The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-24
Additional Sporting News
OFFICIAL RULES
ARE NOW ISSUED
Continued from Page Ten.

may CROSS the line of scrimmage at any
point, and as the forward pass may be
thrown over the line at any point. these
longitudinal markings are no longer no
cessary. Hence, Rule !. Section ., now
simply reads that the field shall be
marked off at Intervals OF five yards with
white lines parallel 10 the goal lines.
The next rule affected is that regard
Ing substitution. A rule has been passed
that a player who has been removed for
pension may be returned 10 the game
once at the beginning OF any subsequent
period.
The Four Periods.
The game is divided into four periods
OF fifteen minutes each. sixty minutes In
all with the usual intermission between
the second and third periods, but three
minute interrnission only between the
periods. During this short intermission
OF three minutes. no player is allowed
10 leave the field OF play. nor any rep
resentative come on the field, except one
OF the. players. At the beginning OF the
second and fourth periods. the teams
change goals. but the possession OF the
ball. the down, the relative spot Of tho
down, and the distance 10 be gained all
remain the same as at the termination
of the preceding period. The teams do
not change goals after a try-at-goal fol-
lowing a touchdown. or after a goal from
the held, but the side scored upon then
has the option of kicking of, or having
their opponents kick OFF.
Crawling has been defined as an at
tempt to advance the ball by the runner
after the ball IS declared dead, and Is
penalized. Seven players of the side hold
Ing the ball must be on the line OF scrim-
mage The player who first, receives the
ball when II is snapped back may carry
1t across the line OF scrimmage at any
point.
The Forward Pass.
The legislation regarding forward
pass should be read over repeatedly by
In order that 1t may be thoroughly mast
cred. First, the lines 10 be observed
should be thoroughly borne In mind.
for each side 'EaS formerly, er ~ the line pass @
Ing through the end OF the ball, a man
TO be on the line OF scrimmage must be
within one foot OF this line, but player
to be eligible to receive forward pass
must be at least one yard back OF his
own line OF scrImnlage. and no one may
receive forward pass who Is not thus
on the end OF the line OF scrimmag ge.
There is another imaginary line in addl-
tion TO this one-yard line, and that Is
fivc yards back OF the line OF scrimmage.
may he kick the ball unless he Is behind
this imaginary fivc-yard line. Between
this line and his scrlmmage line he is
allowed to neither kick nor make for
ward pass. There Is still another inag-
mary line, and that Is on the other side
of the scrimmage, the defensive. This Is
q line twenty yards back from tho de-
fensve line OF scrimmage, and within
the space bounded by the scrimmage line
and the twenty-yard line. There are
here certain restrictions relative to OBJ
struction OF opponents which Will be
found In Rule XVIII. Furthermore. II a
forward pass is even touched or fumbled
by, player, still no player on the other
side may interfere with the opponent
until the ball is actually In possession
of the player except In an attempt to
get at the ball. The players may, how
not crossed their own line OF scrimmage.
A forward pass Is not legal If II goes
more than twenty yards beyond the line
Of scrmmage. but an on-side kick does
not become an on-sidc kick, that Is IL
| does not put men on-side when touch
| ing the ground unless 1t goes at least
twenty yards beyond the line OF scrlm-
! mage. In the case OF a kick. the players
on the defensive within the twenty-yard
zone must not interfere with the ends,
or other players. In any way until these
beyond the line OF scrimmage After they
have advanced this twenty yards. then
the side on the defense may use their
hands or arms TO push them. out Of the
way in order to get Mt the bill. or use
| their arms close to their bodies. In order
to obstruct an opponent from coming at
the player carrying 1t.
Jnterlocked interference. that is. play
ers OF the side having the ball taking
hold OF each other, or using their hands
or arms to grasp their team mates In any
way is forbidden. and Il Is also forbidden
sion of the ball to push or pull In any
way the man running with the ball,
No Flying Tackle.
Finally. a player when tackling an op-
ponent must have one foot at least on the
ground. ,. oso
| Ic rprlotn with Information
| concerning this popular fail game. INC
| illustrations are more numerous tnai
hundTsdS OF teams SH1nf paysrs
! figure up In the thousands. :,
! The ail-America selections by the edi-
tor, Walter Camp. and other - iea1,mg fnrns
! an important section OF the book. Rep
! resentative teams and their work during
the season OF 1909 are reviewed, ,1nie me
article on the western conference foot-
| ball season OF 1903 is written by Walter
| II Eckersall football In Ohio rs covered
by L, w, st. John, Ohio wesleyan uni IL.
James L. Garland; southern Idaho by
| Harvey Holmes. president OF the Rocky
Mountain association OF the A., A. A; h, u:
| the south by H. b. Taber. Fort smith.
Ark. and Grantlnnd Rice OF Atlanta
Ga; south Atlantic footban oy w "a.
| England by ]. B. Pendelton. tho middle
states by George ", orton. University OF
! PENNSYLVANIA; western pennsylvania pY
! Edward NJ, Thierry.
Records Of Teams.
| The records OF the teams cover many
| pages and will be found interesting by
! ali of the college and school players. The
! closing chapters OF the book contain n
| list OF the captains, coaches and managers
| of college tcams and a list OF Officials
| as published by the central board OF OFF,
| ciais also the intercollegiate conference S
! approved list OF officials These lists VIII
nil long-fcl want. as they viii help p
! managers considerably in arranging
games and selecting officials,
The rules committee. which consists OF
! T.. M Dennis Cornell. chairman; Il. \.
| Hall Dartmouth secretary; James a.
Babbitt. Haverford; John c. Bell. tiniver-
| sity OF PENNSYLVANIA. Crawford Blagden'
| Harvard; Walter Camp. Yale; Paul j.
| Dashloll, Annapolis; W, l.. Dudley. Van
! derbilt: Parke n, Davis. Princeton; Lieu
! tenant H. Fl. Hackett, West Point; Dr.
! w. 4. Lambeth. University OF Virginia
| G. w. Savage. Oberiln; A. a. Stage. Uni
ycrsity OF Chicago, and II. L, Williams.
| University OF Minnesota has had harder
| task this season than ever before. and II
! is 10 be hoped that tho rules as a present
| arranged will meet the approval OF the
| public.
| AnnereOn Wins