Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-09
behind the ropes for the remainder Of the


lost i'm the progress Of the play. and upon
request OF the umpire shall give testimony
upon any unnecessary roughness. on side
play or holding. but he may not be appealed
to by any player or captain. He shall also,
under direction Of the referee. keep the
time.
F)-only one official representative for
each side shall come upon the field Of play
in case OF an accident TO q player.
Thfrty-Five-Mfnute Halves.
Rule 1e. The alteration in playing time: the
rule to read "thirty-fi instead of forty
five minutes each half
Rule 10. A new provision that an actual
kick shall be made where rules call for Il.
The rule. therefore. to read. THE captains
shall toss up before the commencement of
the match. and the winner of the toss shs.i
have the choice of goal or of kickoff. The
same side shall not kick OF In two success
i've halves. In all cases where the rule pro-
vides for a kick, the ball must be actually
kicked the distance of at least ten yards
into the opponents territory. unless stopped
by the opponents"
Rule ~. To provide against kicking into
touch or kickoff. The rule TO read The
ball shall be kicked or at the beginning OF
each half, and whenever a goal has been
obtained the side which has lost the goal
shall kick OF. IL the ball go into touch be-
fore 1t is touched by an opponent, IL shall
be brought back and kicked off over again
II IL De kicked into touch q second time AZ
shall go as a kick-off TO the opponents"
Kule "A Section c. To prevent fouling the
ball inside the opponents ten-yard line
hule to read: &c II player when OF SIDE
touch the ball inside the opponents ten
yard line, the ball shall go as a toucn-back
10 the opponents"
Rule Is. The expansion of the rule %
make the meaning more clear. The rule to
read: NO player shall lay his hands upon
or, by the use Of his hands or arms, inter-
tere with an opponent unless he himself or
that opponent has the ball-that is, the
players OF the side which has possession OF
the ban can obstruct the opponents with
tne BODY only. But the players of the side
arms as heretofore-that is TO push their
opponents out Of the way in breaking
through when the ball is snapped"
hule 70. Delays TO be limited to three
minutes ana penalties for fouls TO be in
creased from nve yards TO ten yards. The
rule TO read: " (A)A foul shall be granted for
Intentional delay of the game on side play
or holding an opponent, unless he has the
pan NO delay arising from any cause
whatsoever shall continue more than three
minutes"
OBJ The penalty from fouls or violation
OF rules, except where otherwise provided,
shall be, when the offending side has the
ball. immediate surrender OF it to the oppo-
nents Tor down, or. when the offending
sioe has not the ball, the advance OF the
ball ten yards In this. as in any other
penalties OF a similar nature, IL the distance
given would carry the ball across the goal
line. only half the intervening distance shall
be given"
&C. The offended side may refuse to &C
cept the penalty where it is TO its disad-
vantage, but in the case Of a run resulting.
should II be over fifteen yards, that dis
lance shall be the limit allowed"
Rule -. Altered TO provide for the fiftecn-
yard penalty upon Interference with a fair
catch The rule to read: IF a player when
OF side interferes with an opponent trying
for a fair catch by touching nm or the ball
or waving his nat or hands or deliberately
getting in his way, the opponent may have
an advance of fifteen yards and a free kick
or down from where the interference oc-
CURED"
Against Mas Playing.
Rule 3o-The insertion of a clause pro-
viding against piling upon a man when
he is down, and the addition Of a section
explaining against momentum mass play
ing. The whole rule TO read: 'CA)-n q
player having the bail be tackled and the
ball fairly held. a man SO tackled shall cry
held the one so tackled must cry down
and some player of his side put IL down for
a scrimmage. AS soon as a runner attempt
ing TO go through is tackled and goes down
the referee shall blow his whistle and the
ball shall be considered down at that spot
Any piling up on a man after that shall be
punished by giving him fifteen yards. unless
this carry tie ball across the goal line.
when he shall have only half the interVen-
ing distance. The snapper-back and the
man opposite him cannot pick out the ball
with the hand until ii touch third man:
nor can the opponents interfere with the
snapper-back by touching the ball until IL
is actually put in play. Infringement OF
this nature shall give the side having the
ball 1--WE yards at every such onense. The
snapper-back is entitled TO full ana undis-
turbed possession of the ball; II the snap
per-back be of side In the act OF Swapping
back the ball must be snapped again. and
IL this occur three times in the same down
the ball goes TO the opponents. The man
hn siyGr he hal uR-h
back from a down shall not carry the ball
forward under any circumstances whatever.
II in three consecutive fairs and downs. un-
less the ball cross the goal line, a team shall
not have advanced the ball five or taken IL
back twenty yards, IL shall go to the OPP
ponents the spot of the fourth down.
Consecutive means without going out or
the possession Of the side holding it and
by a kick giving the opponents fair and
equal chance of gaining possession Of IT.
When the referee or umpire has given .
side five or more yards the resulting down
shall be counted the first down.
"(B)-The man who puts the ball In play
in scrimmsge cannot pick IL up until IL
has touched some third man. Third man
means any other player than the one put
ting ball in play and the man opposite
him"
"CC)-No momentum mass plays shall be
allowed. A momentum mass play is one In
which more than three men start before
the ball is put in play. Nor shall more
than three men group for that purpose
more than five yards back from the point
where the ball is put in play"
Rule 3l.-An alteration limiting the poe-
sfble plays from fair to touching the ball
in and kicking it or walking in with IL for
a down. The rule to read: If the ball go
into touch, whether IT bound back or not.
a PLAYER of the side which touched IL down
must bring it TO the spot where the line
was crossed, and there either-l. Touch IL
In with both hands. at right angles 10 the
touch line and then kick IL: or
- Walk out with IL. at right angles 20
the touch line, any distance not less than
five nor more than fifteen yards. and there
put il down for a scrimmsge, first declar-
ing how far he intends walking. The man
who puts the ball in must face the field or
the opponents goal. and he alone can have
his foot outside the touch line Any one
except him who puts his hands or feet be-
ween the ball and the opponents goal Is on
side"
Rule 35-Allowing a man kicking q ball
out only one chance instead Of two and
the insertion OF an exception designed
to increase drop-kicking. The rule 10 read:
"A side which has made a touch-back or q
safety must kick out. except as otherwise
provided. from not more than twenty-five
yards outside the kicker's goal II the ball
20 into touch before striking a player. IL
| must be kicked out again, and IL this occur
twice in succession. IL shall be given to the
opponents, as in touch on the twenty-five
yard line on the side where il went out At
kick-out the opponents must be on the
twenty-hve-yard line. or nearer their own
goal end the kicker's side must be behind
the ball when kicked. OF be adJudged on