The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-15

| brought back and played over. For
a second violation during the same
scrimmage the referee must order the
ball put in play at "a point five yards
| back from its former place toward the
goal line of the offending players
| team.
Names Of the Positions.
! The seven men required To be in the
! line of scrimmagc are called lnemen
and the other four are called backs.
| III linemen are called center, guards,
tackles, and ends, respectively, be-
ginning with the man who usually
stands directly behind the ball and
counting toward both ends. The CEN
ter is usually the snapperback, though
the line may shift To one side or an
other and a guard, tackle or end may
sometimes pass the ball
The player standing behind the cen
ter who takes the ball when it is
passed back is called the quarterback
Two men standing behind him arc
called halfbacks. A fourth, still fur
Their back is the fullback. These backs
assumn variety of positions in differ
cnt formations. After each down the
quarter or the captain gives the sig
nails that tell the players what To do
in the next scrimmage
Four Downs Allowed.
The attacking team is allowed four
attempts TO advance the ball toward
| 81.
down" If the team that has con
stantly had the ball for four downs
| has not advanced it in that time AZ
least ten yards toward the opponents
goal the ball is given to the other
team at the spot of the fifth down
and they in turn are allowed four at
tempts to advance.
The bail is not considered as hay
ing been constantly in the possession
of either team when. after having
been secured by the opponents in Il
scrimmage il is recovered by the at
lacking team before it is declared
dead. or when it has been kicked, has
crossed the scrimmage line and been
| touched by an opponent and then re-
covered by a player of the kicking
team.
First down follows such actual re-
covery of the bah from the oppon-
ents.
The forward point of the ball in It's
position on the ground when declared
dead is taken as the determining point
and the referee must not allow the
ball To be rotated before measuring
the distance 1t has advanced.
| Swapping Back the Ball.
AT the beginning of the scrimmasc
the snapperback Gas any player who
passes back tho ball is called) snaps
the ball back with one continuous mo-
ton of the hand or hands. The backs
then try to advance the ball.
The scrimmage lasts until the ball
is again dead.
If the ball is not held parallel to
the sidelines it must be put in play
over again.
AS soon as the ball is moved back
ward the defending play may
charge.
If after the shapperback has taken
his position he voluntarily moves the
ball as if To pass it and then fails to
snap il back. holding it momentarily
or altogether, or If any ATTACKING
player makes a false start 50 AS To
draw the opponent. ahead OF their
scrimmage line, the ball is not con-
sidercd as in play nor the scrimmase
as begun and the referee must order
the ball put in play at a point hVe
wards back from the point of the pre-
ceding down toward the goal line of
the offending players team.
| interference.
Before the ball is put in play no
PLAYER may interfere in any way with
an opponent SO as To delay starting
the scrlmmagc, and the players of the
defending team must not touch tne
snapperback or the ball
| If this foul is committed the ref
cree or umpire must order the BAN
put i'm play at Il point five yards back
from the point of the preceding down
4 toward the goal line Of the offending
1 players team.
Guards or Tackles Back.
| In a scrimmage no player of those
ordinarily occupying the position OF
center guard or tackle on the attack
| ing team--that Is the five middle play
lors Of that teams line-may not drop
back from the line of scrimmage UNI