The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-10
PRO FOOTBALL
 COMMITTEE TO
 HELP COLLEGES
BY CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Staff COrreSDOnden

New York, April 10-OUP)-The National professional football league opened the way today for closer CO., operation with the colleges by es- tablishing six man committee to settle all controversies regarding eligibility and jurisdiction in selec- tion of players from campus grid irons.
 The committee, empowered to meet at any time, must consider any protest by a college which involves players taken in the annual league draft.
 It is composed of Earl (Curly) Lambeau of the Green Bay Packers, Ralph Brizzolira of the Chicago Bears, Gus Dorais of the Detroit Lions, George Marshall of the Wash ington Redskins, Jack Mara of the New York Giants, and Bert Bell ot the Philadelphia Eagles.
 The league officials, who original ly scheduled two day meeting, still were in session today with no ad- iournment in prospect because of a deadlock over the merger of the Brooklyn Tigers with the Boston Tanks and the transfer of the Brooklyn franchise from Ebbets field to Yankee stadium.
 Much Talk
 At a time last night when the controversy reached an impaSse. Tom Gallery, general manager of the Brooklyn Club, said that he definitely had decided against a, merger with Boston regardless of where the games might be played during 1945. Later he consented to another discussion of the problems involved. The meeting began last Friday.
 Sentiment in the league still is that permanent use of Yankee sta- dium is imperative to prevent en- croachment by other professional circuits after the war. The issue now appears to be whether the Boston club, which had only fair success last season, would permit all of its 1945 games to be played in New York as a temporary measure, with proviso that schedules would con- tain a full slate of home games in 1946.
 The executives completed their ex- tended session yesterday by revising the pro rules. The changes stressed the trend toward more wide open play and more latitude in interpre- tation and judgment by officials.
 The changes included:
 -Substitutions to be made when time is in if play has not started. Five yard penalties to be assessed if changes are not made in time with the option that the offending team can use one of its allotted time out penalties.
 2.-The ball to be moved in 20 yards instead of 15 on out-of- bounds plays.
 3.-The officials to decide whether offense or defense is deliberately attempting to conserve or consume time toward the end of each quar- ter. Referee has the right to say whether time shall go out on play or not.
 4.-Quarterback must receive pass from center if he stands with hands extended and appears to be in act of receiving ball. If he is given such hand-to-hand pass, 1ae is not eligible to receive a forward pass later.
 5.-If defensive signal caller is beyond his lnie of scrimmage after time is called, it is encroachment on the offensive territory and a five yard penalty is mandatory.
 Run With Tumble
 6.-DefenSive team can run with | ball snapped from center by of fensive team if it is muffed by re- ceiver. Previously ball could only be recovered.
 7-Penalty on personal foul by offensive team prior to completion or interception of a legal forward | pass to be enforced where ball is dead if offensive team retains pos- session.
 8.-Kicks from behind the line of | Scrimmage recovered by offensive | team after first being touch by de- fensive team beyond line of scrim- mage to be first down for offensive team. Same rule to apply if de- fensive team recovers ball after first touched by offensive team be- yond line of Scrimmage.
 9.-Fifteen yard penalty to be en- forced against players using a swinging elbow or forearm on either