Evening star., 1917-03-19
TRACK ATHLETES
GET SHORT REST
Local Men to Lay Off Until Be-
ginning of Outdoor
Practice.
HON0RS WON INDOORS
HONORS WON INDOORS
BY H. C. BYRD.

! Track athletes will get much need
| ed rest for the next two weeks, prior
| to the opening of the outdoor training.
| About April l all the colleges will get
theiS men out for practice in order to
have them in shape for the first of the
dual and general games to be held this
spring. The initial dual events take
place about the middle of April, and
! from then until the last of May there
will be track and field competitions al
most every week.
The indoor season was very success
full for local schools. AS a matter OF
fact, it is doubtful if there has been a
year in the last ten so fruitful Tor
Georgetown, George Washington. Cath
olic University and Maryland State
There have been seasons when one OF
these has had greater success, but dur
! ing the last three months all four have
enjoyed distinctions.
Georgetown won the championship
| of the South Atlantic intercollegiate
| Athletic Association and captured tne
mile relay championship. tathoilG
| University won two relay races ana
was beaten by Lafayette by such a
narrow margin that the defeat was
questioned. George Washington de
Il
won its own meet. and MARYLAND state
won in dual relay from Penn state
and had several individuals in note
worthy performances.
At Georgetown Weidmann. Grlfflth
and Auray were about the best per
formers. Keene proved the best man
Catholic University had. kilmartln
and Harsch starred for George ash-
ington. and Brewer. Grace. 'hlpl'la"
and Carter did especially well for Mary
land state of these the performances
of Brewer have been most note worthy
inasmuch as he has consistently ru'i
against the best sprinters IN the couh,
try in every big meet, including the
iunior A. A. L. championships at
BuffaIo in December, and has met de
feat at the hands OF only one % iI,an hast
Loomis. who undoubtedly Is liie pes'
sprinter in the world
The following text of the changes IN
the foot ball rules was handed out sat
urday at the end of the neelihs Vi
the rules committee in New York:
Page 1885, rule %, section After
the penalties as follows: Five yards
for running into a kicker fifteen yards
for and disqualification for roushlns
player Distance measured from spot
where ball is put in play.
page 40, rule add as follows:
In case of a wet field the ball may
be changed for new one at the ehd
of the second period at the discretion
of the referee.
Page 13o. rule 3, section AN in
coming substitute shall not communi-
cate in any way with any of the play
ers upon the field until after the ball
has been put in play. In case any
change in the position OF players is
necessary the substitute going in must
give that information through the ref
cree. In case the substitute sent in is
to take the place of the man giving
the signals he may give his signals.
but without any consultation with the
PLAYERS until after the ball has been
put into play. Penalty. fifteen yards.
add to the code-The committee has
endeavored to prevent Is far as prac-
tically possible the sending in of sub
stitutes for the mere purpose of giving
information to the players; in order to
aid this endeavor they have placed this
new section under rule in the book.
preventing, at any rate, the giving of
immediate information as to the fol-
lowing play.
Page 1s0. rule 3-If. in the opinion
of the referee. an incoming substitute
has had no opportunity to report to
the official, and he does not in any
way interfere with the play. or COM
municate with the players, the referee
need not inflict the penalty.
Page 15S, rule 17-After the penalty
for illegal interference with the man
receiving forward pass making it
read: That the ball shall go to the
offended side at the point of the foul
In case of two fouls on the same play
the ball goes to the offended side at
furthest point down the field. Illegal
interference behind the goal line shall
be penalized by giving the ball to the
offended side on the one yard
"All forward pass penalties-except
incompleted pass-may be declined by
the offended side.
Page 1876, rule "a goal from the
kick or drop kick A place kick is
made by kicking the ball from its
position while it is resting upon the
ground. 1t is allowable to scrape up
the earth. but no artificial tees shall
be permitted. Make clear that player
of the side in possession of the ball
may be in motion, provided that he
on side in any free kick. as the rule
mage"
AS far as the general aspect of the
game is concerned these changes will
not affect apparent conditions in the
have been made which should work for
betterment of the sport
Inc hrst change simply makes clear
discrimination between running into
the kicker because Of inability to de-
crease the momentum of the charge
and Intentionally roughing the kick
ing to prevent him getting his kicks
off well thereafter. For the first a pen
atty of five yards will be exacted and
for the latter a penalty of fifteen yards
to the teams and disqualification of the
guilty individual
The second change, giving the ref
cree power to substitute a new ball is
good That will prevent players going
through an entire game with a ball
that is caked with mud. In MANY of
the contests last fall the second halves
were started with balls that were so
heavy and slippery that they were al
most impossible to handle with accur-
racy and freedom.
The change which denies a substitute
the right to speak to any player until
after the ball has been put in play
means that there will not be so many
substitutions for the purpose of carry
ing specific informat ton as to a certain
play at a given time
1t will be impossible for a coach IN
send in information with as much GER
tainty of that information being yalu-
able II play is to be run off before the
information is delivered A pIay NAV
SO change existing conditions that in
formation given prior to it may be
worse than useless. The new rule abso-
lutely prevents the giving of immedt-
ate information, and will curtail great
ly the sending in of information at any
time Tor the reason mentioned.
The greater protection given to the
man receiving the forward pass will
increase the value of that play When
trying to catch a forward pass the ball
goes to the offended side at the spot
where the foul was committed. This
means that there will be many more
successful passes than last year, par
tIcularly PASSES of more than the aver
age length. Also it will encourage
teams to try the play more.