Evening journal., 1913-10-02
CLEARING UP
DOUBTFUL RULES
Fifteen Rules Not Understood
by Coaches Get Thorough
Explanation

Football rules, which are compli-
Gated beyond those of any other
sport, received a thorough discussion
at the meeting of more than one
hundred coaches, managers and cap
tains of all the principal college and
amateur teams of the United States
at the annual meeting of the Central
Board and Interpretation Committee
in New York last week. Sections
which we're not understood or which
conveyed double meaning were in
terpreted by the committee. The fol-
lowing are the changes noted at the
meeting:
P. "a, Rule III, Sec. 2. The penal
ty for an Illegal substitution Of a
player shall be applied at the spot
of the down where the substitution
was made. If one or more plays have
intervened, or If the offending side
illegal substitution is discovered, the
intervening plays or score shall be
nullified, and the penalty applied at
the spot where in the best judgment
Of the referee the illegal substitu-
ton took place.
p 103, Rule w. Sec. Is, I'd pp.
This definition of a touchback also
applies to a ball recovered by a
player of the kicking side who was
on-side when the kick was made
p. 106 Rule TX, Sec. l. If a back
field man goes upon the line of scrim-
mage, but takes a position outside
of the several regular men upon
that line, he need not conform to this
rule regarding the position of the
hands OF feet II he takes his posi-
tion inside the seven regular men
the player thus displaced on the end
of the line need not conform to the
rule, the idea being that the players
in the seven regular line positions
must conform to this rule, but not
the men outside.
P. 107, Rule TX. Sec. 3. Players
whose positions have been shifted
but who have been withdraw from
the game, may, upon being returned
to the game, assume any position as
new player.
P. 10s, Rule TX, Sec. 3. It is the
intent Of this rule that the same five
men who play the central positions
on defense shall play the central po-
sitions on offense.
p. 109, Rule X, Sec. 1. Under this
section the kicker may bring the ball
out and kick 1t from any point he
may choose.
P. lis, Rule XIV. Sec. 1. The ball
cannot be put in play by kicking il
forward until it has first been put in
play as provided in Section 2. Rule
VI.
P. 119, Rule XVII, Sec. 3. Players
OF the side in possession Of the ball
who we're behind the ball when n
was kicked, being thus on-slde. have
the same right to try TO catch and
recover the ball as their opponents
and they may try to catch the hal
equally with an opponent who has
slgnalled for a fair catch, but the,
shall not interfere with an onnonent
trying for a fair catch except in ar
actual attempt to make the catch
themselves.
r. l25. Rule XIX. Sec. 4. Before III,
word player in this rule insert III,
word illegal
P. 127, Rule XIX. Sec 7 After tb,
! tANhhu III lnlS section lngpr
tne words or touches an ineligibl,
player.
| P. 127, Rule Xxx. Sec ?. II a kick
ed ball strikes a player of the kick
ing side, who is on-side. and ther
Tolls upon the ground any PLAYER q
the kicking side who is behind III,
ball is eligible to recover n.
L. rs, Rule Xxx. Sec. 4. The nlav
er who kicks the ball NAV recove,
!. provided it has not gone bevon,
the line OF scrimmage.
r. lSO. Rule XIV, Sec. 2. rf N,
player kicking the ball is rouqbe,
while kicking from behind his ow,
goal line, a touchback shall he de-
clared in addition to the penalty y
ulsquallhcation Of the offender
p. 1873, Rule XVI. Sec 70
1oul Is committed by the side in nos
session Of the ball while the hail fs lie,
oehlnd their own goal lines. the men
atty shall be applied at the sno
where the foul was committed 'p'
P. lS5. Rule XVI. Sec. z sroh
penalty cannot effect a score No roat
ter how small may be the remainir,
I distance the hall cb,n l.