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

ed.
Football under tho code 81 1919
proved satisfactory 10 the rnlcmnkers
and very few changes were made By
thcm In the 1913 code. ia order 10
DO away with che arguments that al
ways arise over the Interpretation Of
some Of the rules. every effort seems
10 have been made IN this years code
70 make the wordiug 80 plain that
the spirit can be readily asccrtained
Certainly. IN an OF the important
points the phrnseology mas been 80
altered as % Practically do away with
the possibility of any difference OF
opinion.
only one change has been made
that can have any effect on the char
actor 81 the plays. but u coaches fol-
low the same policy this season that
they did last 4 n probable that no
livery great difference will result from
the change. The change referred TO
Is the elimination 81 the rule that re-
1 quired d Kicker 20 be not less than
, five yards behind the line OF sorim-
mage az the time he kicked tho ball
! X r. quite likely TINT the privilege Of
Kicking tho bail from any point be-
hind the line Of scrlmmage VIII re-
suit In the frequent resort 10 what
are know IN football az "qulck
kicks" that n. trimming men 40 that
they can kick the bau without NOV
ing out Of their normal places IN for
nation,
The reason for its not being IN
vogue last year u due 70 two things.
First. when tho rules we're changed
and the twcnty-yurd gone eliminated
Il was widely published IN the papers
that the on-slde Kick had been done
away with.
n Is true that the on-sido kick as u
Was made possible under the twenty
yard rule was done away with. butt
coaches and players alike seemed 90
lose sight Of the fact that an on-side
kick was In general use long before
the rulcmakers ever dreamed Of cree
atinE the twenty yarI neutral zone.
The rules that made the on-sidc kick
possible before the Introduction OF
tho twcnty-yard rule are stili In force.
They were last year and have hecn
for a number Of years back.
Tho second reason. ana probably
tIlE htUNINiNNNh INV AWA AtNN HWh"N"'
~ the on-side kick last season was
the difficulty Of It's successful eNecu-
ton The vast majority Of kickers
stood more than five yards behind the
line for scrlnmage for tho double
purpose Of avoiding the penalty ana
giving themselves plenty OF time IN
which to gee the Kick off PLAYER
10 have been cn-slde under tho rules
would have had 20 be behind inc
kicker al the time the ball was kicked
That would have kept hini from eight
to ten yards behind the line OF scrim-
mage. the distance varying with the
distance that the kicker allowed NM
SELF behind the line. In order TO oV-
crcome this handicap u would nave
been necessary for team To nave
possessed the combination 81 very
accurate kicker and very fast back.
Undoubtedly many teams had THIS
7 combination. but the hazard oi the
play. combined with the fact that the
defensive formations Of most teams
nut men IN positions whore they had
far better chance 20 get the hall
+ than the on.slde man Of the offensive
: team. probably caused coaches TO us
+ rcsdrd iis possibilities altogether
Under tho rule this year however
the chance for deceptive formations,
the opportunity for a quick KICK ana
! fbe emitting down az the distance tna'
lthe on-sido men will have TO cover
Ito get NJ tho ball. viii open up "
field that coaches VIII be quick "a
take advantage or Under the mos'
lfnVornble circumstances the on-hide
nick A. "A risky plny, and u VIII scarce
ltv ever be seen more than once OF
twice Ia ally game. but the gam 10 n'
derived from ono that Is successiuiiS
executed u 80 great coaches VIII no.
he able 10 forbear trimming their team
n, two or three on-alde kick lorna
ltions IN the hope that one OF then
may prove the saving grace OF som'
lcloscly-fought game.
The code this year clears up th'
porplexlnR question Of when docs
forward mass become forward pass.
There is nothing to prevent player
running with tho bail as far as ne
wants to or js able 10 and then pass
ing u forward, provided he ls h'
yards behind tho line ot scrimnas'
= &C the time the pass 10 maze l",A
% year there was some question in th'
4 minds OF officials as 90 whether ol
g not the penalties for interference
Is should ho enforced IN cases whoU'
e. players ON offensive started runhin'
3 with tho bail and later legally passo'
:, ID forward On such a case player
e. ON the defensive, IN many instances
l. mistock the play FOR running pia'
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