Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-02
FOOTBALL WILL
Be DIFFERENT
NOTABLE CHANGES IN RULES
SUGGESTED
Forward Pass VIII Be Allowed, Win
the Idea Of Giving Better oppor-
tunity for Advancement
of the Ball

The solomons OF the football world
who met in New York recently for
the consideration of rules which would
lessen the roughness of the gridiron
game agreed upon several suggestions
that will no doubt be adopted at the
next meeting to be held February TO-
Two of the most notable changes
which may be put in force IL the pro-
posals are accepted viii. be the rules
allowing a forward pass. and the pro-
hibition OF line hurdling.
The forward pass movement should
result in n more open play because
of the fact that less certainty will
exist as to the man with the bail.
Heretofore the opposing sides wasted
little time In determining who was
running with the oval and as a result
the efforts of the other side were al
most wholly directed to downing him.
Under the new order, tacklers will
be Obliged to watch the movement OF
every back field man of the opposing
side, In expectancy of pass, either
backwards or forwards.
Just what provision will be made
for hurdling has not been decided
upon, but the spectacular feature of
the old game appears doomed to give
way.
The recommendation that player
be suspended for an entire year upon
the repetition of roughness for which
he has been once disqualified, may
eliminate some of the complaint as
to sluggng tactics, for the penalty
would certainly be n severe one, when
the fact is considered that but four
years of college football is allowed any
university man.
The changes suggested at the con-
ference were
ifcation-Striking with the
fist, elbow, knee and kicking, punish
able for the rest of the game while
the offending team shall lose half the
distance to its own goal.
Opening up of play--Any man back
of the snapper-back be allowed to
make forward pass, provided the
pass does not reach beyond the line
of scrimmage when the ball was put
i'll play.
mot more than six men shall be on
the line of all the linemen and inside
the men on the end of the line.
There shall be no tackling below
the knees, except by the men on the
line of scrimmage on the defense. and
of these the end men cannot tackle
below the knees.
Hurding in the line is prohibited
definition to be decided on later.
"The players of the side having pos
session of the ball shall not hold,
block or otherwise obstruct opponents,
except with the body, but the player
moving with the ball may ward off
opponents. Holding or unlawful OBJ
struction includes graphing oppon-
ents with the hand--or placing the
hand on opponent to obstruct play.
1T shall be the duty of all officials
to penalze all offenses.
"Unsportsmanlike conduct to include
the use of insulting language to OPP
ponents or officials, the penalty shall
be suspension to the end of the game.
Unnecessary roughness - Striking
the runner with the ball with the heel
of the hand, or meeting with the knee;
striking with the lock by linemen in
breaking through; tackling the runner
when out of bounds and all other acts
of unnecessary roughness. The penal
ty shall be fifteen yards.
Further recommendation that upon
being disqualified for a second offense
during the season, the player guilty
of the offense be disqualified for one
year.
six men shall always be on the
| line, one of the center men shall drop
back at least five yards or more.
There shall be a referee, two UNI
pires and linesman, but in games
| OF minor Importance the second umpire
shall be dispensed with on agreement"
| The committee is Lieutenant Book
walter, Annapolis; Walter Camp, Yale;
w. r. Reid, jr., Harvard; Homer Cur
tbs, southern universities; J. C. Bell,
Pennsylvania; DR.. James A. Babbitt,
Haverford; Il. K. Hall, Dartmouth; j.
3. Fine, Princeton; L. M. Dennis,
Cornell; Lieutenant G. d. DAILY, West
| Point; c. w. Savage, Oberlin: A. A.
| Stagg, Chicago; Dr. II. G. Williams,
Minnesota, and Professor j. T. Lees.
| Nebraska.