Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-05
FOOT BALL RULES CHANGED
intercollegiate Committee Reduces
Length Of Intermissions.
CHANGE IN THE FORWARD PASS
Decide 10 bali, AFTER BeinE Passed
and Touched. Ne Fumbied and
Touch Ground Pass shall ne
Incomplete.


NEW YORK Feb. 4-The intercollegiate
football rules committee did little more
surgery or the game az meeting IN New
York yesterday
with y. X Han OF Dartmouth az chair
man and Walter Camp as secretary the
committee decided that lntermisslons were
too long anJ reduced the periods between
the first and second and the third and
fourth quarters from three minutes to two
minutes A new rule was adopted permit
ting teams b. agreement TO transfer the
supervision OF offsile play upon the line
Of scrimmage from umpire to head lines
man
The linesmsn however Is to report any
infraction to the umpire.
Another new rule provides that throw
ing a player TO the ground after the
referee has declared the bau dead may he
considered unnecessary roushness An
amendment was adopted allowing only
three men TO walk M and down the field
on each side Of the line. The present rule
allows five. II the ball accidentally strikes
an official. provides another amendment.
% shall not become dead. out plav shall
continue
A new rule adopted specifies that all
penalties under the rule regulating the
forward pass shall be applied from the spot
OF the down and not the spot from which
the pass was made.
Umpire Co Keep Time.
The committee transferred the duty OF
keeping time from the field judge to the
umpire and In rule Is. section g. which
provides that a player in catching for a
pass shall not be tackled or shouldered un-
tl he has caught the ball. and taken
more than one step in any direction the
words taken more than one step in any
direction" were stricken out After the
conference Mr.. Hall said:
The reason the committee made so few
changes Is that We feel the game has ae-
complished what the new rules started out
TO do--the elimination OF serious injuries
and that it was now a safe and playable
game. 1t seemed unwise TO make any
changes with a game that worked pretty
well, after the coaches and players got
the understanding Of It, until we are rea.
sonably certain, in light of further expert
ence whether any changes are necessary
and what the changes should be.
Forward Pass Rule.
II was decided that II the ball after
having been legally passed forward and
uEtH loututut hHdu Nnen pe Iuilpleu ana
touch the ground, the pass shall be con-
sldeTed a. incomplete. The object Of this
rule is to stop high passes and make a
clearer play.
foul following a first or second down
on or behind the goal line b. player OF
the side in possession OF the ball, while
the ball Is behind the goal line or in flight
from pass or kick delivered behind the
goal line shall be penalized by the loss OF
down and the ball shall be put In play
for the next down on the vineyard line.
IL such foul follows a third down the ref
cree shall declare a touchdown in favor
OF the offended side.
The Interpretation of the rules laid down
by the Interpretation committee at its
meeting on September II last was adopted
as part of the rules.
T.. X. Hall. Walter Camp and Carl s
Williams were elected members Of cOdi-
ficatlon committee with authority TO sim.
pity and clarity the rules.