Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-08-25
.KEW FOOTBALL RULES
ABOLISH FLYING TACKLE
OTHER CHANGES MADE
they ALSO LIMIT THE FORWARD
PASS TO TWENTY YARDS -Ik.
TsRIocK1Ne INTERFERENCE IS
BARRED AND GAVE MUCH LESS
DANGEROUS
he Pias rs Osyiass int -Four Quar-
ssz -oaer Changes fer the Bet
esrzsns q Game HAVE Been Result
q hash Work.
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After aboz * al summer. tie foot.
t2h rules coulmitee to-day made pub
Ne ne rules whnA are to severn the
course Of the game during the sea.
scr Of 1919 chazgAz adopted are
reFoMuo1Erx IN character, and czku-
lated 10 n1Enire greatly the danger
q fatal accidents existing under the
old rules.
Fo- ore thing. the tine Of play is
divided into four periods Of fifteen
minutes each, Instead Of two thir-
v%=s=ste halves. The usual in
tsrmSAa d fifteen minutes is main
tAAned between the second and third
Priod, but an intermissiOn Of three
minutes only Is allowed between the
first and second and third and fourth
periods During this chort Intermk-
sion 10 player win be allowed to
AzEe the field. nor viii any outsider
be permitted on the field, a only
TIE trainers
Al the beginning Of the second
and fourth periods. the team change
goals but the doEn. the relative spot
On the down. the possession Of the
ball and the distance TO be gained
remain as they were at the concIa-
sion Of the preceding period Of play.
Abolishes Flying Tackle
Another radical change is that gov
ening the flying tackle. This has
been entjrely eliminated by a new
ruling, which provides that a player
must have al least one foot on the
ground when taekling.
This years ruhs provide that a
player is qualified to make a for
ward pass only when he is at least
one yard back Of his own line Of
scTmmage, or occupies the position
on the end Of the line. No man
make a forward pass or kick the ball
unless he is five yards back OF the
line OF scrimmae.
Limit Forward Pass TO Twenty
Yards.
The territory forward Of the line OF
scThnmage. and consequently In the
enemys camp, is adjudged neutral
for q displetion Of a forward pass or
kick. A forward pass is not legal il
the ball CROSSE a line twenty yards
In advance Of the spot where IL was
put in play before touching the
ground or a player.
In the case OF a kick, the play,
ers on the defense within the TWEEN.
ty-yard zone must not Interfere with
the ends o. other players in any way
until their opponents have advanced
20 yards beyond the line of scrim,
mage.
Forbid fnterIoeked interference.
Interlocked Interference, that is
players Of the side having the ball,
taking hold Of each other, or using
their hands or arms to grasp their
teammates in any way, Is forbidden,
and It is also forbidden for any man
on the side having possession Of the
ball TO push or pull in any way the
man running with the ball,
Another innovation is to be noted
in relation to the substitution of
players during a game. A rule has
been passed, which provides that a
player, who had been removed for
any cause. except disqualification OF
suspension, may be returned to the
game once at the beginning of amy
subsequent period.
The longitudinal lines, formerly
marking the field, are done away
with, as the quarterback may now
cross the line of ~scrimmage at any
point.