Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-14
MAKE MANY CHANGES
IN FOOTBALL RULES
Parke II. Davis, Princeton's Commit.
tee Member, Arranges Additions
and Substitutes for Reference.
NEW SECTION IS ESTABLISHED
Doubtful Points Made Plain-Cor-
receive Department Added, Which
Does Not Affect Methods OF Play,
but Makes Meaning Clear.

Parke II. Davis. Princeton's member
or the Intercollegiate Football Rules
Committee. has compiled exclusively
for The Richmond Times Dispatch all
OF the changes recently made In the
FOOTBALL code by the rules committee.
MI. Davis has PACED and indexed each
thusiasts may cut this list out Of the
Richmond Times Dispatch and by past
ing each change In the 1914 Rule Book
at tho page indicated, thus have re-
vlsed and up-to.date set of rules for
winter study. While II has been widely
heralded that few changes have been
made In the code. The truth is that
more amendments were made by tho
rules committee Mt Its recent session
than has occurred In years. 1t also la
true. however, that only a few OF these
changes will alter the game materially
For the benefit of our football read
ers Mr. Davis has also commented
upon several of the rule changes, set
ting forth the reasons and objects of
the change.
The eomaplete changes are as follows:
rage So. Rule III, Sec. q Substitutes
bers OF their team before so doing will
be regarded ms coaching.
Page 9S, Rule III, Sec. 2-Players
withdrawn from play may be returned
to play only during an intermlssion be :
tween TWO succeeding quarters. tThis
W inc RUE OF 1917 mas been
made necessary by the abuse made by
coaches OF the privilege OF returning
players at any time during the last Pc
riod.)
Page 90, Rule II. Sec. s.--Tho rules
committee recommends that all play
ers upon each side be conspicuously
numbered. no two numbers upon the
Page loo. Rule VI. Sec. 2-rhe ball
the possession Of the snapper-back.
questionable class of plays in which the
snapper back put the ball In play, but
retained possession sSi,. OF 1t by concealine
Page loo. Rule VI. Sec. iS. ld5.2This
section Is Ieworded for clearness as fol-
lows: When kicked ball Except
M wnem one scoring scoring soaD strikes the
kicked ba ex Se sit one f slaa
kickon. or ,freekick. goes over OPP
by player Of either side" {This de-
INES me % one 70, OF the instances in which the
Page io7. Rule vi, Sec. Is. Par a.
The Touchback which arises when a
player, being oftside and within his
side. (such decllnation obviously would
occur. when the offended side on the
play had succeeded in running the bali
%S,ch TIM ,aer eSThenty-yard line upon
would place the ball.J
Page los, Rule vi, SEQ. 1s.-Insert
the following: 1T is n safety II a team
puts the ball in play and commits n
foul behind their goal and the distance
penalty ensuing would necessitate their
putting the ball down for the next
scrimmage at a point behind their goal
line" (Ihis new declaration OF a safe
~ is designed to cover a rare but pos.
sible occurence) n
Page lis, Rule xIII.-Add to this
rule the words cor the player punting
who may be out Of bounds and Rarefo0
fore did not include the punter ont.
thus making the written rufe now con,
form to actual practtce.)
Rage 1877, Rule xviii, SEQ. Omit
from this rule the words before touch
Ing player OF either side" (Thia is
the rule covering accidental passing
OF the ball backward out Of bounds
by the snapper back.) To this rule also
add n note as follows: "ThIs plsv shall
count rs down IL recovered by the pass
Page 1877, Rule xviii, Sec. TT tho
ball having been touched by an eligible
player OF the side making n forward
pass Is touched by second eligible
player OF that side, while the hail stIII
is In tho air, the play shall be deemed
an incomplete forward pass. GIereto-