Show PERFECT KICK HAS DECIDED MANY GAMES CAM SINCE SEASON BEGAN BECAN New Jule ule on Counting ofField ofField of ofField Field Goal Has Many Advantages NEW YORK Nov Xo 2 When Wh When n the announcement an an- was made last winter after th the football rules committee had formulated formu formu- the 1909 1903 gridiron code that the scoring value of or a field fieh goal Roal oal had been reduced to three points common comment com coin ment among ardent devotees of or the tho great autumn sport had It th that t the pia play would fall tall Into disfavor or However II 0 vc c r It Is evident evi l dent that such has hiss not been the thc case If It H. recent J games U can bo be taken as nn any criterion tho pretty prell play whereby the leather spins b between tho the uprights will wilt willbe willbo bo be decidedly In vogue this ea season on Apparently Ap Ap- Ap- Ap parentI tho reduction of one point In Its Its It worth orth worthIn tallying value has not reduced In the minds mInds' of or the coaches and their charges chare It was head heady work on the part o of Princeton's field general s and the time clever too toe of Cunningham that saved the tho Tigers from rom being played to a n scoreless tic tie by Fox Fox-dham recently With but a few minutes min utes left to 1 play lay in time the second half halt of ot tho the game same Princeton recovered reco tho the ball ban ballon ballon banon on a fumble umble Cunningham was wall called upon to drive the oval over o tho the crossbar for tho the three points that meant saving savin his 1118 team from the Ignominy of or a n. n tie with a n. supposedly weaker eleven and bo ho e ewas was wad equal to the task Moreover Moreo proof positive that the Tiger coaches had determined upon the field goal to save their charges chars r as as reflected In that Cunningham essayed cs tho the pIa play twice shortly after tho the b beginning of ot the second half haU but failed tailed Gargan of ot Fordham Fordham Fordham Ford- Ford ham also tried to record a Q trio of or points for his team by bv tho the field goal s-oal medium But If the tho field goal oal saved Princeton It wa wa-s wa al also o responsible for preventing n. n no score game being played cd b by ono one of her big occidental collegiate sisters slaters Michigan defeated Case by br a n. 3 0 total Captain Allerdice booted a successful place kick from the yard thirty line lino after a lon long run by Lawton had carried tho the leather within striking striking- distance Tobin Tobin To- To bin o of Dartmouth tallied a 0 field goal against as Bowdoin sending his teams team's score up to 15 Larr Larry made It possible for Pennsylvania State to tie the Carlisle Indians b by booting a field goal goat Incidentally Libby tho the aborigines aborigines' quarterback essayed four bun times to achieve the three-point three score Vorhis also attempted another goal toward the close of the gamo same but failed Tubby Corlett sent Miami down downto to a 3 to 0 def defeat t In lii the otherwise certain tam tain scoreless game with Reserve last W week k From the time foregoing It is easy to realize that the time field goal will in all probability pIa play as important a n part in the deciding of matches mm-matches this autumn as was as tho the C case caseIn caseIn SO In 1908 Despite tho fact that two successful sue suc boots from the field aro arc necessary to offset the six points accruing from a D. touchdown and successful try for the additional count garnered by an opponent opponent opponent nent the team blessed with a n capable hooter booter all aU other things being equal is decidedly at an advantage c. A recovered ered cred fumble fumble- or other unexpected situation situation situa situa- tion developing within tho the danger zone In the course of or a game places tho the weaker team in a a. position to do things It Is interesting to figure out what would have havo been the scores of oC several M of or last years year's games mes In which the field goal played cI a t part had Its value been three points Instead of four Yale Tale tied Brown 10 but if It the tho field neld 10 goal at had only counted three points the Ells Ella would ha have havo 0 won by bya a a. 10 0 total The Lafayette Lafayette- Brown n match would have ended at t 6 6 6 Instead of of 6 8 in favor of or the Easton combination In twenty three three other games ames where the goal goat from the th field figured tho the new rule would not have havo changed the tho result ma ma- The Indians Michigan Harvard Annapolis and amid Lafayette profited most moat by bythe bythe bythe the goal goat from the this field In twenty five five games amel It was wag a a. scoring factor tour forty times Disregarding the value of ot the play In In points It Is interesting to n note te by reference reference refer refer- ence enco to the appended table that In five games Indians games Indiana 1 12 1 Syracuse e 0 Lafayette j b Brown 0 Oi Indians 16 navy 8 6 Harvard 4 I Yale Tale 0 and Amherst 4 Williams 0 0 the tho winners did all their scoring by drop or placement kicking Tho The same me play pIa enabled twelve teams to prevent shutouts shutouts shut outs |