Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02
FOOTBALL RULES.
Reform Methods on Some
Parts Of the Game
Adopted At a Meeting Of Inter
collegiate Rules Committee.
Referee, Two Umpires and Linesman Re-
Cuired For Each Game.

New ] Ofk, Nlaftn 3l.-I ltt <tilltiIttiil
int, rcollegiate football rules committee,
a consolidation Of the old football rules
committee and the representatives of
colleges who attended the recent con-
ference on football reform held i'll this
city, finally adopted today the new
playing rules for 1906. The committee
sat until late tonight. the task before it
being Il tedious one.
The committee has attempted to
"open' tn" game wherever possible and
t. eliminate unnecessary rOughncsS and
brutality. Al the same time the COM
mittee has strIVen to retain some sem
blance of the game as it has been
played in this country during he past
several years.
one of the principal changes doubles
the distance to be gained in three
downs. ~ yards noW being required Of
the team ON uficnsc instead of fiV" as
heretofore. Forward passes are to b"
allowed. Reform in methods Of tack
ing. hriuing ana interference" have been
have been severely stiffened. Six men
only are 10 DC on the line Of scrimmage
\ central board Of control is To pass
upon the competency Of all game Off
Off, ial>,
The committee has cndeaVOrcd "a
cover all points Of the game over which
complaints have arisen.
During The next tWu weeks Walter
Camp, editor. ana William II. Reid. Jr..
Of Harvard, secretary, will codify and
arrange the new code a meeting of
the committee Will be held Saturday.
April A. IL which this cuditication will
be presented.
The present code as passed was an
nounced in toto. There We're a number
of ninnr points settled today. The
question IT retaining the punt out after
z touchdown. for a try at goal, was de-
cid"d faNOrablC. Had ii been acted on
dvcrseiy the goal posts would have
been Widcnrd.
The question of allowing the punter
out Ia make a fake kick to draw his
opponents off-sidr before actually kick
ing, was settled atfirmatively. Other
similar questions were decided
The more important of the new pro-
visions Of til" code formally approved.
follow:
"DisQuahhcation- striking with the
=.
ing the runner. carrying the ban i'll the
face with the heel of the hand on de-
fence. meeting with the knees. strik-
i"@ with til" locked hands by the men
IL breaking through ana ruughing the
fiill-back after II" had kicked the ball
snail De punishable by the dsqualih-
cation Of tie guilty player for the rest
Of the game, ana the offending team
shall lose half the distance to its own
goal line. We further recommend To
the institutions playing under these
second tim" in 4 season. the PLAYER
shall be declared ineligible To play foot
ball fo' one year from the date of the
second offence; also that his same pen
atty apply to the deliberate injury of
am "pu"ncnt, not including the offence
specified on included in the next Src-
tinr.
Unnecessary roughncSs- include
piling up. tripping, tacklng the run
ner out Of hounds. and all other acts
of unnecessary rOughness. The penalty
shall b. a loss of Il yards
"tnS1ortsmanlike conduct-To in
clud@ use of abusive or insulting Ian
GuaSe 10 opponents or officials The
rHainder If the game.
IT shall be The duty Of all officials
TO renaliZe for the above offences
Not more than six men shall be on
the line Of scrimmagc on defense, the
balance to be clearly behind the feet
OF all the linesmen and inside the men
on the ends Of the line.
Six men shall be on the line of
Scrlmmagc at all times; the five CEN
Ter men shall always he on the line cx-
cept that one of the center men may
drop back at least five yards or more
another man To take his place in the
rush line.
There shall be no tackling below
the knees except by the men on the
llne Of scrimmage on the defense and
OF these. the two men on the ends of
the line Of scrimmagc cannot tackle
below the knees. The penalty for tack
ling below the knees shall be the loss
of five yards.
"A tackler who has tackled a runner