Show r FOOTBALL RULES EULES ILLUSTRATED BY CAMP IN GUIDE GUIDEA A great number ot of new c changes anges will be e found in the rules of ot the gridiron sport this fall that should speed up the game bring more open field running and forward passing V along with with making scoring possibilities possibilities easier Each year for a good number of at seasons many new chang changes change's s have been put into effect ct nd ot of course some aro ro of ot little use but the he majority have built up the the game until it is now the most popular popular popular pop pop- ular of ot all aU sports in the United States This season a a larger number of ot changes have hae been made than has gen generally rally been the case no not as de decided decided de- de d changes but only as variations variations variations varia varia- of ot recent moves that should help the game gam a great deal These new rules made by the National Na- Na Collegiate Athletic atlon are found In SpaldIngs SpaldIng's new 1924 1024 football guide book edited by byI I Walter Camp the greatest authorIty author author- ity ot of football in the United States which has recently been published Perhaps the tile most important change is the try for after touchdown The yard five five five has been changed to the yard three-yard line Une and the ball may be pushed over the opponents' opponents goal line place or drop or kicked between the op or opponents op goal post for the extra point V AH AU tees are swept out of exist- exist the ball ban may be punted i I I place or drop kicked from the fifty fifty- yard line instead of the yard forty-yard fitlY I line Une as had been the case in thep the p past i iThe The out of ot bounds S rule rile has been altered so o that when any any portion ot of the players player's body not Just his feet Vire over the line h he is I out ot of bounds bound In the effort to speed up the game the referee may penalize one team for having tim i out ut more than four times times' in ea each h halt half and m may y order order or or- or der the ball in play in case he thinks that stalling is the reason of ot the time out The screening of the forward pass has been checked by a ruling that ineligible pla players must V keep out of the way of ot men nen of the side which did not make the pass else they are aro liable to a penalty for interfering Inter fering with the defensive sides side's opportunity opportunity opportunity op op- op- op to reach the ball Another er rule ruts puts a stop to the tho receiver o of ot the forward pass running out of bounds and then coming back into the field of play to receive the pass Intentionally throwing a forward pass pass to the ground will take penalty pen pen- alty of fifteen yards instead of ot ten I If It a kicked ball passes the line linet of elf t scrimmage no one of the kickers kickers kicker's kick ers er's side touch of recover the ball bail until after atter it has has- been touched byan by byan byan an opponent but any man man can ver reeo-ver recover the 1 ball If It It has not passed th the line of scrimmage A A. foul committed behind the goal line lino which does not Involve change of ot possession of the ball Is penalIzed penalIzed penal penal- one half distance to the goal goat line the tho spot wh where re the ball has been beert put into play V Shoulder guards and protectors must be padded on the outside as aswell aswell aswell well as on the inside and V cleats must not be dangerously sharp The officials should relentlessly enforce ever every phase of ot the rule relating to I equipment Offset goal posts and str straight line posts are both 1 legaL egal I |