New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
Scoring Team
To Scrinnage
For One Point
Rule Allows Use of Any
PLAY From Five-Yard Line
for Tallying Extra Point

s,,,erday by the football rules com
-,.tee of the intercollegiate Athletic
,..oeiation, which ended it's annual
,~o.day session at the Biltmore Hotel.
n. only other action taken bv the
..mn,it.ee concerns the clsrification of
.n,ss affecting the shift play and clip
sing
.,.n touchdown has undergone many
.ssnees since It's inception and has al
~svs heer subjected to more or less
.,t;eism. it was not expected that. the
s.ao kick would be eliminated, and the
..,;on OF the committee came as a de-
,ded surprise.
w I. was originally decrecd that fol-
,.sing touchdown the ball should be
s.aght out on a straight line from
ss,Te the scoring play was completed
:. h. fifteen yard line, and later the
,rl. was amended TO allow the ball to
). PACED or the ffteen-yard line di-
rws.ty ~ in front of the goal posts. thus
-slng The extra point q gift TO the
sde making the score,
The ruling covering the new play
rbeh has been substituted for the free
kck is as follows
aWhen touchdown has been
wade the side scoring the touchdown
has possession Or the ball anywhere
an or outside the tiveyard line fov a
scriInmage. from which by any legal
nlsv-kiek or run they may score a
ssld goal or a touchdown. and that
score of any character shall net them
one point
"lf the attacking side makes a foul
or Illegal or uncompleted pass or
other play they lose their chance for
one point following touchdown.
If the defending side offends the
rules the score Of one point shall be
awarded to the attacking team"
viii Eliminate Tied Games
This new play is certain to speed up
the game considerably, and likewise il
will make for fewer tied contests, but
it will not prove beneficial to the
weaker team unless that team is very
profcent in the art of kicking. The
team making the goal will have it's
choice Of hitting the line for the neces-
ssry FIVE yards or dropping back.
probably to the ffteen-yard line, for an
st.smpt at field goal. The latter
curse appears to be the easiest for
te lighter team.
clearer Interpretation has been
,sced upon Rule No. nine, Section s,
regarding the shift play, which reads
% follows;
AT the moment when the ball is
put in play in a scrimmage no player
d the side which has the ball shall
be in motion. except that one man of
the side having the ball may be in
rstion, either directly or obliquely
toward his own goal line or line ex-
tended If the end is the man in
motion another player must take his
place on the line of scrimmage, as
seven men must be on this line when
the ball is put into play. A player
shall not be ruled to be in motion
III he has both feet stationary on the
ground"
The committee decided that "both
s.et stationary on the ground" shall
nsan that sufficient momentary pause
dall occur, so that officials can see
aat the play is legal and that the ball
m not snapped while the men were
IA motion. 1t is the intention of the
nile that when a man shifts to new
pasision he shall come to full stop,
% that all momentum is lost, and
make new start from a position of
sst when the ball is put into play
Rule %, Section ga, regarding
tripping, etc, also came in for clearer
definition by the committee.
The rule reads: There shall be no
tripping, striking an opponent any
where above the knee with the foot or
any part of the leg, tackling the runner
vhsn clearly out of bounds, throwing
ia thn lox ha
after it has been declared dead. or any
other act Of unnecessary roughness."
Clipping was admitted to this class
under the heading of unnecessary
roughness, and it was decided that
clipping shall constitute throwing the
body from behind across the leg or
legs-below the knees-of player not
carrying the ball. 1t was stated that
TINS rule would not apply to close-line
play.
On Returning to Game
Alter adjourning last night Mr..
lamp announced additional changes in
the playing rules One of the most i'm
portant was that made concerning a
payers return to the game after be-
lls removed. Under the old rule a
payer withdrawn from the game may
return at the beginning of any subse-
queht period. Hereafter he may not
ls,urn during the same half. He need
ho' however, be returned at the be-
ginning Of the other half if eligible.
IN klckoffs the rule was also modi
aeu' hereafter if the winner of the
'Iss .I, chooses goal the opposite side
saaii have the choice Of kicking or of
..teceiVlng. rule on darkness permits
.he TWO captains after conference dur
.ag lntermission with officials to
sSHof'en the time of play in the two
HaiVes or in the final period on ac-
count Of darkness.
An Interpretation committee was
named to make interpretations of rules
" 70 September !. These interpreta-
.Ons are to be sent to officials only
~ sheir request and later are to be
i.n i.m: 70 the rules committee at its fol-
living annual meeting, and if adopted
sAen be incorporated in the rules.
me committee on Interpretation,
saeh wa named yesterday, is as fol-
w,sss' Hsiter Capip. Yale; William
mwy,lce. " S. LaneSord and Lieutenant
sH. Haekett.
.,Adward x. Hall. of Dartmouth, was
sss'ed chairman of the rules commit
,. .e and Mr.. Camp was elected secre-
sly and editor of the rules.
AMONG those vpresent were: Mr..
ccssimp, Mr.. Hall. DR.. Alonzo. A. Stagg,
ppaasago; ]. A. Babbftt, Haverford;
pssa p.sa ". Moore, Harvard; W. w. Roper,
.a,..aceton; Harry L. Williams, Mime
p.sa' Carl Williams, University of
sseaaansylvsnis; Paul j. Dashiel, United
ss;sas SECS Naval Academy, and Andrew
"mish, California.