The Cairo bulletin., 1910-08-18
RULES COMMITTEE MAKES PUB
Lie RESULT OF ALL SUM-
MER'S LABORS.
FLYING TACKLE No MORE.
Twenty Yards Neutral Ground During
Punts-Field Restored to Grid
iron Aspect, But Game
Has Four Periods.

New York. Aug. 17-After labor
lasting nearly all summer the football
rules committee today made public
the rules to govern the game during
the season OF 1910.
I The changes adopted are revoiu
tonary and calculated to minimize
the danger of fatal accident existing
under the old rules.
For one thing the time of play is
divided into four periods Of fifteen
minutes duration, instead of the tradi
tional two halves of 33 minutes each.
The usual intermission Of fifteen min
utes iss maintained between the sec
ond and third periods, but an inter-
mission Of three minutes only Is al
lowed between the first and second,
and between the third and fourth
periods. During this no player is al
lowed to leave the field, nor any one
permitted onthe field, save only the
individuals who, look after the physi-
cal condition of the players.
At the beginning or the second and
fourth periods the teams change goals
but between the otner periods the
spot on which the ball was last down
the possession of the ball and the dis
tance to be gained, remain as they
were at the conclusion of the preced
/ ing period of play.
Another radical. change IS that gov
erning the flying tackle. This Il
eliminated by the new ruling, which
EPreylaes that. player must have a
least one foot on the ground whei
he tackles an opponent. The. new
Legislation governing the forward
pass, which number of experts wer'
inclined to abolish. will materially
alter the play and aspect of the game
This years rules provide that
player is only qualified to receive
| forward pass who IS at least on
yard back of his own line of scrim
mage or occupies position on th
end of said line. No man may max
a forward pass or kick the ball unles
five yards back of the liae OF scrin
mage.
The territory forward of the line {
scrimmage, consequently In tn
enemys camp, is adjudged neutral 70
a distance of twenty yards pendin
the completion@of forward pass @
kicks. The forward pass is not legs
.lif the ball crosses the line twent
yards in advance of the spot where
, was put in play before touching tn
! ground or player. In case of kic
the players on the defense within tn
twenty yard zone must not interfer
Iwiththe end or other players, in an
way until the opponents have a
vanced twenty yards beyond the lin
of scrimmage
Interlocked interference, that
players of the side having the ba
, taking hold of each other, or usir
their hands or arm to grasp the
, team mates in any way is forbidde
and it Is also forbidden for any ma
, lon the side having possession of Il
ball to push or pull in any way Il
man running with the ball.
Another innovation is in regard
1.-THE substitution of players during Il
game. A rule was adopted whi'
lprovides that player who has be-
removed for any cause except d
qualification or suspension may be
turned to the game once at the begi
II ming OF any subsequent period.
| The longitudinal lines former
marking the field are done away wit
: as the quarterback may now cross t
line of scrimmage at any point.
: The new rules have already be
: adopted by all the large colleg'
nearly all being represented on t
y rules committee, consisting of l..
Dennis, of Cornell; L. X. Hall,
Dartmouth; James A. Babbitt,
q Haverford; JohnC. Bell, Of the U
Il. versity of Pennsylvania; Crawfc
at Blagden, of Harvard; Walter Can
al of Yale; Paul j. Ashill, of Annapol
ae w. o. Dudley, of Vanderbilt; Par
a. Fl. Davis, of Princeton; Lieutenant
le Fl. Hackett, of West Point; Dr. w,
Lembeth, of the University Of Y
Ie ginia; G. w. Savage, of Oberln;
In A. Stagg, of the University of c
II cago; r. L. Williams, of the Univ
ry sity of Wisconsin.
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