The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-23

not one yard back is not in any case
eligible to receive the pass.
No player Of the attacking team eX-
cept the one who first touched it may
attempt to recover the ban till it has
touched an opponent. If the bah is
touched by the wrong player it is Civ
on to the opponents AT the spot where
the foul occurred. unless it occurred
between the defending teams ondline
and their ten yard line, in which case
il is considered a touchback ana the
defending team puts the bali in play
on their twenty-yard line.
After the bah has been passed for
ward and touched by n player of the
defending team any player "f either
team has the right 10 get IL before
il touches the ground.
Pass Going Out Of Bounds
If the bail after having been legally
passed forward goes out of bounds be-
fore it touches the ground and before
it has been touched by a player of
either team il is given to the defending
team at the point where it crossed the
side-line. If the ban rolls out Of
bounds it is an incomplete pass.
Whenever the ball goes out Of
! bounds, except at Kickoff whether it
bounds back or not, a player of the
! team entitled to it walks in with it
any distance from five to fifteen yards
! from the point where it first crossed
the sidc-line. walking in company with
| the referee and on a line at right am
giles with the side-line and puts IL
down for a scrimmage at a point in
dictated by the referee.
Pass Causing Touehback
| If the ban, after having been reg
lularly passed forward from the field
Of play, strikes the goal either before
or after having been touched by n
lplayer who is entitled To it and before
il touches the ground or if it touches
the ground in the end zone or any
obstruction or spectator in the enc
zone, or if it crosses the end line ol
|
is considered touchback, and Is pu
in play by the defenders on theil
twenty yard line.
Interference with Pass
Players of the attacking team afte
getting by the defending line o
scrimmage may not in any way inter
, fere with their opponents after a for
ward pass has been made until the bal
is legally touched except in an at
tempt To catch the ball. man WI
is ineligible to receive the bah mus
2 keep out of the way.
I For a violation of this rule the ba
e must he put in play again at the poin
: of the preceding down, the pass |
,' count as a down, as in the case OF
!. incomplete pass.
h Players of the defending team mus
II not Interfere with their opponents AT
e ter they have crossed the scrimmaN
q line when a pass is made until I'll
ball is touched. except in an attoml
To catch the ball
= If a player Of the defending teal
$ lnterfercs with an opponent who
: catching the pass the referee mu'
If order the ball put in play as from fir
: down at a spot ten yards in advan'
II of the point of the foul toward II
le goal line Of the offending players tear
Is illegal Forward Pass
: Tho hall must not he passed
l. thrown toward the opponents goal
ir n PLAYER of the team which ana II
Is nut the ball in play by scrimmag
il The referee must give the bah tn u
a offending team for first down at
X point fifteen yards back of the sp
& where such pass was made iowa
III the goal line of the offending player
q. team,
ANY player may pass or throw
Of ball i'm any direction except IOWA
no the opponents goal line ut any TN
,o When the ball goes out of hounds
al 1, backward pass by the snapperha
ht Il belongs at the point where 1t eros
,o cd the side-line to the team flrst ]
as covering 1t.
-, Tho hall may be battcd in any
bo rection except toward the opp"h'h
coal line. If a player violates this II
go the ball goes to the opponents AT
-. spot where the foul occurred. But
no case of a forward pass any player {
b. titled To receive the ball may bat
n in any direction without penalty.
all Next week the rules connected W
,es the different ways of kicking the J
will be considered.