Show FOOTBALL RULES STUDIED I II I Coaches Will Urge Changes In Grid Code By BILL McCREA Changes in several gridiron rul rules rule which have been bothering players officials and many fans in the R. R M. M C were advocated at a rec recent nl meeting ol the western division of National As Association Association of Football Coaches at L Lo Angeles Ameles Coaches Ott Romney of ot B. B Y U U. Dick Romney of ot and Ike Arm Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong strong of Utah who attended the sos slon sion returned Thursday night carry Ing Ine ng with them four recommendation which will undoubtedly meet with ap approval approval in the R. R M. M C. C if it adopted b bj the he national rules committee From the standpoint of flagrant yb vio violation lation and fan criticism a rule rul which would eliminate the first down p pen penalty penalty n nalty alty for merely running into a kickel on punts with the substitution of a yard ive-yard penalty is th the most Important tant Roughing Penalty Same Practically all coaches and official in in the R. R M M. C. C are agreed that th the present penalty for tor running into s sticker kicker ticker is too severe and should b be bl changed However they arc are in ac accord accord accord cord with the western groups group's recommendation recommendation that there be no of ot the penalty for roughing the kick kicker er Cr that the yard 15 penalty for violation continue in force Coaches point out quite logically tories logical ly h that It is outlines Impossible for tor a a. player to make snake a a. conscientious conscientious comden- comden and honest attempt to block a a. punt If hes he's to be penalized for accidentally brushing the kicker Rocky Mountain football provided two notable examples of unfairness tc tche the he rule in 1934 Utah suffered alFort al alFort Fort Tort Collins when Colorado Aggie trIed ried to kick on the fourth down with wit 23 yards to go The kicker was bare barely barely barey ly y brushed but Aggles were giver give first down and with the unearned new lew lease on life went 53 yards for s a touchdown in a half hall dozen plays Gave Utah First Down Doun Utah suffered similarly ir a their heir Thanksgiving day game with Utah here when Captain Elmer Eisner Ward Ware already in motion moHon when Del Mar Mai MarLar Lar Larson arson on of Utah punted punted brushed brushed the Redskin kicker before he could stop an inconsequential bit of body C con contact contact Jn tact that gave Utah a first down Establishment of an accurate method meth od of measuring where the ball goes Oe Into nto play on first downs thus dim mating guessing on the part of off officials dais was another suggestion which 1 meets with hearty approval in this sec see tion lion System of Measuring Under the present system it is practically pra practically impossible to obtain an accurate accurate rate measurement and sometime those few inches mean the difference between a first fitt down and the loss loss' o ol 01 the ball and defeat and victory I IJ Ii the distance is to be measured as carefully carefully care care- carefully fully at the end of the yard 10 assignment assign ment meat it is only fair that the starting point also be accurately determined Elimination of the rule which a team possession of the ball when fouled b by the opposing team during the time the ball is free came in for foi forC C comment The body recommended a yard 15 penalty for this offense orthe or on the offending team either cither from the point joint of previous down or where the th ball sail was cau caught ht by the receiving team when the later committed the foul The fourth recommendation made elimination of the rule that takes the ball back where play began when a player receives a pass and in attempting a lateral moves the ball ban forward instead of backward or parallel The coaches favored moving mo the ball ban ballback ballback back only to where the lateral was attempted Considerable debate was spent or orthe orthe the professional forward pass rule allowing a forward pass anywhere behind the line of ot scrimmage ThE Th group reached no agreement on th thE advisability of such a change th thE opinion being equally divided All Continued on Following P pue Pote te Coaches Study Football Rules I Continued From Prom Pace Pe j I agreed however according to Coach I Ott OU Romney y that it would make a amore amore amore more open and speedier game Coaches Armstrong and Dick Romney Romney Romney Rom Rom- ney expressed the belief that Stanford Stan Stanford ford lord might have done b better in the theRose theRose theRose Rose Bowl game against Alabama if H the Indians had adhered more closely to their running game instead of using a number of passes Armstrong was high in his praise of Dixie Ho Howell well sensational Alabama triple threat back but believes Stanford's Stanford's Stan Stan- fords ford's Bobby Grayson was the best running back backon on the field Ott Romney reports Alabama was wa-s far too alert for Stanford and that the Crimsons Crimson's passing attack was the most perfectly executed aerial display he had bad ever seen I |