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Show OLINTC OF OFFICIALS ADOPT INTERPRETATIONS By Associated Press. CHICAGO, Sept. 17. Coach A. A. Stagg of tho University of Chicago and Coach Harry Williams of tho Universltv of Minnesota officiated at a clinic over the new football rules at. a meeting of fifty big eight" coaches nnd officials today. A number of Interpretations were .adopted nt the meeting that will be Kent to Professor E. D. Smith of Iowa, chair-nitrn chair-nitrn of tho official committee to the Intercollegiate rules committee in the cast. Thcso Interpretations will stand as the western law until word to the contrary con-trary Is received from 'tho governing commlttei!. The following aro somo Interpretations adopted by the middle western coaches' Ball shall not be considered in possession posses-sion of either side unless in the actual grasp of the player, nnd no ponaltv shall bo indicted unlll the ball actually leaves the hands of the passer. .In relation lo the restrictions on the forward pass It was decided that tho pass must be made five yards back of the line of scrimmage, and cannot go twenty yards beyond tho lino of scrimmage, but need not cross II. Regarding the. "flying tackle," it was interpreted that the rules governing I he tackle shall not prevent the defensive players from diving Into the Interference, lntv on the other hand a player throwing himself against an unprotected player in tho open makes a diving tackle |