Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-25

offside is put ansido when q legally p
kicked ball touches the ground ia The
field of play twenty yards in advance
of the spot where the ban was put
IN play. No player of either side mHN
further Kick or Kick az such "a ball
While ON the ground or bounding. The
plaNcr. who. standing back Of his own
line OF scrimmaRe. receives the ball
from Que OF his own side and then
kicIys IT. beyond the line Of scrimmagc
may not himself got the bah unttl afr
ter il has touched one OF his oppun-
cnts.'
Tackiing Restrictions.
TacklinG, too. has been subjected TO
careful consideration. and the new re-
SELECTIONS bar thc long. diving clutch
c~onnnetety. IN addition tNokling helow
the knees is prohibited except by tack
lers. guards. ana centers on the de-
fcnsive lire OF scrimmage. The regu-
lations express It IN the following
form;
"A player when tackliug an OPP
poneut must have one foot at least
on the ground. There shall be no
tuokling below the knees, except by
the men on the line ol scrimmage on
the defense. and ot these, the w men
occupying Che position on the ends OF
the line ef scrimmRge may not tackle
below the knees
Those paragraphs from the new
code give some idea of the changes
THAI heVe been made in the playing
rules since toothalla were Had away
on trophy shelves some nine mouths
ago. No attempt has beer made TO
cover la dctaii every alteration or re-
VISION made ia the new rules. Those
featured are the sections in which the
most radical reforms have been en-
ueted. scores OF other minor changes
have been made in order To weld tho
new rules into a acrimonious code.
only a careful study oi the ncM reg
ulBtions viii give the fun scope of re-
form as accomplished by the rules
committee. The fourteen men COM
posing this body have spent months
in working over the rules. Numerous
meetings wore held. experiments tried
and every effort made 60 evolve q set
OF playing regulations that would
preserve the game and YET eliminate
the dangerous features which devcl-
oped during the past few years
What the result vii be only actual
play can develop.
The coming Of what might he
called the 'lleet-footed game should
lllti IA INV iAAFHtftk VI aAhRANA' W.
packed away in muleskius. The worth
Of bic men in football hinged on tho
mass play. With this bone-crunching
pastime o thing OF the past what vs.
q ipridifon giant 10 du2 Radical
OF ensive changes means equally rad
ical defensive changes. Your pom
dcrous forward must SO. The quick
footed athlete win take his place.
But this does not mean the end OF
big men on the pridiron. 1t merely
marks the passing Of slow -Wltted
moving linemen. characteristic
OF thp Harvard 1905 eleven. Big men
prAtI,d they are active, Viii he very
much In demand in this latest effort
he b new game" Better wonld Vt
be - sas the days Of the i0gty tsr-
wa-d whose chief duty WAS to ni!e
mn mass Dluvs. are no mora. Active
giants should star.
Tho abolition OF tine mass ulnv
tena I'M no small degree L.
rqta 20 The small lnl large college
coptus Beef. q big univsity charae-
t~cflstic.N.in avail nothing. The speed
OF certain small college teams rs Oftal
On d hlnho, gear than sn-called Pig
Font raenYhcrs. with the beer com
modify sat rg.de these small college
contributors should show GO I've GER
4dynntura
Passing of Giants.
An added item In favor of the
tnnor oycions ia that theS win NOT
10 guard their forward lines so
from the assaults of "giants'
N1th the mass nlav o%utlawed IL IS
or.eiIlc that six men can tax care
IF rho forward zone. This would
.eavc nm extra plavor for the secondary
defense where stray onside kicks ana
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