The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16

out of the old back breaking, muscle
tearing game.
There are many radical changes in
the game as presented today from
that of even last year Among them
is that relative to the length of the
game. Different from the old meth
Cd il divides the game into four pc
riOds instead of the customary halves,
allowing a period of rest between
each quarter" In connection with
this change comes the decision that
a player may be substituted for an
other at any time. Incidentally. any
player who has been removed from
the game may be brought back into
it at the beginning Of any subsequent
period.
Old football players have been some
what astOnished at this drastic change
in the rules. From time immemOrial
it has been the custom and the rule
that a player, once removed, could not
again get back into that same game.
What doth it profit the big guard or
tackle. when, after a great deal of
trouble from his opposing guard or
tackle. he is able in one OF the line
plunges OF close plays, TO render that
opponent unfit to play, be it from ae-
eident or by design, if after a COM
Il
pOnent can come back into the game
at the beginning Of another period
strengthened and refreshed, and make
himself more troublesome than be-
fore?
One OF the great dangers in the
game-that is, Up to this year-has
been the open field, flying tackle
caused in many cases by the forward
pass and the Onside kick Of the old
rules. While these two plays have not
entirely been done away with, they
have been modified to a great extent,
and the old, thrilling scene Of the ball
hurting through the air. which
pleased the spectator so much, will be
more refined than ever. For instance,
the forward pass, which formerly
could be sent flying 10 a distance of
thirty to f1fty/yards. has been brought
down and modified so that the legal
zone OF the play is now twenty yards.
That is. the pass is not considered
legally completed unless caught by one
of the side putting II in play before It
has passed a spot twenty yards IN
advance Of the scrimmage line.
Minimum Legal Distance.
On the other hand, the Onside kick
has been revised to the extent that its
minimum legal distance is twenty
yards, thus making it more in the ma
ture OF an open play and giving the
opposing backheld a chance to reach
| it not before accorded il, on account
Of speedy ends. who. knowing the play
coming, could get down faster than the
opposing line.
The triple handling of the ball nee
essary in former years has been done
away with, making the quarterback
more of a possibility than ever. In
many cases the quarterback has been
relegated to the position of one of the
real backheld, thus adding his strength
/ in all backfield plays. According to
this section of the rules. any player
except the three center men on the
line Of scrimmage. may receive the
ball from the snapperback without its
having to go into the hands of a third
player before being advanced. This
rule opens up unlimited possibilities
for the baclIfield. and the quarterback
will prove a great help in this way.
It is no longer necessary for the quar-
terback, on what was formerly known
as a quarterback run, 10 run five yards
to either side of the line of scrimmage
before advancing. The ball may be