Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-09-20
LATE FOOTBALL
RULES ARE OUT
Changes Are Declared Few
Although the Effect is
Important

The football rules are olt They
are called more simple than the old
ones. but the reader will wish the
committee had drafted It's views in
regular English and not in phrase
ology about as clear as a Hypothetical
question
The changes are few. the effect
important the spectator will get a
better idea of the game
The actual changes are:
a field of 100 yards, instead OF
10, the extra ten yards used as enC
zones back OF each goal. where for
ward passes may be received
The addition OF a fourth down tC
cain 20 yards
The kickoff from the i0-yard line
ON kckouts' opponents will lin,
Pap on the 2O-yard line instead OF
the -.
lutprmission between first and
second and third and fourth period,
reduced 10 one minute.
Forward passes may be Of any
length
The onside kick has been discard
ed
The rules do away with the
checkerboard field. and il is again
a gridiron.
Touchdowns count points
Goal from touchdowns. point
Goal from field . points
Safety by opponents. points
ilurdlng in the line is defined ae
Jumping over a man with both knees
or both feet foremost within five
yards either side of where the bali
was put in play
To prevent shifting strong player
from fho back field TO the line on
| th" d,fou-, fhr rules forbid playing
q so-.alIei center guard or tackle
ION fhe defense. as end or back on
\ of'onsc or any shifting TO evade this
lrule ~ captain desires 20 shift,
ono of his line men to the back field
he may DO so by speaking to the ref
cree huf the man so shifted may not
return to the line ANY OF the five
Icer'er men however. may be taken
back five yards and return 10 his
position ~ Will under rule o. section
90 which provides that any one of
the tive center men may drop back
/ five yards on the offense. his place
being taken boy one OF the back field
One player may be in motion to-
ward his own goal, directly or obli-
qucly when the ball is put in play
10 this player be- an end his place
must Ice filled as seven men must be
on the line when play starts
The rules forbid guards carrying
the ball
n having signaled for a fair
catch, % player takes more than two
steps nith the ball his side must I
put the ball In play five Yards be- :
hind the mark OF the catch
Each captain may request that
time Doe taken ont thrice during the
half without penalty " time be- ask
ed thereafter the side will be penal /
i1ed unless q player be removed
No player on the side having the .
ball shall use his hands. arms Or
body 20 push, pull or hold up the man /
carrying the ball
Only the runner may ward of |
opponents with his hands and arms
10 other player on the side may use
hands or arms, save with arms close /
10 The body. % ohgtruct an opponent. /
This includes Grasping an opponent
with hands or arms. placing hands
upon an opponent TO push him away
from a play. encircling any art OF the
opponent with the arm. using the
arms 10 me- an opponent In blocking
Players on the defence may use
their hands and arms only 10 get n
the bali or the runner
The offense may pass the ball FOR
ward any distance from a scrimmagc !
providing the pass Is made from five |
yards back OF the line.
Should a forward pass strike the /
ground In the end zones % counts as
a touchback
After the ball has been legally .
passed IL may first be- touched only by .
such members OF the offcnsc as were
at least one yard behind the line " .
scrimmage when the ball vas passed
or were playing end Any one OF the
defense may take forward pass. and
after a defender has touched 10 any
member Of the offcuse may take u
Tho exception is that when the ball .
Is Ia the air any eligible player may
bat II In any direction save toward |
his oppents' goal. 20 prevent an op- /
ponont getting u
In case OF Kickoff kick-out or
kick from a fair catch the ball must .
be- kicked az least ton yards toward /
the opponents goal line unless block (
ed
Striking kicking kncollng or I
roughing the fuilback when about 10 .
kick is punishable hy disqualification .
Tho position of fold Judge IS dis .
pensed with. leaving but three Off .
cials referee umpire and head .