The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-19
new RULES
. AIMED AT
COACHING
Side Line Work Quashed by
Conference in Adopting
Added Regulations.
INTERFERENCE PENALIZED
Illegal Attempts at Blocking
Gives Ball to Opponents
Step to Hit Roughness.

New York, March 19-Broad steps
to eliminate football roughness. al
ready relocated to a dark age, were
I taken Saturday by the football rules
committee in drastic legislation affect
ing the forward pass rule.
Hereafter any illegal interference
with the ball during pass shall be
penalized by the giving Of the ball to
the offended side at the point where
| the foul was committed.
In addition to this change the COM
mittee included a rule which gives the
ball to an offended side at the point
| ''farthest back in case of two such
fouls. In case the pass is started from
behind a goal line, the ball shall be
given to the offended side on the one
yard line. g..
No Artificial Tees.
The committee put the curse on the
| recently adopted ruse of sending in for
place kick use a piece Of baked clay
as an artificial tee and added one more
jolt to the ''unethical practice" Of
coaching from the sidelines.
No artificial tees of any kind will
be used, the committee ruling that all
attempts at field goals must be from
the hard, unbaked turf
The practice Of making sudden sub
situations and sending instructions
along with the substitute was effec-
tually quashed by inserting a rule that
no substitute shall be allowed to
communicate with other players until
after the ball has been put in play.
May Use New Ball.
The old time ruling holding that a
football once in play is in play for the
life Of the game was put back with
the old mass formations, the. rules
committee declaring that if the referee
deems it necessary he may send a new
football into the game at the end of
the second period. Thus, soggy foot
ball will be one Of the missing thrills
hereafter.
Any player who interferes with a
kicker is going to get the full wrath
Of the rules body next fall In addition
to a 15-yard penalty for his team he
Is liable to disqualification.
Some wrinkles were ironed out and
a few changes of importance, even il
Of minor detail, were written into the
code which makes little r@inements.
some Of real merit in principle, but
lacking, according to the solons, in
practical application. These were care
fully threshed out and dropped for
one reason or another. Such changes
as were made. however. will be help
full in clearing up mooted questions
and in clarifying the code.
No structure was put on the treach-
erous methods of cutting down a play
er from behind.
No further recommendation was
made, either concerning numbering
the players, the committee still feel
ing that 1t is beyond its province to do
more than approve this much appre-
ciated practice by some of the leading
elevens. Harvard, West Point and An
napolis can still disregard the general
demand IL it is their pleasure.
Multiple kick, designed by George
Foster Sanford, sheared Of it's scoring
power but allowed to stand for such
other purposes as 1t may be used.
Discretion given referee in impos-
ing the penalties for failure of SUBJ
stitute to report to the referee or UNI
pire.
Penalty Spot Changed. -
Penalty for interference with a play
er eligible to receive a forward chang
ed from Is yards from point where
ball was put in play to possession Of
the ball at the point where the foul
was committed.
Reduction of penalty from Is yards
to only 3 yards for running into
kicker, but maintaining penalty OF Is
yards and disqualification for unnec-
punt or drop kick.
Those present at the meeting were
e. X. Hall OF Dartmouth, s. w. Moore
Of Harvard, Walter Camp of Yale,
Parke III. Davis OF Princeton. DR.. Carl
Williams OF the University of Penn
Sylvania, Paul Dashiell of the Navy, |
DR.. A. III. Sharpe Of Cornell, ]. M. !
Sheldon OF Chicago, representing A. A. |
Stagg; DIR. III. l.. Williams OF Mime |
sofa, DR.. j. A, Rabbit Of Haverford, |
John E. Wood of the Army, represent |
ing Lieutenant F. Rancke; Dr. C. w. |
Savage of Oberlin. and w. A. Lambeth |
Of Virginia.