The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19
CHANGES MADE IN ..GRIDIRON RULES TO
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, SA number of changes at the meeting held in New York last Saturday. For
 the benefit of football players and fans the changes are published. They ' are. as follows: "a 1. The referee has not the power tasto send from the game any player whom he believes to be unfit physical H or mentally to figure in the play. This responsibility lies with the cap tain. coach, trainer or club doctor, after. or even without any expression of opinion by the referee.
 ssf@ 2. On an illegal forward pass the !. .referee may blow his whistle, the ball being ''fead," Immediately after ytthe pass has been made.
 M 3. On a forward pass or on a kick
 Aither on the fly of bounding, which y~etrikes player either of whose feet are outside the field of play, the ball shall be declared dead" 41
 A. In section g of rule the word
 yholds'' was not changed to touches Sbut the ruling, was that the rule
 6hould be Interpreted as if it read
 Holds or touches.'' It was pointed
 Tout that a player with one foot outside
 |ntght jugg1e the pass after touching
 he ball and make a recovery before
 khe- ball struck the ground while he
 Himself, as we'll as7 the ball, was
 Inside the field of play. If he is out
 Bide when the ball touches him the
 ball ds to be ruled outside.
 s. On page 13s, rule VI, section IA,
 khE sentence an the second paragraph.
 If. however. the ball is> in the air.
 hss11rorn a kick, when the foul is
 committed. 1t shall count as safety
 agaAnst &he team which committed the
 ofl@nce," was held to refer to the
 te6m kicking from behind it's own
 goal line.
 5 g. The board ruled that under rule ,lf xv., section 2, page 153, the, referee 1, should allow captain a reasonable
 number of delays for injury in case ! they were demanded )at the goal line, M with the ball in possession of an op- { ponent, but that the official should E be zealous that the defensive team is not intentionally delaying the game in order to improve the physical condi- < ton o6 the team as whole.
 2. If an .'onside kick" crosses the opponents' goal line touchback shall { be declared notwithstanding there are 7, eevertl members of the attacking "onstde" and, eligible to recover the \ ball on the regular field of play. 6. In rule IT, section 2 (b), page 4 l5S, the penalty below reads. Same N as in section (b)." Referee should l notice that in case of holding the {: penalty should be fifteen yards, not N five yards as described by the penalty
 quoted.
 g. If, after q team on fourth down. has been stopped without mak- ing it's distance, and, after the ref eree's whistle has been blown. the de- \; fehding team commits a foul before 4 the referee has delivered the ball the offence shall be ruled as. Having been committed in the play in ques- tion. Therefore. the defending team, not only shall not receive the ball on downs but shall in addition be penal ized according to the rule relating to the offence.
 This last was the ruling specially
 adopted last November for the Har-
 ard-Princeton game at Princeton. " 10. On an onede kick or a forward
 pass any eligible player on the att s tacking team must make a bona fide
 attempt toj complete the play. Ref
 erees must be keen to note masked Interference made in order that an
 other eligible attacking player may
 complete the play after defending
 player may have been cut out. s, II. The men in the attacking
 backfield may not stand closer to the
 rushline than one yard unless they are actually on the line, even If they are not to carry the ball or receive a forward pass. There are no loopholes f in the rule. Backs may not stand
 closer than a yard to the scrimmage
 line in order to become placed in
 terference.