Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-22
Bv Percy H. Whiting.

BY H6TCy II. w llIlllB'
THEY were coming back from
the Georgia Vanderbilt foot
ball game. How can you tell
asked she, what the penalties are
for"
why, that's very simple said
he saRelv. "A FIVE yard penalty
is for of side, flfteer yards Is for
holding half the distance to the
goal line Is for roughness.
How interesting" said she,
And Il was.
THE man who can tell the pen
atty that has been inflicted IN
football game by the distance as
sessed 10 a wonder indeed At that
however. Il is entirely possible to
get a slight nno on It in that way.
For instance, three penalties are
absolutely conclusive. If team is
soaked two yards 1t must inevitably
be for taking out time more than
three times during a half. II a
team is set back ten yards you
NAV know that the defensive size
has InteTfered with an opponent in
the case of a forward pass before
the ball has been touched. A 20
ward penalty is passed out because
a team Is not ready to start play at
the beginning of the second half.
There is only one two-yard pen
sltv only one ten yard penalty and
only one 2S-yard penalty, and the
orYenaas mentioned are those which
they punish.
-HERE are nineteen offenses for
L which the penalty is FIVE yards.
fourteen offsnses for which the
penalty is fifteen yards, two for
which the penalty ia loss of half
the distance to the goal line, four
for which a down" is lost. ten for
which the ball liz lost. three rules
which. il broken, lead TO suspension
two that result In disqualification,
and three that are punished by for
TEXTURE of the game
so 1t isn't so awnllly simple after
all.
--HB offense that most often calls
L for a penalty of Ave yards In the
average game is that for off-side
play. Six varieties of this offense
are specified. Tricks intended 10
draw opponents off-Bide get the
same penslty--iikewise interior
enoe with opponents before bail ls
put in play So does unreasonable
aelay-thouEh you seldom see this
rule enforced. Holding by the de-
fens1ve side is in the same class, as
far as the penalty is concerned. 1t
will be recalled that after the ball
has been put in play. players on the
side not in possession of the ball
may use their hands or arms to
get at the ball or the player. but
must not tackle or hold their oppo-
nents. II they do. they are soaked
1--WE yards. Another Ave yard pen
atty is given for a flying tackle or
for tackling below the knees-with
certain exceptions. The rule says:
There shall be no tsckling below
the knees, except by the men on
the line Of scrimmage on the de
Tense. and of these, the two men
occupying the positions on the ends
Of the line Of scrimmege may not
tackle below the knees" A foolish
ly complicated rule il seems to us.
A COUPLE Of ffteen-yard pen
alties are important. The rest
are seldom assessed The most
familiar lie the penalty for holding.
This Is an important penalty. The
rule reads; After the ball has
been put in play, the player carry
ing the ball may ward off oppo-
nents with his hands and arms. but
no other player of the side in pos
session of the ball shall hold or use
his hands or arms Except with the
arms close to the body to OBJ
struct an opponent"
The other important rule which
mas a fifteen yard penalty is that
Tor pushing. pulling and interlocked
interference. This is one of the
newer rules and was passed IA do