Evening star., 1922-09-24


downs may try for the extra point
beyond the fve-yard line in any one
of four ways-by placement drop
kick. by rushing the ball or by a
forward pass.
Certain to Add to Thrills.
Undoubtedly this rule is going to
impart an added flip to L game al
ready thrilling. While in tn, east
the tendency probably will be to kick,
there will always be the possibility
of an eleven seeking to double-cross
a rival set to block a kick: in the
west the writer has reason to be1ieye
that the forward pass will be largely
employed. as will probably be- the
case in the south. In any~event the
choice of plays, in whatever section
Of the country, will have spectators
on their toes with expectancy. and
the annals of the game as the season
progresses will be characterized by
an ever-growing list of curious and
bewildering maneuvars.
Otherwise changes in the rules in
volve no material alteration OF the
fabric of play. However. the rule
which now holds that player with
be returned to the game in that half
may prove more significant in its
practical workings than is now
realized. Certainly brittle stars will
be less useful than they were former
ly. and the sending in of substitutes.
perform some specially, say drop
kick. will not prove so simple an ,N-
, pedient as was formerly the case.
Interesting, but not specially i'm
roItant, is the new rule that finesmen
shall tie appointed bv the referee and
! .,~fI
involved. So with other emendations
which are designed to clear up mud
died meanings concerning certain
rules. as, for instance. that relating
tc Clipping. The rule regarding
shifts. l. e., that PLAYERS must come to
fcre the ball is snapped. has caused
scme talk, particularly in the west.
But it Is by no means a new rule; the
| intent of the former rule against
players being in motion when the ball
/ was snapped was in every respect
similar to the present stipulation. 1t
is merely that now the hands of the
officials are strengthened by virtue of
| a restriction couched in terms that
can be neither misunderstood nor
misinterr" ID.
Rich Variety of Contests.
So far as play is concerned the sea-
son holds promise of a rich variety
Of contest in all sections of the coun-
try, with not a few intersectional
meetings among outfits whose pres
tige is such as to afford cOmpari sons
Of a most interesting nature. There
!! deyeloped late in the season of 1921 q
sentiment in certain educational quar-
t>-s against intersectional contests.
lust how influential this feeling has
| been may be gathered from the fact
that in no season since foot ball rated
! a. major sport has the gridiron cal
/ endar contained so many engage
, ments among eievens whose geo
| graphical location is remote one from
| the other.
| To name a rev important lnsersec. !.
, tional dtaes. there are the Iowa Yale
| game at New Haven on October -;
! the PrincetonChicago game at Chi
| cago, October IS: the Penn State
Notre Dame contest. Atlanta, Octo-
her 81; the Georgia Tech-Navy game
at Annapolis. October 81: Auburn
West Point. October IA, at West Point;
! Georgia Chicago. October Z; Centre
Harvard. October 21; Florida-Har-
! ward. November 4; w. and J:.Detroit
| at Detroit. November 25; Virginia
| Princeton at Princeton. October {;
! YaIe-North Carolina. New Haven,
(, October {; PennsylSania-University
! Of Alabama at Franklin Field, No
/ vember 4: Notre. Dame-West Point
| November II: West Point-kansas
/ October Z. and Rutgers-Louisiana in
! New York, November z. Finally. the
! outstanding eleven on the Pacific
| coast will meet some one of the lead
| ing teams of the east or middle west
at Pasadena en- New Year day
| While it is pretty difficult to fore
! 20 ct a foot hall season with respect