Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-11-30 | Page 16 | Stagg Says Roughing Rule is Too Strict

STAGG SAYS ROUGHING j RULE IS TOO STRICT CHICAGO, Nov. 20. A. A. Stagg, director di-rector of athletics at the University of Chicago, will make but one recommendation recommenda-tion at the meeting In February of the football rules committee of which he Is a member. Before IeatKng today for Pine-hurst, Pine-hurst, N. C, for a vacation, tho coach of tho western conference champions said the mile relating to the roughing of tho kicker should not be enforced too severely. se-verely. According to the Maroon mentor, the art of blocking punts is ono of the best plays In football. Under tho prosent ruling rul-ing a player who merely bumps the kicker after the latter has sent tho ball down the field, must be put out of the game, It Is goncrally the case that a playor of the defending team cannot check himself him-self quickly enough to avoid bumping tho kicker, and Stagg believes the rule should be amended and the officials made the i sole Judges whether the Ulcker is roughed intentionally or accidentally.