Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-05
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
BENEFITED BY
RULE CHANGES
Time to Be Taken Out When
Ball Goes Out of Bounds or
When Penalty Is Inflicted !;
Field Judge Eliminated.

when q football -,r. woa diy,dr. 4
INTO quarters. by the suudIN isiun of
the halves, u struck more than ono
Of tn" football students ~ II the rulr|
were more OF 81 burden than 4 relief i
40 one could ever tell the exact idea
at the installation Of the periods Of
rest, other than that they were thrown
IN hy one uf The charitable and hut
man" souls who revised the football
cod" on the ground that IN, players
needed tim" IN which 10 rcCupcrHtc
after the CNortlun OF Fifteen minutes
al play
In any event the experiment way
made. Then one rrillt cold afternoon
WAS quite sufficient To- demonstrate
how unu"r cssarN II was. The players
w'r" compelled - stand around shiy-
oriug in their blankets Iuh were more
| lik"l, Go become 40 from exposure
than IL they had not been compelled
to talk" IN enforced rest.
The uutcTmissiOn between tn" first
aud second quarters has uccn reduced
10 one minute this year. II N enough.
al that the players need Is Time to
run from one side of the ticld "a the
ulh,r Hud assume their positions.
That prevents them from becoming
chilled ana continues the game with
the men IN the best ui condition Il"
fellow u to the finish,
$50 "a NraIcst OrTIclHI.
II viii not he necessary ihi, wear
for u substitute player ~ ran all over
III" field to find Il particular official
To whom To- report. Th" moment that
the substitute" IN assigned tu duty ~"
may race To- the nearest Offoiah AMI
II IN the duty OF the latter to Ntup
IN" game until the suhstil"tc is saNI,
IN the team
The time limit hns been better do.
fined IN regard to n fair catch Thu"
rules nov state explicitly that, " e.
fair catch In being made when time
expires. the game shall he prolonged
until ll" slide making the catch shall
have opportunity t. try for goal. Fol
instance, II punt out vas being made
from behind the line and the bail
happened To be In mduIr Just ~ tim"
expired, the team Ia possession at the
bail IL not To lose the game On the
moment that the watch points To- the
expiration at the contest, but II grant.
ed the right Ia Kick goal winch is
but fair. as kicking goal ~ realty nc
CCsSOry 10 ana continuous with one
play
The team which loses the toss at
the beginning 81 the gam" Is given
the option At the beginning Uf the
second half Of kicking of the ball
or taking the goal,
In other words. the team Ii not
compelled ~ kick Off against a head
wind II the captain Ut the eleven pre-
fcrs To take the goal with the wind
u his favor and let the other side
have IN" Kick off twice In the sam"
afternoon.
Isulc Unnecessary.
There are some who seem io think
that this rule was unnecessary and
that 80 per cent of the captains ~
the football elevcns will elect Ia take
the Kick OF. on the principle at first
having the ball In their possession.
Yet there have been football games
played where II In more than probable
that u crafty and calculating captain
would have been quite willing to see
the ball get out OF his possession tor
few moments To have later the bene-
III ~ "A good punter
Backs Of the attacking Side must
remember that when they are on the
line, or within a foot OF the line, they
must face the opposing team az do
the forwards In other words, there
can he no face about attitude by
which the back endeavors To make
II appear that the ball Is Ia come 10
him when the play will really be
made through other positions or
around an end. Time Is Ia be taken
out Of the game when the hall
goes out Of bounds or when
a penalty In inflicted. This II as Il
should be. So long an the time ele-
lnent enters no largely into football
the actual time or the game should be
made to conform as nearly as pos
Eible to actual football on the field
That In, the plays should be the test
OF time consumption and not the In
Fiction OF the penalties or the hazards
OF the cOntaet which count nothing
either one way or the other. when
the ball goes out Of bounds. for in
gtapce, Il 10 almnly an absence OF play.
for neither the opposing nor the at