Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-17
NEW FOOTBALL RULES
 SEND COACHES TO BENCH
Field Judge Comes Back to Power Penalties Defined for Roughness of Play.

The 1914 football season will soon be here. Colleges have already sent out mobilizing notices to their grid iron warriors instructing them as to the early training plans.
 And with the training come the new rules. For 1914 football will be diff ferent from the 1913 article The Ma tionaI rules committee which met last February made some of the most rad ical shifts since the abolition of the old mass play.
 But few folk will ever see the coaches this year. The rules commit tee has forced the tutors to remain on to slip a little lingo to the captain when things are going against the Pikers.
 For the rule makers decided that the coach did to much "butting in'' and the privilege of waking the side outside the officials, will be allowed on the sidelines inthe future.
 The held judge, who formerly had so much work to do only to have his position abolished last year, has again returned to power. Many cases came to light last season where an extra ofncial was needed, so the field judge will be back on the job when the whistle blows. He will act as assist ant to the referee and umpire.
 Another very important change is the rule which is designed to prevent a player taking advantage of the rules when he finds himself attempting to make a forward pass and is blocked Last year, the tricky players would drop the ball to the ground and thus be only the loss of a down, the ball would be returned to it's first position
 This is now prevented by a 10-yard penalty measured from where the ball nGf who Intentionally grounds a forward pass.
 A rule has also been added which penalizes a, player who Intentionally smashes into or roughs an opponent who has just made a forward pass This will do away with a great dea- of roughness.
 Hiding on the side lines and the old 1908 stunt of a player snealxins over the lines and tying his shoe then jumping up and receiving a long forward pass has been termed ''verS unsportsmenlike" by the commfttee although not forbidden
 More operating has been done or that one freak play-the forward pass Every season it comes in for it share Of abuse, and now any pass that zoe: out of bounds either on a fly. direct, ol after being touched by any eligibl, player. of either side, goes to the op- ponents.
 The receiver of a forward pass ir the end zone, regardless of the posi- ton of his hands or the ball, mus have both his feet within the end lint or side line to make the catch legal Teams will no longer be able to en. croach on the neutral zone in makinr shift plays As soon as either team il lined up on the defensive, any shif must be made without a player pass ing into this neutral zone without 5-yard penalty.
 Dirty playing is to be severel, penalized. For not only is the ex treme penalty inflicted for slugging but clause is now in effect whicl | puts tripping by hand" in the sam class as tripping with the feet" | The words running into a fullbacl | after a kick" have been changed t.
 ''roughing the kicker in order that man coming through and trying t.
 block the kick will not be necessaril,
 penalized if he runs against the kick | CT.
 | But the new rules are for the geo,
 of the game. They are finding mucl favor. The sending of the coach t the bench. while taking a bit of tn picturesque from the game, is a yer wise move, and is approved by coach
 es the country over.