The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-12
FOOTBALL CODE NO
LONGER APUZZLER
Interpretation Meeting Finds
Little to Clarity in
1915 Rules.
CAMP LEADS DISCUSSION

TIE intercollegiate football rules COM
mittee and Its special board Of codiners
performed the task Of presenting the
1915 playing rules 30 well this year that
last evenings annual Interpretation
meeting for the officials and coaches.
which WIS held at the Biltmore. brought
out far fewer knotty points h usual.
| So few changes nave been made IN
the code In the last few years that the
officials and coaches a a very thoi-
ough understar ding OF the rules govern
ing the game. and the interpretations
made by the centrai BOARD last night
affected only a few very minor points.
Walter Camp Of Yale and Messrs.
Davis q Princeton. Williams OF Penn
~sylvania ard Babbitto of Haverford were
the only members OF the board present.
but all three of the auxiliary board OF
officials. Morice OF Pennsylvania, Lang
ford OF Trinity and Tufts & Brown.
We're on hand Mr.. Camp conducted the
discussion. which lasted until a late
hour.
For once the forward pass did not
come In for n discussion or pam
ming and only one point regarding II
was even raised. This was whether. In
event Of an illegal Onward pass being
made. the referee should blow his
whistle declaring the ball dead or wait
until the play had ran Its course. IL
was ruled that the referee should not
blow his whistle. but should let the play
go on and then bring back the ball
A rather important rulinR waa that
hereafter the player either conform to
the rules regarding their positions on
the line OF scrimmage or be at least one
yard behin the ball when II IL put into
play. This does not include the quar-
terback but makes II impossible for am
other players to he within q foot or two
OF the line and will serve TO eradicate
much confusion for the officials on plays
involving the use OF the forward pass.
II was ruled that the penalty for
unn!ng Into a kicker behind hts goal
line shall be the declaration OF a touch
back. with no distance penalty. \ man
making a fair catch with enc foot on
the side lire shall ne considered as being
outside the field OF play. II was ruled
that a PLAYER on attack may interfere
with an opponent before a forward
pass Is made. but players are cautioned
10 take care not to have their hands on
an opponent even Gn instant AFTER a
forward pass has been thrown.
In cases of fouls being made when the
the ball IL in possession of neither team
the gift Of the ban IL considered beneht
enough without additional distance.
officials were cautioned again 10 inspect
very carefully the sole leather pads used
b, either team. Another ruling was
that, with nine men on the rush line,
the guards cannot run Sach IA yard and
thsp- no eligible to recsve forward
phsses.
Among the prominent football coaches
and officials present We're j. a Evans
Williams Joseph Il. Pendleton, Bow
,loin Frank Carnnaugh, Dartmouth
Fred W. Murphy. Brown Harvey shy
der. Harvard: Edward H.. Burleisn
Exeter: Edward ]. OBrien, Turts
Arthur r. Noble, Amherst II. IL Hunt
in~.on. Colgate. Laurence Bnnkhard
Dartmouth V. NJ Kelly. Carlisle ndlan
John II. Rush, Princeton Frank CLICK
Princeton pr. Charles Whalen, TUFTS
Bucky Vail. Pennsylvani, VI j
Thompson. Georgetown: Charles Nc
Carthy. Georgetown Thomas P.MurphN
Harvard Edward y. Robinson. Brown
r. W. Maxwell. swarthmore; Thomal
- Tnorpe. Columbia Edward J. Thorpe
DE La Sale Carl Is. Marshall. Har
ward Or, W. T. Bull, Yale Fran
uinkey, Yale W. q. CrOwell, Lafayette
Frank Lowe. Dartmouth Patrick barry
Virginia NJ Whiting, Cornell w. u
lOkeson. Lehigh Al Terrier, Dartmouth
Fred ingalls,. Brown q. y. bankhart
Dartmouth Vic schwartz, Iowa,