Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-09


interference rules that govern Ia for
ward passes. u u q great handicap
10 the deefnso to have 10 walt until
the bail n actually passed IN to de-
tormlno what course Of cenduct they
are legally entitled 10 pursue. The
rule this year provides IN caect, that
the members 90 neither team can DO
interfered with By the members Of the
other team after the ball ~ passed
forward In other words, the play ~
running play until the ball u actual
~ passed forward. and until 4 Il 80
passcd forward the players Of bota
sides have the same PRIVILEGES and
are subject 60 the s8me restrictions
that they would have and bo under
I II the hall wore not passed forward az
an. This change IL going 20 be a
magnificent help TO the defensive team
and TO the officials. Il - manifestly
an Improvement.
In altering the rules 80 that play
or who has once been Ia the game,
but has been taken out, may be sub
stituted for another player az any time
during the fourth quarter, the rule
makers have done thing that viii
In a very respective number Of cases
I prove bad for the game. In the FIRST
place the rule r. not entirely clear.
/ u reads: "a player Who has been re-
moved from the game may return
once. whether az the beginning Of a
subsequent period, or az any time dur
/ ing the fourth period" IL was GER
! tginly not the Intention OF the franz
/ crs OF tho code Ia allow man 20 DO
taken out Of the game during tho
fourth period and then put back IN
again during that period, yet there Is
nothing In the wording Of the rule
that would prevent such things
being done. a rule that permits that
ls allied with sinister possibilities. But
that Is not the most serious complaint
against the rule. II viii give the team
playing az home with number %
substitutes on the side lines vast adj
vantage over the team that has made
a long trip and has brought With u
only a fow substitutes The evil =
feet viii not De so keenly felt in the
east. where the gate receipts arc biz
and tho guarantees paid 90 visiting
teams large. There a team can carry
almost as many men as II wants.
a
ono way or tho other was mado IN
the definition OF swapping the ball
back - The rule used TO read snap
ping the bali back Is putting Il back
from liz position on the ~ ound with
ono qusck and continuous motion OF
the hands or of the foot In the
fsts code the words "or Of the foot
have been omitted II has been n
] srtNn q
ting the ball back with the foot. at
though that practice was poular IN
days gone by.
All Of the other changes In THIS
seanon's code have 20 do with making
tho spirit Of the rules more clear a
foW penalties have been added, and
IL has been made unlawful for "a play >
or or either side to KICK loo~" BAH
on the ground IN the possession OF
neither side.
The football world viii welcome the
spirit OF accommodating that animated
The football legislators. The l9l@
game Was Highly satisfactory TO player
land spectator and there was no de-
mand for any radical alteration IA
the rules. The game has been ~ an
unsettled condition ever since the IN
PRODUCTION of the forward pass ana
the attempt to open up the play ia
1906. Changes were made every year
In tho effort to make the game less
dangerous 20 players and more ae-
ceptable TO spectators who did not
know It's dner points. II seems 20
Ihave found It's level al last and en-
less the unforeseen happens there VIII
be no material changes In the game
for some years to come.