The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-09-15
WALTER CAMP On
NEW FOOTBALL RULES
Alterations Will Please the Observation-Disclosures
of Play Will Be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Points Explained.

With the football approaching of the sport
that this years rules have made changes the playing of
which, the point of the spectator that the nonpayer
can readily follow the game than in the past.
Camp of the great authorities American sports,
concerning the radical changes made for this year
the rules:
Never history of the sport has there been
when difficult predict what the various styles of play
would be in the approaching For few the rules have
been allowed crystalline that the coach and players have been given
opportunity of building foundation certain methods
of play which have from season season been developed to higher
perfection The spectator has progressed remarkable
the understanding of the final points of the rules and play
until they very nearly as keen as the officials IN detecting any
thing the code and had become remarkably clever in
preciatng points formation plays well of the duties
of the individual players
had come however, desire the part of the spec
the football field from their view in the grand stands
have the game smpfed and this element combined with those
who had believe that plays, ocaed dangerous
produced party poent favor of another form OF play and
body that be listened Whether form of play
devised game involving such personal that shall be
free from danger decidedly doubtful but neither the
spectator DESTROYS of this than the rule makers and
LONG SESSION OF COMMITTEES
The rule makers began their sessions March, and after having
mail large number of plans of the followers of
the sport and having succeeded in securing many suggestions
their MEETINGS often the members could
together during period of three months The resolutions
passed their first meeting something of idea of their posi-
ton the subject They expressed the desire to make such alterations
should render the criticism less and consider detail the
positions already submitted and that might be offered
The result of all these meetings the production of the football
rules Is they stand for 1908.
There be taken of these rules The first that
of the spectator and the second that of the player
This article puts before the spectator the facts these rules
and the changes that he liable brought about by them Another
article will follow taking the from the standpoint of the player
and coach.
In the first place the spectator he looks the field will
see that It's middle section, that is the bounded by the
twenty-five yard lines and the side lines marked like checker
board The space from each twenty-five yard line the goal line is
gon of old The object of this marking, the object
of the veyard lines originally assist the referee in determining
rapidly distances tape
throughout the field indicate whether side line has made the
five yards three but the longitudinal lines used
the middle section made necessary by a rule.
1t will be remembered that there time in the history of the
when the quarterback that is the who first receives the
ball from the snapbac in the could himself the
ball forward After law made preventing the
back from carrying the ball forward beyond the line of
The of 1908 him chance of being
with the ball He WILL however, be permitted plunge
through the middle of the line but he least five yards
toward the ne where the
ball snapped back