Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-10-01 | Page 16 | Complicated Football Rules are Clarified for Local Officials

Complicated Football Rules Are Clarified for Local Officials Utah Football Official' Association Is Making Progress Poothall rillft. ralntlva to two com-i nllrattna ,! tona In t h. new ruin etwle. w.r. rlarlfl.4 y.atarday by tha central cen-tral rilN-a commlttr. at the Inntanca of thn t'tah footfall anoflat Ion. ar-rnrillna; ar-rnrillna; to. an innouncmanl madn by (.or- F. Brown. axTtary and irraa-uror irraa-uror of th. orranltatlnn. On. neftlon. which haT nn catia-Ina; catia-Ina; much comm.nl amona toral of-fK-lnla d.nlt with tha followlnu pro-hlm. pro-hlm. W hat would b tho offlrula ac tlon In raa. In which th. klck.r. of tho aid ofndln thn oal klik.d thn ball from babinil hla own Itonl linn and It struck hl own' man. who happ.n.d to b. atandlna In th fl.ld of plav. th. ball th.n b.tna; pouncad upon bahlnd th. Boal Una by on of th klck.ra aid.? Wnuld h rula a afty or would h rul. that th t.am that waa airu-h with th. hall b p.n-alisad p.n-alisad flv yard, from th spot wher th play.r waa ntruck? ICTT1.B PHOBlJiM. In rlfartna; this up. th rula commit- to. atat.d that any p.nalty ran b drlln.d with th exception of dla-iiuallf dla-iiuallf Icatlon. I'ndrr auch rullna; th t.am that did not hare th hall whan th kick waa mad. could althar accept ac-cept th p.nalty and tak th ball fiv yard hack of wh.r It atruck th man or th.y could declln tha penalty and arr.pt th safety. Th othr qu.atlon conrmd a bark-fl.ltl bark-fl.ltl man In motion toward hla own iroal l.aa than flv, yard back of th. tin. of arrlninias. h.fr. th hall had been paaaod. On this qu.atlnn lln com-mitt. com-mitt. ruled that and hackfleld man could b. In motion toward hta own iroal, but that no lineman could b In motion utile h waa fiv. yarda bark. Th I'tah football offlrlala aaaocla-t'on aaaocla-t'on at a nie.tlnit Krldav nlaht .lerted Wlllard Aahton pr.aldent, and Qaorce E. Brown. aerrtry and tranur.r. It was detnatly decided to hold the meetings everv Monday nlftht at I o'rlork. and th on tomorrow nlaht will b held at th Commercial club.