Show THE GRIDIRON I NEW YORK Sept 17The official football rules for the seaon 18956 were ssued today A number of the rules have undergone considerable changing chang-ing pj ingWhen the two teas decide to lay there must be a distinct understanding understand-ing whether the matoh shall be played under the compromise rules of 1895 the TalePrinceton modifications of r 1895 or the HarvardPennsylvaniaCor fcell modifications of 1895 Some of the I important changes are Rule 8A fair catch is a catch made Direct from a kick by one of the opponents op-ponents or a punt by the same side providing the man Intending to make the catch indicates that intention by holding up his band when running fore I for-e ball I he be interfered with by any opponent who 4s off side or If he be thrown after catching the ball he shall be given 15 yards unless this carry the ball across the goal line In that case he shall be given but half the intervening distance After havIng hav-ing raised his hand he cannot run with the ball bat must take this fair kick i he hold succeed in making one By IMs rule as amended ny Yale and Princeton the catcher has to an noun o his Intention toy raising his land As amended by HarvardPenn sylvaniaCoraell the catchers intention inten-tion need not be indicated but while he cannot run with the iball himself lie may pass it to one of his own side who ca run with It or kick i otherwise other-wise i must be put in play on the spot where the fair catch was made In case the ball is muffed the opponents op-ponents shall have an equal chance at the ball Rule 14 has been amended > bv Yale and Princeton so that in addition to an umpire a referee and a linesman there shall be an assistant linesman Any offical may disqualify a player subject to the rule of the umpire the umpire alone can be appeakd to by the captains regarding foul and unfair tactics no appeal can be made except through the captain the three officials shall formulate ground rules As amended toy A HarvardPenrsylva alaCorneli tre shall be two umPire um-Pire a refer and a linesman who shfJl be nominated by the captains and confirmed by the faculty athletic com mittees of the respective universities universites An important section is the follow ingAfter After the game all questions or dis qualifications shall qualfcatos shal go before a com mUtee of four to be chosen by the chairman chair-man of the athletic te athletc committee of the two competing universitiestwo from each This committee shall have power to disqualify for the remainder of the season for a year or for any longer l time according to its discretion In the case of a tic vote the committee commitee shall choose a fifth member and the de cison of the majority haH be fmtfT Yale and Princeton adO the following to rule 2 regarding the kick fol f 1ng either side shall forfeit the ball twice without its going into Urn field of play it shall so as a first down at center of the field to opponents Rule 2 Is substituted by YalePrince ton as follows After a fair catch the hall may b put In play by a player of the side having made the catch I may be put In play by a free kck or by a scrimmage the point to scrimmage to be the catchers mark I by a free kick the opponents may not advance beyond tho catchers mark and tho ball must be kicked from some point behind that mark on a parallel with the ouch line In rule 24 dealing with off side play Yale and Princeton permit a player who on 3sbrr 2 scrimmage side to seize the ball on a fumble Yale and Princeton make the follow lug substitute in regard to rule SO sect sec-t on C touching mass plays In scrimmage scrim-mage not more than one man shall start forward before the bal is In play Not more han three men shall group themselves them-selves at a point behind the line of icrtamage before the hal in play seven men or more shall be on the line of the scrimmage until the ball is In play except ex-cept that the man playing the position Of either end rushw may dro back provided pro-vided he does not pass Ins < Jc the pos tinn occupied by the man playing adjacent ad-jacent tackln before the ball Is put in play Other sections of rule 30 are made The three sets of rules Trill undoubtedly cause some misunderstandings I will be decided however two weeks in advance decd vance which rules shall be used in a JHt5e |