The Washington times., 1935-11-20
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By KIRK MILLER
Times Sports Editor

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ally read this daily offering
you, Of course, know ! am not,
nothing would make me wish
to seek the scalp Of my alma
matters coach so vigorously as
his failure to develop a good
kicker on the squGd.
Most especially this mid
week in late November would I
have such a feeling were I
either a Notre Dame or Army old
grad. I think nothing is so sick
ening to anyone with real college
alliances as to see the team come
out Of a Saturdays conflict with
. tied 6 to 6 score. It's almost as
bad as a loss.
You'll find a football team with
Q kicker taking part in few if any
locked games.
Hard Work Offset
Reflect, If you will, on the ardu-
Gus minutes and tens of minutes
and whole periods and halves Of
games, too, that teams will devote
to scoring six points, only to be
unable to protect such advantage
with that extra point which, in
50 many cases, would mean the
victory when the final reckoning
occurs.
And failure to have a sure-fire
conversion kicker around q
football team can, does and has
frequently meant the loss Of
game, especially when a team Is
being met which has Just about
the same passing and power
strength, but which also has a
kicker who can add those points
to adorn a touchdown.
OF course the art of kicking is
practically a forgotten one since
the goal posts have been in the
end zones. You see very few 80
scores any more. but you do see
dozens of scores separated by but
one and two points. That Is a
slender thread by which to lose,
yet the land over, such instances
occur Saturday after Saturday
largely because coaches do not
dwell enough on the "point-after," +"
q cinching gesture in the present
day football set.up.
Hagerty, Kicking Disciple
Among the smart college
coaches who appreciate the value
Of having a man around to boot
'em far. high and handsome, Is
Georgetown's own Jack Hagerty.
Jack comes by his appreciation Of
effective kicking quite naturally,
He is a student Of Lou Little,
and whatever else you may say
about Louis teams, you can't say
they lack kicking. If the Lion
touchdowns came as easy this
year, for instance, as the conver-
sions following. Lou would soon
get back that great smile OF his.
In Joe Meglen, Hagerty and
Georgetown, or vice versa, have
an effective toe artist who has
stood the Hilltoppers in good stead
this season. Joe, powerful fullback
and co-captain, is an accurate
punter and a quick one, getting
many of his boots away from
close behind the line of scrim-
mage, thereby taking the oppon,
ent's Secondaries by surprise.
You will see some Of Joe's
handiwork against Maryland next
Saturday at Griff Stadium when
the Terrapins will hardly dare let
the Blue and Gray take much Of
q lead, lest Joe protect it with his
daring toe in an effort to keep
the ball deep in Maryland's ter
Hitory.
Oh, my, in a thousand respects,
o good kicker is a jewel on any
mans ball club. Modern football
seems to have forgotten the kick!
Pot Shots on the Wing
Football may have gone literary
not only for Shakespeare of No.
ire Dame and Longfellow, of
Northwestern, but also possibly
for Dickens, of Yale-Seventy
shutouts were pitched during the
1885 American League baseball
season, four more than in 1884
Schoolboy Rowe's record for
pitching goose-eggs to the opposi-
ton was the best with six, where
as Tommy Bridges, Rowe'S team
mate, and Mel Harder, Of Cleve-
land, twirled. four each-Despite
reports to that effect, Gus Suhr
does not hold the all-time Nation
al League record for most con.
Secutive games played-GuS's rec
ord Of 628 games in row which
stood to his credit after the 1888
season, which Is ten more than
that Of Ed Brown, of the Braves,
Is bettered by an old-time record
Of Steve Brodie. compiled from
1892 to 1897 involving 727 consecu-
tive contests in which the out
fielder played-It will take Gus
until next August to equal Steve's
record and then Gus will have to
have smooth sailing-Duke Uni
verSity upset the dope and de.
feated North Carolina last Satur-
day despite the absence from the
stadium Of the Blue Devils mas.
cot, a pet orange and white calico
kitten-Tiny, the mascot belongs
to the household Of Coach Wal
lace Wade, but the weather was
too inclement to take the young
feline out of doorS-An under