New-York tribune., 1909-09-26

Walter Camp, YaIes representative on the foot
ball rules committee. has the following to say in
Recreation for October. concerning the rules as
revised last winter:
ness and brutality are concerned. mas been contu-
Gus, and much credit must be given to the oilcais
referees umpres, field judges and Nnesmen Tor thls
betterment An official to-day understands ne must
his ' b6dy 5y and the body Of oficais throughout the
country whenever anything out OF the way taxes kI
fines OF further OF the forward pass ana on
side kick in combination The team tnat bt can It'e t
cether so that their opponents cannot tell which
almost commanding lead over their rivals. Hence
coaches and players have been e ana are sun 'ei'
The most prominent change in the rules for the
season of 1903 lies i'll the scoring: After many sea
been once changed reducing II sun anotneI I
point and making it score only tnref yyne to
the feeling Of players and spectators that two ned
goals should not be reckoned of greater Naiue tnat
: IoncbdoWn from which a goal is secured. AS II
points and two field kick goals count only six IN
the aggregate. - . 49,,
SAFETY to scrmmage the ball on the %-yard line line
instead Of kicking it out This change IS very +ba+ b
Is forced into difficulties when PLAYING against "a
strong wind Formerly tbs IL WAS Tes pToyided that it
could not be kicked out OF bounds. but must De
kicked s9cdent n2 the Substituting eq for catch
return kick at the goal rms Sonto + GERc&i1e
ont against the wind from about the 2o-yard line
the ball could not be driven far enough 10 put 'he
goal out of danger
Scrimmaging at the 25-yard line means, hrst ~
GIVES the side scrimmaging good opportunity 10
work the ball out by the running game II IL can
and second It gives II the opportunity II II rams
at the running game. to punt the ball out OF
hounds SO that its opponents cannot make 1air
catch but are obliged themselves to scTlIninaSe It,
and IL they try at goal, to try from a drop KICK
The rules relating TO the forward pass remain
yracticaTy as they last season one thing
g made definite that I'm the rules last year but
20 which attention had not been specihcaily called
sDd That is that a man the end of the line OF
srrjmmage who IS more than one foot back OF the
line and still not a yard back may not receive the
han on the forward pass That is he is not
eligible to receive the ball.
Particular attention has been called to the fact
that the referees whistle stops the play, that the
may be refused by the offended side. Hence II is
evident that the referee should not blow his whistle
AT a foul but the umpire should perform that duty
There rac some ambiguity in the rules last year
where they stated that penalties when the foul
was so near that the penalty would result In n
tomchdown must be reduced to carry the
hail onIy half the distance between the place where
the foul was committed and the goal line. 1t was
Intended that this should apply to a safety touch
down as well touchdown. and this has been
made more SPECIFIC
In the rules last year If the centre rush moved
the motion the ball was regarded as in play. II
IS said that there were some players who made the
motion with the hand without moving the ball,
with the sole intent to draw the opponents into an
illegal charge. This has been provided for by the
rue that any feint made by the centre rush as
II 10 put the ball in play without then putting the
ball IN play shall be penalized by a loss of five
yards.