Evening star., 1924-12-05


The rarest of scoring plays, the
runback of a kick-of for touchdown,
was achieved only IL times this Fall,
according to the compilation, which
shows that the honor of reeling off
the longest run fell to two players.
Ernest B. MacLane of Wesleyan dash
ed 100 yards against the Massuchu-
setts Aggies and John NJ. Brown of
Alabama covered the same distance,
the full length of the gridiron, in
game against Kentucky State.
Massinkoff in LimeIight.
OF approximately 10, 900 punts dur
ing the season, only 275 were run
back for touchdowns, the list reveals
and again two players tie for the
longest distance covered. Louis b.
Massinkoff of Gallaudet College re
turned a punt 90 yards for a touch
down against Drexel, and William
Bone of Tennessee duplicated the feat
against Emory and Henry.
Long scoring runs from scrimmage
were usually abundant with Henry
NJ Benkert of Rutgers, the Easts
high scorer, setting the pace with an
8S-yard run through Lebanon Valley.
David Rosenfeld of Alabama raced
only three yards less to score against
Mississippi
For consistent brilliance in this re-
spect, however, the palm is awarded
to Harold (Red Grange of Illinois,
with runs Of 80, 65, 55, so and 45
yards; Eddie Tryon of Colgate, with
runs of so, 55 and so: John NJ. Brown
of Alabama, with dashes of 80, so, So
and 48 yards, and the Rosenfeld So
yard dash hung up other advances of
80, 76 and SO yards.
Edwin Dooley, Dartmouth quarter
back and captain elect for 1925, flung
the longest forward pass, so yards, to
Henry Bjorkman, who raced 15 more
yards to make a touchdown against
Cornell.
The longest run with a completed
pass, rs yards, was achieved by Carl
B. Merrill of Western Maryland
against Catholic University. This run
also figured in the longest scoring
forward pass play, for Merrill made
his run after a 15-yard pass from A.
Carroll. thus making a total advance
of 90 yards. This feat was tied when
Alloys Papke of Middlebury threw a
pass 40 yards to Walter Patton, who
ran so yards moro through Tufts to
score.
The longest runs with an inter-
cepted pass were made by Ernest c..
Cadigan of Amherst, who caught a
Hamilton aerial and raced SO yards to
score, and Charles T. Hughes of Ken
lucky, who duplicated the feat
against Alabama.
Added Two Long Runs.
Two players also shared the dis
tinction of making the longest runs
for touchdowns after picking up
fumbles, Gale Bullman of West Vir-
giria Wesleyan running "a yards
against Syracuse and Lynn Bomar of
Vanderbilt covering the same dis
tance on a similar play against the
Quantico Marines.
The longest scoring run with a
blocked kick was only 25 yards, the
records show, this distinction going
to Benjamin Soule of Colby, who beat
Trinity with two of these plays.
Cataloging the field goal achieve
ments, Davis finds that Donald H.
Rutherford of Virginia Polytechnic
leads with the longest goal, drop
kick of 81 yards, against Maryland.
Ernest Williams Of Auburn leads the
place kicks with a drive of SO
yards against Clemson.
John F. Mcbride of Syracuse, who
conquered Columbia "single-footed"
with three field goals, sent eleven
kicks altogether, through the cross
bars, for the highest total of any per-
former. All were from placement.
Ralph Baker of Northwestern and
Pat Dawson of Beloit led the drop
kickers with seven each.
Two players. both dropkickers,
gained the honor of kicking four
goals in a single game, a seasons
record. Dawson performed the feat
against Carleton and Edgar w. Car
bisch, Army captain, sank the Navy
with a duplicate performance.