The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-03-05
FOOTBALL RULES
 COMMITTEE WILL
 MEET THIS WEEK
Character of Game in 1922 Will Be Determined at
 Meeting
By WALTER CAMP
Special correspondeat of The Ase-HsTTea

Special Correspondent Of The ge-Herald
 Copyright 1922 by The Age-Hernld)
 New York. March 4.-The charac- ter of the game of football which the public will see next fall will be de- rules committee will meet Friday. The committee will have before 1t the suggestions which have resulted from sectional meetings of coaches aEd of ncials, and action on these wtll be watched with intense interest both by the public and coaches who arc wait ing to conform their plans for next year to the notifications decided on.
 One point which is sure to come up for consideration Is the fact that the present rules provide no penalty when a team appears late for the beginning of a game. It has been suggested that a penalty be provided In the rules and also that the teams themselves be held responsible for their appearance on the field on time a t the beginning Of the third quar- ter. At present an official notifies each team when the intermission is about over.
 About the Touchdown
 Another suggestion made in the sectional conferences is that the off eial should blow his whistle and de- clare a touchdown, the moment a man carries the ball across the goal line or forward pass Is completed in the end zone. instead of waiting until the play is completed.
 rt- CTS has been discussed from all an gles and in some cases it was held by experts that the rule was satis- factory as it now stands. Other au- authorities holds that resubstitutiou should not be permitted Various an gles, such as a captains refusal to leave the game when a substitute is sent In, penalties for illegal substitu- tion not discovered until later in the game. and other matters bearing on this rule undoubtedly will be taken up at the big meeting.
 The question of q man running out of bounds and then coming in to re- ceive forward pass has been brought forward. as has the catching of loose ball behind the goal line. Consideration will be given the mat ter of fumbled punt recovered by a player of the kicker's side and ac- cidentally kicked out of his hands be- fore the referee declared the ball dead.
 Shift Play RuIing
 The ruling on all shift plays will once more come up and there prom ises to be a long discussion as to how the rules shall be worded so as to make 1t absolutely clear to officials and coaches what movements of play CTS will be permitted before the ball Is put in play. The matter of push ing an opponent into loose ball was pretty well covered at the last inter pretation meeting and undoubtedly will be placed in the rules There has been some suggestion that pen alty be imposed when an offside man touches the ball when it is kicked down the field, in order to prevent any danger of it's being picked up by the opponents and run with or to prevent it going back toward the kicker's side if it Is bounding back ward
 Probably the penalties for taking out time after time has been called three times, will be increased The so-cailed "screening" of forward pass-that is sending players dowr ahead of the ball to make 1t more difficult for opponents to intercept the pass-will be dealt with The annual discussion of the kick for goa after touchdowns will be held with the argument centering around Ma jor Daly's suggestion that after q touchdown the ball be put in scrim- mage on the opponents 15-yard line and one play be allowed in. which tc score one point by kick, rush or for ward pass.