New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-23
DISCUSS FOOTBALL RULES
Rouuh Edges SmOothed OFF at
Meeting of Officials.
NOW READY FOR SEASON
Walter Camp and Others Make
Slight Changes in Code to
Avoid Conflicts.

Slight Changes IN Code TO
Avoid Conflicts.
- coniIrction with the football rules
committee the central board Of officials
Mold one OF It's annual Interpretation meet
49, NJ tho Hotel Manhattan last night.
,rFe rafo~ity OF tl,c members OF the rules
...,,,,,,-teo were present together with a
hundred or more men who have at one
,,--e or another been conspicuous on the
,~i5i-or both AS players and as officials.
- ro-,ss 4 Rabbit, Of Haverford, was
81. e-s+ sneaker, hut Walter Camp, Of
vi, sctaf AZ chairman and was oiucidator
,lsioe r4o was assisted by PariSe II.
r-ts ~ Princeton; Percy Haughton, of
r5.,,-sr5. W : LanEford, Of Trinity; Al
s,,.-ne Of Yale and W. y Morice, OF
p.,revIvanla. who. after they had heard
~. criticisms OF the rules that had come
b, N Mr. Camp by letter and those that
,,o-a made orally from the floor retired
and later delivered their opinions.
v,rbero there were conflicts the rough
,rots were smoothed out. and although IL
l. not believed that all the weaknesses OF
.t. rules have been eliminated. still as "a
-,s,lt of the meeting the officials will have
.,oarer and more definite understanding
OF The code.
One roint which presented particular
4Hrrr+v was Paragraph G.. Section g OF
p,re 7r IT'S unabridged form this pro-
,,5e6 that a safety was made when a
-rava- OF the side in possession OF the ball
--s,ee am fucompleted forward pass be-
s,,d sis goal line or commits foul which
would give the ball 90 the opponents be-
hind the offenders goal line. This was
suDrfemented by the addition of "A Kick
bounding back behind the goal line VIII
Immediately become a safety ms
cleared un one Toint and 20 Section 3 OF
Rule Is was added the provision that u
was 10 apply only 70 fouls committed with
.a-. The twentv-Var5 zone. This section mas
to- 10 with the distance penalty for carry
.rr the ball inside the oHe-yard hue or
across the goal lire. and il conhicted IN
,srf with the section of Rule 6 already re-
feryed o..
The difficulties encountered in Section b
OF Rule 10 were eliminated by discardins
tHe penalty Of giving the ball to the OPP
pononts on the spot of the preceding down
.r tle case 0f am uucomuleted forward pass
ana substituting THE penalty provided 1or
LID the case ar illegally touching or recoN-
ering the taII which shall 20 20 the APP
.ouents at che spot of the preceding down
instead If where the foul occurred. Para
graphs and G. were suppl emented by pro-
f.na I'm each case that the bail must not
rarr touched the ground In either case.
~ eliminating the clause land before the
.ar has been touched hr player on
.rrrrf rsrrIg
the officials think that they will be able 70
r-r-snr scramble for the ball
Another point that came up was in ref
sraree rr the use Of hands and arms
touched upon iu Section B. of Rule rs. II
wac decided iSat the players on the side
-et .r possession Of the ball may use their
LANDS and arms In a bOna-dde attempt 90
go. I'll. .r. tackle the man with Tho bail.
This provision was in the old rules and al
though r was not I'M the code last year the
practice vaa permitted, according to ma
fr-f,r of -hr officials The phrase IF neither
side IS i'm possession Of the ball, same as
Zee ball" uudr~ section Of Euie is was
.mius. a. being superfuOus.
fu dedn'1c a touchback the committee
4a~reed THAT coward pass going over the
GOAL line c- striking the upright or cross
rs- MP kicked ball struck by an oftsice
r.r-a. -+r.r rho ten-yard line. IS a toucn-
back I'M addition 20 the other gpecifcatons
.-ss- sa--tur of Rule
One now -rra that escaped general OBJ
sa~vauu wae that me snapper back viii
DO under -rr same rules as the other PLAY
s,s g-.t -.rerr--a +o raing ofside. Sec
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,,e s.r Ia -,. act of making a forward
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s. considered tumble and would oe de-
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