward pass, 70 yards to Henry Bjorkman, who raced 5 more yards 10 make a touchdown against Cornell,
 The longest run with a completed pass, 7j yards, was achieved by Carl B. Merrill of Western Maryland against Catholic university. This run also figured in the longest for ward pass play for Merrill made his run affr a 15-yard pass from A. Carroll, thus making a total advance Of 90 yards. This feat was tied when AIoys Papke Of Middlebury threw pass 40 yards to Walter Patton who ran 50 yards more through Tufts to score.
 Other Yeats
 The longest runs with an inter- Hepied pass were made by Ernest c, Cadigan Of Amherst who caught q Hamilton aerial and raced 9S wards to score, and Charles T. Hughes Of Kentucky who duplicated the feat against Alabama.
 Two players also shared the dis ttnction Of making the longest runs for touchdowns after picking up . 'umblcs, Gale Bullman of West yir- ginja Wesleyan running 94 yards against Syracuse and Lynn Romar Of Vanderbilt covering the same dis lance on similar play against the qnantico Marines.
 The longest scoring run with r blocked kick was only o5 yards the records show. this distinction going to B"n+amIn SouIe Of Colby wlo heat Trinity with two Of these nIave
 'ata'oFing the field goal achieve n1@nts, Mir Davis foun dthat Donald II, Rutherford of Virginia PoIvtnch- nc leads with tho longest goal. fl dronkjck Of 5o yards against lrarv- land. Ernest F. Williams of Auburn leads the -kickers with a drive or 5o yards against Clemson.