Show I l l I t ECKERSAll SAYS PUNTER IS NEEDED Walter Eckersall former star football l player er on the Chicago team in discussing g t the he many games won wan through a fI field td goal goa l kick says that a team is not perfect t without a a. star punt punter r on the squad on one ant te e te who is an accurate kicker and can b be bed e d depended upon Eckersall comments on this department of or the game as follows follows fol fol- 1 lows When the value of a field goal was wa s reduced to three points which made i it st t necessary for a team to score two successful successful suc sue att attempts to equal the value o oa of ofa ofa f ff a touchdown and goal a number o of fd f coaches were of the opinion that field fiel d II goal oal kickers would not be developed t to o the point of or perfection that they were e when field goals counted four and five e points each Although the larger college elevens eleven s made strenuous efforts to carry the ova oval se sl l across the goal lines the coaches have hav e learned earned to appreciate the value of a re reliable re- re liable field goal kicker er and any eleves eleven eleve n is s not well fortified in all departments department nn ns s of the game unless it Il has a player o on n t the he team who possesses ability to boot boo t the he ball baIl over the bar from the fiel field This y year ar more move important games have hav e been won by the air line route than ever eve ed er r before in the history of at football an and d every coach is making or has made mad e strenuous efforts to develop a successful l field goal goat kicker |