The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-08
1922 FOOTBALL
RULES CONTAIN
new PROBLEMS
Officials Must Be Better than
Ever to Handle Game
Under New Rules.


less than IL drastic changes over
those in vogue last season, accord
ing to word brought back from the
East by Enoch w. Bagshaw, football
coach at the University of Washing
ton, at Seattle.
Objectionable features which made
it possible for teams to draw out
the games over longer time than was
necessary have been cut out by max
ing the penalty greater, the breaking
up of the forward pass has appar-
emily been made more effective by a
new change made in the rule govern.
ing the pass, while numerous other
minor changes not considered i'm
portant enough by the rules commit
tee to announce, but which will be
Interesting to coach, player and fan
alike, are covered by the new rules,
says Bagshaw
Principal stress was laid by the
rule makers on the fact that they
had eliminated the goal kick after
touchdown, which it was admitted
was time-killer. yet to football crit
les the option of kicking or putting
the ball in play from the five-yard
line for try for the extra point isn't
regarded as amounting to nearly as
much in Importance as other changes
made.
Pass Rulings Changed
1 The new ruling covering forward
m 10 rnuordod
cially important 1t says that there
shall be no interference with de-
tense men while the ball is in the
air and puts 15-yard penalty, with
the loss of down also, on violations
of the rule.
In effect this ruling Is going to
make doubly difficult the use OF the
screened forward pass which was
in general use last year BY the
screened pass is meant the sending
of two men down the field as if for
a long pass and the shooting of the
pass to a man behind them, the men
fartherest out having taken out the
safety meantime. The play is pos
sible, of course. but in it's execution
the timing of the actions of those
men out in front must be so exact
that it is going to fail great many
times
Too. the handling of a forward
pass is going to be more difficult.
it would seem. more premium being
put on classy end or halfback get
ting loose rather than the use OF one
man as interference for the pass
catcher. as has been the case here
tofore.
Moving End Goes
The use OF moving end such as
Stanford used here last year is made
more difficult. too. all shift plays
being cut out in that the men shift
ing must not only have their fleet
set. but must also not have their
bodies swaying at the time the ball
is passed. The moving end that
Stanford used last year will this
year have to be five yards back of
the line of scrimmage at the time the
ball is passed or else be offside.
The duties of the referee. in ad-
dftion to being more complicated
by having to watch all these things.
are also increased in these ways:
1. He has the right to blow his
whistle indicating touchdown when
ever he is convinced that the ball
has crossed or touched the goal line
or forward pass has been com.
pleted.
?, He chooses the men who SHALL
hold the yard sticks.
8. He shall. If he deems fit and
can gain the consent of the captains
cut short game before the second
half starts. If 1t appears that dark
shall fall before the game is COM
plete.
An interesting change made is
that it is not now necessary to notify
the two teams three minutes before
&c second r7lf shall take up. II
- pa OF. ire coach or captain to