New-York tribune., 1910-08-18
RULES REVISED At LAST
Committee Announces ReyoIu-
tionary Changes in Football.
ABOLISHES FLYING TACKLE
Retains Forward Pass, but
Adopts Stringent Regulations
Governing Play.

After ls5or lasting uesrly All summer tho
football rules committee yesterday mae-
public the rules which are to govern the
conduct Of the game during the season of
1910 The changes adopted are revolution
airy in character and calculated 70 rninirn-
ize greatly the danger Of fatal accidents ex-
isting under the old rules
For one thing the time OF play is DIVIDED
into four periods Of fifteen minutes duTs-
tion. instead OF the traditional two halves
Of thirty-five minutes each The usual n
Permission Of fifteen minutes is Usintalneh
between the second and third period put an
intermission Of three minutes only Is a.
lowed between the first and second and
third and fourth periods. During this short
interrnissfon no player will be allowed 70
leave the field nor will any one be per-
mitted TO come on the field save only the
individual who looks after the ply steal con-
dition of the players.
At the beginning Of the second and fourth
periods the teams change goals. but the
down. the relative spot OF the down. tns
Dossession OF the ball and the distance 70
| no gained remain as they were at the con-
cIusion of the preceding period Of play
Another radical change Is that governing
+na fyfnz tackle This has Deen enIiIeiS
| eliminated by a new ruling which PROVIDES
that a player must have one foot az lesS1
- -ba Ground when tackling an opponent
The new legislation governing Ihe Lor 81
.ass which a number Of The experts Vers
P-,.5 -. 20 abolish altogether, will raateFl-
~. aI+ar the play and aspect OF the game
1-,.s.l ,-aar,s rules provide that player
! , - Qualified 10 receive forward pa7s
/ -, = AZ least one yard back OF ms own
- of sc-tmnage or occupies the posi-
-, ~ Tho end of said line No man may
| ,,oka a forward pass OF kick the pan u"-
,.ss ba "a five yards back OF the me OF
scrimmage.
7-tA territory forward Of The line OF scrlrn-
waco and consequently IN the enemy
canon ia adtudged neutral for distancs
. +r,-ar+r- Yards pending the complexion o.
/ : <owsrd mass or kick. A forward pass
| :. NOT legal If the ball crosses line twenty
Yards in advance of the spot Wnere IL Vas
a ,,r- IN play before touching the Sro1nd OF
a player.
In +hs case Of a kick the players on tns
defence within the twenty-yard zone niuS1
nor interfere with ends OF other piaSerS
in anv wav until these opponents have ad-
vanced twenty yards beyond the Hile u
/ scrimmage.
T0rartoCkod
90 +he side having the bail taking hold OF
each other or using their hands or arms
+o r-asp their teammates in any ways
<orbtddAn. and il is also forbidden for any
man on the side having possession OF the
ball 10 push or pull in any way the man
running with the ball
| Another innovation Is 20 be noted IN re-
gard TO substitution Of players during a
game rule has been passed which pro
vjdes that a player who has been removed
for any cause except disqualification or
suspension may be returned to the game
once at the beginning of any subsequent
period.
The longitudinal lines formerly marking
the field are done away with. as the quar-
ter back may now cross the line Of scr1T1-
mage at any point
D Haughton head coach for the Harvard
University football teams. and an alter
rate member of the football rules commit
tee that committee has achieved the de-
sired result in Iessening likelihood of in
Jury 20 players so far as il is possible 10
do SO without an actual trial Mr.. Haugh-
: ton would not commit himself TO any ex-
preston of opinion regarding the proba-
bic effect OF any one Of the new rules He
did. however. state his belief that in gen
eral they will aid greatly in opening the
play