New Britain herald., 1926-03-23
NO AGREEMENT ON
 FOOTBALL RULES
Rules Committee Members Fitted
 Against Leading Coaches

Now York. March 2S Pp-Football is being kicked around again with the members of tho intercollegiate rules committee pitted against lead ing coaches over the efficacy of pcn- altles against forward passing plays announced ny the annual committee meeting Saturday.
 In December the National associa- ton of football coaches decided that he game was firm as 1t stood and that the forward pass especially was the proper thing, Tbere were inti- nations from members of the rules body that the overhead game would be given approval.
 Then the committee went into n "huddlc," called q few signals and "hootcd" far into the coaches ter ritory by ruling that only one in- complete forward pass would be al lowed in a series of plays without penalty and that the second and third unsuccessful efforts would cost the throwing team tivc yards.
 Bob Xuppkc of Illinois, Lou Young of Pennsylvania, Jess Hawley of Dartmouth, Fielding Yost of Michi- gan and Dr. J. W. Rice of Ohio state. have offered criticism while Tad Jones Of Yale, Fred w. Moore of Harvard, Bill Roper of Princeton, Alon2o Stagg of Chicago and c. w. Savage Of Obcrlin, members of the committee, have spoken in defense. Jones of the committee, who also is coach at Yale, and Yost, who is only coach, do moi appear to have any great interest in the combat for they agree that tho rules changes will not affect the game materially. "A tlye-yard penalty is not going to mean so much. especially as the team in possession of the ball can kick on the fourth down." Yost said. l Jones argues: "The effect of pIac- ing tive-yard penalty on each in completed pass after the first one should add q greater premium to it's 1 execution and have a tendency to check it's indiscriminate use. In many eases it should have the effect of speeding up the game"
 In brief, the arguments of the coaches follow;
 Jess Hawlcy, Dartmouth -- The onp, r,1la papoIiy.c tba ,1co pf tbo forward pass to an extent which will deprive it of its present uses and again rclcgate it to q last resort. And q iiyc-yard penalty will mean nothing to a team trying desperate ly to win in the last five minutes Pm sorry 10 see it.
 Robert C. Zuppke, Illinois -- Inn position of penalties for incomplet- cd passes is a mistake because il will make the game less daring and less interesting. Another effect will be to make the officiating more cumbersome. Many more fve-yard penalties will have to be stepped off
 Lou Young, pcnnsylvania-Rat than discourage long and indscrim- mate passing late in the game ] really believe it will tend 10 cncour- age moro throwing of the ball It looks as though the check was aim ed at some of the colleges and uni versailles that have been too prof, Cicnt with tho passing game.
 Dr. J. w. Rice. Ohio State Restricting of the pass will detrac' from the spectacular features of tin, game and will place greater bur .dcn on the coach who annually i! asked by alumni and press for moro varied styles. I am somewhat disap pointed.
 And this is what the committee members have to say:
 Fred w. Moore, Harvard -- Tn,
 forward pass was tending to over
 balance the game. Football was re solving itself into game of basket ball and the new rule was adopted 10 curb the so-callcd wild passe
 which usually feature the end of
 close game. It will not affect the use of legitimate forward passing. : w. W. (BiID Roper, Princeton The new rule is good thing, Boini a member of the football rules com mittce naturally am in favor of ii A. A. Stagg. Chicago-New rul ings will not affect the team tha uses forward pass lcgitimatcly. Ther is no penalty for the completed pass
 C. W, Savage, Oherlin - Tn . change was unanimously agreed ur
 on. The new rule will have q de
 tcrrcnt effect on the indiscriminat , throwing of passes near the end c the game. The change Is not radi cal; it is Rs slight as was possibl to make without dist urbing the ba
 anCe of tn" game.
 Herman J. Strcgman. Georgia The new forward pass will tend { , all around improvement of tho gam, This short of rechlcssncss which a, companicd the tendency 10 hur wild passes has long been the ban oi many leading football coaches
 and the new rule should have a faN
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