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Show COilTTEE RETAINS IE Fill PiSS Results of Reformed Football Will Not Be Brought Out Until Next Fall. NEW YORK. Mny 13. The intercolle-glato intercolle-glato football rules committee today decided de-cided to retain the forward pass unrestricted. unre-stricted. The committee framed a number num-ber of rules designed to safeguard this anil other plays and then adjourned sine die, having completed the task of "reforming" "re-forming" foolbalf which has kept It busy since the Jlrst of February. The details of tho new gamo were left in the hands of a sub-commlttec, composed com-posed of "Walter Camp of Yalo, Dr. Carl Williams of the University of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania and Percy D. Haughron of Harvard, but as the new regulations are largely theoretical It Is admitted the precise results will not bo known until tho next football season is undor way. Undor tho rules adopted today tho player making the pass must bo at least five yards behind the scrimmage line when the pass Is made,, and the player receiving receiv-ing the ball must not be more than twenty twen-ty yards In advanco of tho place where tho boll was passed. Only tho end man on tho lino of scrimmage scrim-mage and the foifr men In tho back field a.ro eligible to recolve Lhc forward pass and the backs, In order to b eligible, must be at least ono yard behind tho lino of scrimmage when the ball Is put In play. The committeo adopted a ruls which reads : "In case a player with the1 ball crawls after tho ball is declared dead, his team shall bo penalised flvo yards." The commlttoe adopted a provision that any player withdrawn from the gamo for any cause except disqualification may return once at tho beginning of any subsequent sub-sequent quarter. This Is to allow a tired player to recuperate and io removo the temptation to keep players in the game when they are not In lit condition. |