Show INTERPRETS NEW V FOOTBALL RULES Committee Meets and Explains Some Fine Points That Bother Coaches York Oct 27 The American In Intercollegiate Football Rules committee after a meeting in this city last night issued an today toda of the new football rules Tinder the decision of the committee the second umpire may be bC ls 11 with under Rule 5 by an agree ment meat of or the athletic managements of the two institutions represented Considering Rule 5 it was voted that in putting the balls baHs in play pla the center rush may muy pass the ball bali back to one side and need not necessarily snap it between his legs In either eIth r case the ball must leave his possession while he is on the line of scrimmage and must go first to tou toa toa a u man inset who is behind the line of scrim scrimmage scrImmage scrimmage mage Under the same rule it was voted that in case of a punt out the catcher of the kick need nt d not raise mise his hand as a signal for fora a fair catch It was declared that the rule preventing hurdling is Intended to apply only to the man carrying the ball hall balland find and was passed o prevent a dangerous play The section s under Rule 11 which pro provides provides vides that no player of the side ide which i ha hR has the ball shall be in motion at the moment when th the ball Is put into play pla I is construed to mean that this will not pi prevent event a player from running backward from rem the scrimmage line toward his own goal line Changing Positions of Men Under the section of Rule 11 which provides that none of the five men oc oe occupying occupying the tho middle middie mid le positions center guard or tackle may drop back from the line of scrimmage on the offense the committee declared If It a captain during the progress of the thc game gamp wishes to change a n center guard or tackle to a position in the back ba k field or to the tho position of end he may ma do so by speaking to the referee but no player thus th s vacating the position p of or center guard or tackle shall thereafter during the game go back to any one on of those V In discussing Rule 14 Exception 1 I the thc committee decided When Th n a forward pass touches the ground round in the field fiela of or o play without touch Ing the player at either side the ball Is dead and goes gOCS to the th opponents on the tile I spot where the pass puss Is made madeo except in incase incase case cae the ball bail crosses cross the goal line with without without without out touching a player of either side when it is a touchback In both in instances instances stances the penalty may not be e refused In nIl all cases cas 6 of ot unlawful forward pass where the ball goes gods gO s to the opponent on the spot where the pass pa s was attempted the ball Is dead |