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r"fie!?$y?7v waiWfiS Spl Next comes the. marvelous 62-yard drop-kick of Pat O'Dea, -who starred at Wisconsin. O'Dea made his rec ord drop-kick in 1896 on Shepherd field, Evanston, against Northwest ern. One of the greatest place-kicks ever made was John De Witt's in 1903, when, with Yale leading Prince ton 6 to 5 and but a few seconds remaining. Yale punted from her own goal. A Princeton back on the Hobe Baker of Princeton. 42-yard line signaled for a fair catch. Princeton had just one play, a kick, and De Witt booted the ball between the Yale uprights. In the Yale-Princeton game last year "Hobe" Baker kicked two field, goals and "Lefty" Plynn one, giv ing Priceton a lead, 6 to 3. Pumpelly, in the closing moments, drop-kicked from the 49-yard line. The ball struck the cross bar and fell over, tying the score. Pat O'Dea drop-kicked 50 yards against Chicago and 45 against Min nesota in 1897, and in 1899 repeated 40 against Minnesota and Co ovpMist Michigan. In 1905 Walter Eckersall-, for Chi cago, booted five field goals against Nebraska. Eckersall made two 25 yard kicks and one of 45 against Wisconsin in 1903. In 1902 John De Witt place-kicked . 42 yards against Yale and twice kick-' ed 35-against Cornell. In 1903. he twice kicked 50 yards and once 45 against Cornell. George Capron, now a ball player, drop-kicked 45 and 30 yards, tying for Minnesota with Wisconsin. Ted Coy, Yale, in 1909 twice drop kicked from 30 yards, beating Har vard, 8 to 0. Earl Sprackling of Brown made three place-kicks of 30 yards each in 1910 and Brown beat Yale, 21 to 0. Last year Brickley made a place kick of 45 yards and two drop-kicks of 15 yards each, Harvard beating Dartmouth, 16 to 6. He drop-kicked 30 -yards and then 20 against Yale,, and Harvard won 20 to 0. Against Princeton he drop-kicked 20 yards for the game's only score. This year Brickley's toe defeated Princeton, 3 to 0, drop-kicking from the 20-yard line. o o TOMMY BURNS, JOCKEY, DEAD New York, Nov. 14. The body of T. H. (Tommy) Burns, one of the greatest American jockeys, was found, horribly mangled, wedged un der the front wheels of a Brighton Beach elevated train. Whether Burns was accidentally killed or jumped in front of the train is not known. His fur-lined overcoat and hat were found on a "seat on the station platform. The motorman of the train said he did.not see the vic tim. Burns, who was reported to be . wealthy, was jockey at one time for Wm. C. Whitney. He rode 361 win ners in 1897, and introduced the crouching style of -riding on Euro pean tracks. iij -& ijfc.