New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-04
Assistant Referee to Hau
More Power Over
Players on Ice.
WOULD PERMIT PLAN
OF RESUBSTITUTI0N
Several Gibbs. However, a,
Against Any Sch Rad.
ical Change.

James G. O'Brien. Of the irish Ame,,,,.
Athledc club. and Richard Condon. n a
Wanderers Hockey club the special %,
mittee appointed By William Rrss
president OF the Amateur Hockey Lear.
70 draw up rules governing "slx.m,,-
hockey. have finished their work =,
their report is nov In the hands o. n
delegates Of the various clubs
When the committee was aprointei
was understood that the second haf !,
the double round robin would he nla,,.
under "six-man" rules. providing a p,,
ing code could 10 drawn up satisfaco,
to all % the clubs in the league. If,o.
rules could not be formulated the sees,.
half was to De played With six men on a.
team under the existing scver.man ian,
The report Of the special COMMITTEES a
rules follows along the general lines 4.
ready advocated by the believers In "A.
'six-man' hockey game
The first change suggested refers 10 -.
duties Of the assistant referee Ind,
the existing code the junior Official ous
looks out for dirty work" IN recs,,
years. however. the assistant referee has
taken it upon himself 20 call oTsde plan
that have not been caught by the mar
official The proposed rule aims 70 nah
this practice legal
The most important change suazesis.
"a . fts &.
ton Of players. The committee not oul,
suggests that a substitute be allowed p
hockey. but also draws up a rule alloRirs
for the reconstruction Of players. This NJ
the most radical rule ever suggested snc.
the formation OF the American Amaier
Hockey League and ono that viii no.
meet with the approval Of ali OF The clubs
Speaking Of the reconstruction OF play
ers well known hockey player said yc
terday:
Hockey H. game % endurance F0|
years the best conditioned team has conf
out at the top. The Crescent Athec
Club won the majority OF us Chamrios|
ships by putting on the zee team 81
well trained that h could last q nj
game. The allowing Of substitutes Wolk
do away with the necessity OF being n
condition.
While there is a wonderful amount al
training i'm the Amateur Hockey Leagus
there would be none az an IL substituted
were allowed 70 play. 4 man would 81
into game. play HIS head of for a fes
minutes knowing that he could rest an.
then return 10 the game. Instead n
winning through skill and endurance. d
team would need only 10 acquire p.ayen
There is no limit 10 the number Of cand-
dates that may try for team. The y
Nicholas can put thirty men on the Ice
and the great majority are Of about equ'
worth A substitute rule would help IN
team wonderfully II Is interesting
note. however, that 81. Nicholas Is not
favor OF such a law
The suggestion that three periods OF D
teen minutes each be played has bee
turned down by the committe on rule
on the ground that the change Is nc
necessary. as il would unnecessarily pro
long the game No mention IS made y
the report regarding the player who is q
be dropped. and the committee has con-
pletely overlooked the question " pesn-
ties. The only mention Of penalties az
pears in the substitute rule Here II Y
stated that a substitute canno, take h'
place Of a player who has been pens
tied