Show GAME IS MODIFIED nt cresting substitute for Popular Pas time is 9 free from all roughness how it Is played an interesting substitute for foot all that retains most of the elements if f the popular game and at the same ime im Is tree free from roughness will be welcomed by many boys such a same game Is tag football it will mill appeal particularly to the bos who are oo 00 oung boung to play football or nho have been forbidden to play be ause of physical incapacity it is tilso a good game tor for older boa bos s when nhen there are not enough placers pl aers to form two tv o complete elevens N ith some adaptations it his also alo been played successfully by girs girls the game is planed placed with a rugby ball on a regular football field by two no opposing teams of from five to eleven placers pla ers each scores are made its as in football and football rules hold frood except where special rules are prescribed after the sides have been chosen the ball Is kicked off and the receive er r ru runs or toward his opponents goal until until an opposing placer touches him the ball la Is down where it touches the ground on an incomplete pass or at the place where the runner Is first tagged or at the point m where here he goes out of bounds because of the obvious futility of straight line plays pla a the forwards form ards spread out along the scrimmage line the play Is theotore ther tore fore much more open than in the regular game As in football no may kick hick the ball when it is on the ground ex capt at the kickoff kick off or when making a free tr for a goa goal I 1 another toot foot ball rule that applies should be kept in mind players must be onside on side at the hickoff kick oft at the beginning of each down and at the free kicks hicks tor for field goals an importing import int variation from foot ball Is that the side putting putt ing the ball in pla may hao h ane only one man on the scrimmage line it if it so chooses aery man on the team is eligible at ana an time to receive a pass coming in an direction it is therefore a running passing kicking gam gain and can be placed without likelihood of mishaps long atter after the ground has been frozen youths youth s companion |