The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-01-05
so Leading Teams Report That
Only Three Dropkicks
Scored During Year
Two Of the so Reported the
Three; Other So Teams
Went 'DropkickIess'
BY BOB MATHERNE
(NEA Service Shorts Writer)

One Of the surprise answers that
came back from 60 representative
football elevens asked for q list Of
their scoring plays in 1928 was one to
the question for the number Of field
goals made by dropkicks this season.
It hardly was expected that these
so colleges would report enough such
scoring plays to make you dizzy
counting them but 1t certainly wasn't
thought beforehand that the number
which would actually be reported
would be merely-THREE!
The answer from So colleges to the
question waS-none.
The fifty-ninth answer was from
Colorado College and that 'institu-
ton reported that Dutch" Clark.
standing on his 36-yard line, drop
kicked three points against Denver.
Harvard checked In late with two
dropkicks for field goals. one by Gill;
gan from the six-yard line against
Springfield and one by Putnam from
the l4-yard line In the Yale game.
II 1t hadn't been for these three
field goals by Colorado and Har-
ward. the answer might have been
NONE from all In this group.
Goal Posts Too Far
One can advance many reasons for
this decrease In field goals by drop
kicking but the best reason to be
given is the fact that the crossbar Of
the goal post is much harder to get
over since the posts are on the rear
lire Of the end zone.
Perhaps the youngsters are not as
gifted with their toes as those Of
previous years were or 1t may be that
the desire to shoot the works for
touchdown and six points Is much
greater than taking a chance for three
points.
Looks Like Poor Year
Whatever the reason, 1t is hardly
likely that the 1928 record book will
show a great number Of field goals
from dropkicks this year. Perhaps
not as many as the Is made In 1927,
the first year the goals were moved
back. and certainly not as many as
the l26 In 1926. the last year the goal
posts were 100 yards apart.
One hundred and forty EIGHT place.
ment kicks resulted in field goals In
1926 and only 81 such kicks were made
In 1927. The so teams asked about this
scoring play for this year reported "a,
80 1t is to be assumed that this was
far more favored method Of attach
ing three points to the score than the
dropkick was.
It is doubtful whether any elevens
profited more from placement kicks
than Virginia Poly and washington
State did. Each won two games by
the margin Of placement kicks.
Each Won Two
washington State beat Coinage
80. the goal being made by Buckley.
. reserve. and also beat Oregon State
81. Lainhart, who also provided .
goal against California for the lone
points made by Oregon. kicked the
goal that beat Oregon State. Hooper.
Virginia Poly. kicked goals which
proved the margin OF victory in 1914
and 9-6 wins from North Carolina and
Maryland.
Two other outstanding placement
KICKS Of the year are credited to
Lowry Of Princeton, whose toe gave
his team 80 victory over Cornell.
and Kevorkian OF Brown. who did the
same for his team against Colgate.
Thompson Of lafayette may 60
down 6 the best placement kicker Of
the year. He kicked one each against
Rutgers and Lehigh and two against
washington and Jefferson. -Four goals
these days Is quite . healthy perform
ouce.
Clancy Of Ohio wesleysu kicked
field goals against Michigan and Dem
tson. Other field goals that will 50
down Ia the record book are credited
70 N. Glenn Of West Virginia against
Lafayette. Gregory Of Denison against
Cincinnati. Wilson Of Au1herst against
Wtlljans, Smart Of Utah Aegiel
against Brigham Young. etramiello 81
Ooleote against Michigan state. Hibbo
Of Southern. California against stan
ford, Barrett Of Ohio state against
Northwestern, Kohrman Of western
Reserve against Wooster. and B1cku,
Of Wisconsin against Alabama.