The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-09-19
FOOT BALL RULES REVISED.
The New Methods Is Adopted in codi-
fication.

Since the PRONUNCIATION Of the revised
foot hall rules for tho coming season,
players and others Interested In the
game have become thoroughly familiar
with the changes that have been made
IN the playing code and are petty we'll
prepared to 10 upon the field and play
the game, The few changes have all
heen in the line OF advancement and Il
i generally conceded that football this
fall will be even more open and interest
ing than In past years.
In connection with the revised rules, it
Is interesting TO note that there has
been complete reclassification Of the
regulations for the game. Up to this
year the code has been a fearfnlly and
wonderfully made couglomeration. From
year to year rules have boon changed
amended, cut and readiusted. with
now and then an explanatory note tuck.
ell IN Notes and explanations have be.
come a part OF the rules in many in.
stances aud In other IL has been quite
impossible to tell which is one thing and
which another
Experts worked over the rules last
winter and brought order out Of chaos
They found that notes IN former editions
had taken positions OF equal rank and
force with the rules In these instances
they were made rules In ether cases
they we're merely interpretations OF the
rules, Recommendations or mere sugges.
tons. IN such cases they were taken
out Of the rules entirely and appended
in their proper position This has re-.
suited IN greatly simplifying the code
and making the ralcs iutelhFihie
IN revising the rules experts went into
The work and proceeded to get them into
the most compact form consistent with
the perfect clcamess Tho way began
and the result Is interesting They took
the game OF football with an idea 81 tell
ing % person utterly ignorant 81 the
sport inst what L IS and how il IS
played The minitiated would naturally
ask what kind al game faet bali Is
and tbe very FIRST rule tells him that il
Is an outdoor game, PLAYED on a rec-
tsnrolar field II tells the size 81 TIE
field, and the second section tells how
liz Is marked The third section explains
the goals. How IS i played Is nstuT-
sily the next question Rale. two ex-
plains that "a Is nlaved with 3 fa6ih ball
81 AkrsAHtai aNi ~ U.s. isttt+ Aattr A5aHt.E
al fe0thslis Rule three explains sbom
PLAYERS and substitutes Then comes she
length 81 tie game how Il Is scored and
definitions 81 The game used u is play
ine
80 II IS 81 thraalh The revised rules.
The Hninitiated Is earned right through.
from Tic kick-oH. the position 81 She
players az scummage and il various
other situations After tho players 70
stiaBs at OIL timss bavt becn deter
mined, thc game starts 81 r@ttifg the
bah ID pls1 ly various methods There
is hound ia ~ 3 delay NcrE soon And
tbs explained tagethe win Tho u-
lawfuI interference with The fiar that
crops ont few minutes laGef in Tho
course 81 game ThuA The game s.
c0rried throaph u Pc rules each rule
Following SHE 1th9r naturally and In
sequence an Important FEATURE are thr
briefs of rules which arc given the
points ana thc rules is question wheu
The referee The umpire the field nudge
and the llnesmsn hiss jurisdiction shus
enabling ore t0 tgTh immediate ig 1o the
rule under discussion Tho revised rules
nay Dow hr resd and understood hy
aryonc interested IL the game