Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-09-24
SENIORS
ALUMNI


Probably the readers of the PILOT
will be interested in 1912 foot ball
rules. The changes will make some
difference in the game as compared
with other years. The present rules
boiled down are:
-Four trials are given in which to adj
vance the ball ten yards or an aver
age of two and one half yards to the
down. Last year only three trials
were allowed.
The field which was formally 300
feet long, has also quite materially
changed. The goal posts have now
been brought in SO that the distance
from one goal line to the other goal
line is now 300 feet or an even 100
yards, but behind each goal the extra
space, ten yards, thus cut off, is re-
tanned for the purposes Of the forward
pass, that is player may receive a
forward pass in this end zone, and it
will still be legal. Formerly if for
ward pass crossed the goal line, it
was a touch back for defenders of the
goal, no matter whether an opponent
caught it or not. Owing to the
changes in the field, the kickoff in
stead of being made as formerly from
the middle of the field, the fifty-five
yard line, will now be made from
the forty-yard line of the side that is
doing the kicking, that is sixty yards
from the goal towards which the ball
is being kicked.
One other change of Importance is
that on the kick-ou6, the opponents,
instead of lining up on the twenty-five
yard line of the opponents goal, line
up on the twenty-Yard line and the
ball must be kicked from some point
behind that twenty-yard line.
The intermission between the first
and second, and third and fourth
periods has been shortened from two
minutes to one minute.
Only one man of each side, instead
of three, will be allowed to walk up
and down the side lines. The Office of
field Judge has been dispensed with
and the three officials will be the
referee, umpire and linesman. The
restriction that the forward pass
should not go over twenty yards has
been removed and 4 forward pass of
any distance is legal. The on-side
kick has been cut out altogether, a
kicked ball striking The ground, there
fore does not put the kicker's side on
side.
The Wausau Industrial school,
board. consisting of Karl Hathie, w
r. johnson, G. G. Kruger, L. n
Larson and S. 3. Tobey, met the
merchants of this city, who are EN-
ploying Toys between III and Is year:
of aSe, in a conference last evening at
The Wausau Club house. The best
time suitable both for the boys anc
their employers was considered but
not definitely fixed.
Arrangements have been made with
the Wausau Gas Co. for the installa
ton of tireless gas cooker and 2
gas Jets. Twenty-Five girls have al
ready enrolled in their department Of
the industrial school in the Grant
school and it is expected that seveFa
more will enter soon
The high school foot ball team vii
play game in this city next Satur
day with Rhinelander.
The following games have been ar
ranged for:
Sept. 2s-Rhinelander at Wausau.
Oct. 5-Wausau at Merrill.
g 12-Stevens Point at Wausau.
g 19-Antlgo at Amigo.
26-open.
Nov. will be the closing game 0
the season-Grand Rapids at Wausau
All gymnasium classes have startet
work as have all elocution classes.
Miss Craze -, arranged all musi
sessons and all senior b and junior 4
have music Monday afternoon, al
Junior B and Sophomore A have it d
| Tuesday afternoon while Sophomor
| B and Freshmen A have their n.usi
| on Wednesday afternoon. The Fresh
raen b chorusses under Miss Slac
las music for hour every Monda,
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons
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