Show FOOTBALL FOR UHKitfOWTJfG Points of the Game and the Meaning of Strange Expressions New York World Foot bail has been a popular sport for so short a time that out of the many thousands that will witness wit-ness the game this season there will be thousands that will not understand it For the benefit of those who have never seen and who have never studied the I game here are ItrudoTOsntary principles game begin with each side has 1 men that line up or face one another in the center of the field I These men are known as the right end and left tnd right tackle and r tackle right guard and left guard center quarterback quar-terback right halfback and left half back and fullback They line up facing each other The right end of one team faces the left end of the other The seven men facing one another are the line or the rusher and the behind the line men lne fro the backs i At each end of the field which Is i 230T160 cot is the goal line In the center of which are the goal posts These posts are 2 feet hlfrh and IS feet 6 t Indies apart I with a crossbar ten feet from the ground The object ot the game is for each side to carry the bal over Us opponents goal line or t kick the bal between the pasts and over the crossbar The two captains toss for choice of ball oaI and the loser gets the goal or the reverse The same 13 started by a te off rrom line center of the field A kick oft cannot score a goal After the kick oft tho side that gets the ball must advance with It five yards in four attempts or downs I It falls tals the ball goes to the other side on downs After a goal the ball is kicked off from the center of the HeW A gout is made by kicking tlc ball In any wSy except by t punt between he goal pests and over the crossbar bAI drop kick Is made by letting tSia ball fall from the hands and kicking It the instant it rises from the ground A place kick is made By kicking the ground ball after i has been placed kickng the A punt is made by letting the boll II drop from the hands and kicking i before It touches the ground A touchdown is made when the ball Is carried or kicked across the goal line and there held A safety Is made when u player guarding his goal receives the ball from a player of his recees and fjuches it to the ground uce A touchback is where n slayer receives re-ceives the ball and tOUche it down be hind the goal line the Impetus to tho ball coming from an opponent The ball goes out ot bonds when It crosses the side lines A scrimmage takes place when the holder of the ball places It upon the ground and puts It in play by klcklnc it forward or snaP lng It back A fair catch Is made direct from a kick made by an opponent Oft side play Is J made when a player II in tile opponents territory when the boll Is put In pluy bl I A touchdown counts four points a goal I from a touchdown counts two points a goal from the field counts five points and I f fnrsvea a safety counts two points against the I side making it There are three officials linesman referee and umpire The referee hu charge of the ball and judges of its progress the umpire has charge of the players and the linesman marks the progress of the ball The came Is divided into two halves of 33 minute each with ten minutes Inter |