The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-28
MANY CHANGES In FOOTBALL
RULES FOR SEASON OF 1915
oRIolRoN WARRIORS ARE FAmiL
lARiziNc SELVES WITH
ALTERATIONS.
Nov That Local Baseball Seasons
About Over. Attention 10 Being
Turned 10 Pioskin Game.

Since the close OF the Central
League baseball season the local grid
ironers are starting preparations for
placing teams In the field this fall
Not only are the amateur teams toss
ing the pigskin around shoveling in
the dirt and doing other labor in order
that they may be In the pink OF condi.
ton for the opening OF the season.
but the schools and colleges are al.
ready establishing their training
camps in preparation for one OF the
best seasons in the history OF the
game
Today. West Virginia University
athletes will establish camp at Mount
Chateau, several miles from MORGAN
town, where they will spend two
weeks. Wesleyan will 70 to Terra
Alta on September 3. and Washington
and Jefferson will start real work
about that time
II might be of interest TO the foot
ball fans and likewise the players to
know that several changes have been
made in the rules during the summer
Alterations in Rules.
The principal alterations in the
playing rules for the season of 1915
are as follows:
Interferers will no longer be per
mitted 10 knock down the secondary
defense after the whistle blows nor
Will the defense either be permitted
TO run into a man after the whistle
blows
The presence OF Field Judge has
been made obligatory. and the watch
has been taken away from the Lines
man and given TO the Field Judge so
as to make 1t possible for the Lines
man TO be more observant OF all the
matters coming within his provinces.
like the above. and beating" the start
Ing signal.
No longer will throwing the ball
out of bounds be substituted by teams
for kick. for a forward pass going
out OF bounds on the fly. whether IL
touches a man or not. is now ruled as
an incompleted forward pass.
The fiocking OF substitutes in the
last period has been stopped and no
re-substitutiCn will be allowed except
at the beginning of the period
The protection Of the full-back has
been somewhat altered. The rule has
been divided into two parts-running
into the full-back. and "roughing' the
full-back. Running into the full back
Is penalized ~ yards. but "roughing"
the full-back Is penalized 1 3 yards and
disqualification as well
The Committee recommended that
the players be numbered
At the same time they passed a vote
OF deprecating the putting in Of sub
sututes for the purpose Of conveying
Information.
The penalty for unsportsmanlike
conduct was changed to H. yards. but
the power was placed In the hands Of
the official TO disqualify for fragrant
conduct
In swapping the ball back. the cen
tor NAV not hold DO after he has made
the motion. he must actually let the
ball 20. This prevents n play that
had been practiced. consisting of the
center holding the ball after he had
apparently snapped 10 and someone
coming around behind him and taking
the ball from his hands
The peculiar method Of blocking
and interfering, which has been iu-
creasing. wherein men throw their
legs up In The air. has been ruled out.
for throwing the legs and striking
with the lower leg a man above the
knee will be pcnalizod 3 Yards The
rules already provide that striking a
man In the same way below the knee
is tripping
Another provision was made that
unless the captain rrguratH a lesser
distance the referee viii always bring
the bah out from tho side line l5
yards
n a second eligible man touches a
forward pass after 10 has been FIRST
touched BY on eligible PLAYER DO i4
simply an incomplotrd forward pass
with the loss of q down
Several corrective CHANCES were
made in tho rules but NOT altering the
method Of play. There is also appand.
Cd "a set OF approved ruIfura which
clear up some disputed points.