Outing . nd Prince-ton won the game. At another timeCooney fought, through an entire Yalegame, what amounted to a duel withJim Hogan, although only two or threedays before, because of injuries, he couldnot bend over. With the cour-• age of ArthurPoe, one of thesmallest men whoever played thegame, every fol-lower of football isfamiliar. It wasPoe whose fieldgoal, with only sec-onds left to play,won for Princetonthe game againstYale in 1899, andby the score of 11to 10. Poe had noreputation as a dropkicker, and it wasnothing but couragethat fitted him to dothe unfamiliar thingin a case of desper-
Outing . nd Prince-ton won the game. At another timeCooney fought, through an entire Yalegame, what amounted to a duel withJim Hogan, although only two or threedays before, because of injuries, he couldnot bend over. With the cour-• age of ArthurPoe, one of thesmallest men whoever played thegame, every fol-lower of football isfamiliar. It wasPoe whose fieldgoal, with only sec-onds left to play,won for Princetonthe game againstYale in 1899, andby the score of 11to 10. Poe had noreputation as a dropkicker, and it wasnothing but couragethat fitted him to dothe unfamiliar thingin a case of desper-ate need. Perhaps the sur-est drop kicker ofthem all was littleHudson, the Car-lisle Indian. So cool and brainy was this small player that in-stead of place-kicking for goal after atouchdown, the Indian used the drop-kick with never-failing success. It washe who forced the change in the rulesthat bars the drop-kick after a touch-down. Neil Snow, Michigans famous end,and now a clever official; Cutts, the. DALY, HARVARD One of the mostbrilliant quarters thejame has seen
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