Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28
NEW FOOT BALL RULES
ACTION OF NATIONAL INTER
COLLEGIATE COMMITTEE.

NEW YORK, January 2T.-The national
intercollegiate foot ball rules committee.
after being in session in this city all day,
announced tonight the adoption of new
rules which, it is believed, will eliminate
brutality from the game. Before becoming
law the rules must be ratified at meeting
of the committee two weeks hence.
1t was decided that striking with fists,
elbow, knee or deliberately kicking an OPP
ponent shall be punishable by disqualified
ton for the remainder of the game, and
the offending team shall lose half the dis
lance to it's own goal line. A substitute
shall be allowed in place of the player dis
qualified.
The player disqualified twice in season
shall be suspended from playing foot ball
for one year from date of second onense.
For unnecessary roughneSs, such as strlk-
ing the runner with the ball in the face,
with the hand, meeting with the knee, pill
ing up, striking with the. locked hands by
linemen in breaking through, tripping, tao
king runner when out of bounds and all
acts of unnecessary roughness the penalty
shall be a loss of fifteen yards
Unsportsmanlike conduct, including abu-
sive or insulting language to opponent or
officials, a penalty of suspension for re-
mainder of day.
1t shall be the duty of all the officials to
penalize for the above offenses.
Holding Prohibited.
PLAYERS of the side that has possession
shall not hold, lock otherwise obstruct
except with the body; but player running
with the ball may ward off an opponent
with his hands. Holding or unlawful OBJ
structins includes (a) graphing the oppo-
nent with hands; OBJ placing hands on OPP
ponent to push him away from player.
The definition of holding finally held
over until the next meeting for further dis
cussion.
The neutral zone proposition as expound-
ed by Harvard adopted. 1t was
agreed that there shall be referee, two
umpires and linesman to each game. For
small games il necessary, there shall be
but one umpire.
was decided that any man back of the
snapper-back shall be allowed to make a
forward pass, provided 1t does not extend
beyond the line of scrimmage. He may
also pass to man who is In the line of
scrimmage when the ball is put in play.
On the Scrimmage Line.
Six men shall always be on the line of
scrimmage; the five center men shall al
ways be on the line, except that one of the
center men may drop back at least five
yards or more another man to take his
place on the rush line.
Not more than six men shall be on the
line of the scrimmage on defense; the
other shall be clearly behind the feet of
all the line men and inside the men on
the end of the line.
There shall be no tackling below the
knee. except by the men on the line of
serimmage or defense, and of these the
two men on the ends of the line of scrim-
mage cannot tackle below the knee
Hurdling in the line is to be prohibited
(the definition of hurdling to be given
out at the meeting two weeks hence).
The matter of d field laboratory was
postponed until the next meeting. as was
the selection of a central board of Off
cials.
The ten-yard gain rule was fully dis
cussed, but no decision was arrived at