Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-09-30 | Page 14 | Stanford Places Goal Kicker Six Yards behind Its Center

Stanford Places Goal Kicker Six Yards Behind Its Center By TINY TINT THORNHILL Many football games each season I are won and lost by the single point from a perfect As long as ashe the he try for tor point after alter touchdown touchdowns Is s part of the game this Mils particular phase is as Important as any other It is interesting to note Stanford has las developed some unusually accurate accurate accurate ac ac- ac- ac curate kickers from placement Two of them thOrn Bill Corbus guard of a few years back and Monk MonIc ent end the hc last three seasons led the Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- Coast conference In points scored in this d department While these feats were largely the I S Q 0 1 iSi 1 STANFORD PLACE SICk KICK FORMATION result of individual l skill the place- place kick formation employed undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly has aided In the ultimate re re- re sult suit The Stanford placement or field goal kicker is stationed six yards back of center Kickers on other teams usually stand eight or nine yards back Our line is tighter than on most other formations Flanking each end ant and two yards two yards behind is a back They block or block or else The rhe majority majority majority ma ma- of blocked kicks are blocked from the thc s sides des If the defense is able to come through the middle the kicks will be blocked whether the kicker stands nine yards or more behind the line This is why Stanford kickers toe the ball from six yards back of ot the theline theline line Those two or three yards might win a game some time The dropkick formation is the same except the kicker stands seven yards r back He has slightly better protection because the man who holds th the ball for a is available for blocking Thursday Stanford's Stanford punt formation formation forma forma- tio tion 1