The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-02
INTERPRETATION OF
THIS YEARS RULES
Official Findings as Made by Intercol7
legiate Football Rules Commit
tee at New York Meeting.

Parke H. Davis Of Princeton,
member of the intercollegiate football
rules committee, has reported on the
Official findings at the Interpretation
meeting recently held in New York
under the auspicies of the central
board of officials. The adjudications
OF the Interpretation committee are:
AiI additional penalty imposed upon
a team coming late upon the fielt a
the beginning Of the second half Shall
be the loss of the right to choose the
goal.
The penalty for an Illegal advance
of the ball by the snapper back is
five yards.
The snapper back is forbidden to
make a feint of putting the ball in
play in order to drow opponents off
side
The rule against blocking opponents
who nave crossed the line of scrlm
mage shall not apply until a forward
pass actually shall have been thrown.
The snapper back may receive 4
forward pass provided at the time he
was the player on the end of the
line.
If an ineligible player of the side
making a forward pass fouls the ball
/
/ ter may have the option Of the penalty
or 4 touchback.
The penalty for batting 4 ball to-
ward opponents goal may be declined
by the offended side.
No player, coach or trainer may
come upon the field without the con
sent Of the referee or umpire.
The penalty for disqualification may
be declined, otherwise a team aehieV
ing a touchdown might be deprived
thereof by the penalty for disqualified
tion which would return the ball to
the field of play.
No penalty which halves the distance
to the goal line can affect a score
However. small may be the remaining
distance, the bail shall always be
deemed to be upon the field OF play.
Upon report of infractions by thu
lnesman. the officials must apply Tho
proper penalty.
ii an Illegal substitution of q playel
IS not discovered until one or NOR,
plays have interviewed or a score ha
been achieved, these plays and thu
score shall be nullitied and the bal
, returned to the spot of the down
where, in the best Judgment of tn
g referee, the Illegal substitution %
CURED.
Ii Il hackfeid man GOES upon th
line Of scrimmage but takes 4 posi-
; ton outside of the seven regular line
men, he need not conform TO the r1i1
regarding the position of the hand
and feet of linesmcn; If he takes
position as one of the seven rcgula
linemen, the player on the end thu
4 displaced need not conform to the rul,
= The intention is that only the seve
: men occupying the seven contigHou
I line positions shah he required to OF
+ serve the rule.
= PLAYERS who have been shifted froI
+ line to backfeld and subsequent
I withdrawn from game may, when a@ai
T returned to the game. assume any pt
i sition, the same as a new player.
: 1t is the intention of the rules thu
. the same five men who play the fy
central positions on defense shall l3la
the same positions on of1ense.
At kickout the kicker may kick I'll
bah out from the coward line ut an
point thereon that lie chooses.
= In scrmmagc the ban cannot he p,
in play by kicking it forward. Ii fir:
must be snapped back,
If a forward pass strikes the eroun
h either before or after being touehe
by an Illegal player, it shall not
9 considered as completed.
:. The player kicking 4 bail forwal
! may recover il, provided it has M
crossed the line of scrimmage.
If the player kicking the ball
H. roughed while Kicking from benin
his own goal line. touchhack shall
~ declared. in addition to the diSquaI
J, fieation Of the offender.
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