| Show p FRANK K BAKER Hundreds of mountain football players are ba back k in moleskins rehearsing for tim stirring autumnal drama 1 which will Till run continuously until the last shivering spectator spectator spec spec- ambles from the stadium on Thanksgiving day c A Alot lot of sore muscles this week end will be convincing proof to the collegians that football practice has at last got under way b but players will not be alone in ir this physical reminder that the I pigskin sport is once more at hand Officials too have to be in good physical trim if they expect to do good work And happily this mountain land has a conscientious conscientious con con- little band of arbiters who foci feel that the least they can cando do is to be able to keep up with the physical pa pace e the players set A football season without some new rules would be like ham without eggs hot dogs without mustard turkey without without with with- out cranberry sauce Oddly this is a year without any drastic changes in the C rules but there still arc a few things to argue if ii i they are the rules already in the book Meaning of course a afew afew few modifications in interpretations Ti The J experimentation era beginning in 1929 and ending last year with the changing of the theY dimensions of the ball has apparently apparently en l ended It may be revived come com another winter winte consultation consultation consulta consulta- tion ot of the chief gridiron medics but just now the game is confronted confronted con con- fronted with only a few minor changes The most important alteration merely qualifies the so-called so dead ball rule making it permissible for a ball ban carrier who is is' in the in-the h grasp of an opponent but still on his feet to fo run if he c can n or kick until the w whistle istle is blown That m means that the ball carrier is to be bc given a little more 1 chai cha chance e to break away fro from a a loose tackle whereas wh reas under the former rule the whistle was to have been blown as soon as the forward progress ceased f c f In asking the r referee not to be too quick with the whistle the committee counted on encouraging the lateral pass A ball alI car carrier carrier er it was vas as argued who hn had be been n stopped but not notS S. S upset c ought to o be permitted to lateral to a a teammate instead of f having the ball all killed in his hands just as ashe he in an effort to toss it to another man on his te tc team m. m There is always the possibility t too tao o of a a back backbreaking breaking away co zo under the new interpretation the defensive m man n must hold his hisman man a as well as stop him A swell idea idea Coach Coach Dick Romney ventures ventures ventures-if if a Newell Call gets only a partial ho hold d of the pound pound Kent Ryan On other hand not so great i if Fl Floyd y Rasmuss n I barely catches J Jerry Lunnen Sir Cramer or oF Claude Pomeroy by shoestrings 1 Ike Ikc Armstrong of Utah is not so keen for the rule He figures figures figures fig fig- 1 ures is may lead to complications under th the rule of unnecessary essa y roughness ss' ss or piling on As s he aptly points out the defensive players players' will be keyed d to smash a ball carrier c down own as well as I stop him knowing that if they don dont don't t he may break away for forS l S more yardage There is some possibility a man already in moti motion mo mo- mo- mo ti tion ri crashing into a 3 b ball ll carrier after the whis whistle le has blown piling on situation wo would ld not arise if the defensive t players payers k knew 1 the l ball bal be w w. w uld be de dead d the moment one of their t tacklers had stopped the ball carrierS carrier's forward n ni motion t tId j 1 l t 4 J The slower whistle puts an extra premium on on abil- abil J ity ito to hang onto th the ball Eastern officials of the R. R j k M. M C C. leaned tow toward rd the slow whistle le last season a and d it provided the turning turning point po point t in In Brigham Young f 1 s 's tys ty's 34 4 to 19 triumph over Colorado college at Cola t- t trado rado Springs The Tigers threw a it pass who was tackled after a good gaul gain Pie fIe n nearly arly struggled loose but before he could get get- getaway away Jack V Woodward d of th the Y ambled up stole the he ball baU out of L Masters LeMaster's hands and nd streaked down the field for tor a touchdown Under th the 1935 interpretations R R. M. M C C. C officials will give m quick kicker the same protection they wot would ld accord a man man in regular punt formation I Th Therefore dee defensive ive men charging th through ough the line lina in jn an anI I effort to o block th the kick must avoid running into or knocking I I. the kicker down after he has gott gotten n the ball away If If they brush the ball with their fingers Lingers however even though they dont don't b bat t it down the he officials are to construe it as a a blocked kick in which case the charging man will be excused if he Bumps Dumps the kicker Providing of course he doesn't rough him hini V g fe y Rules makers tried to to find someway some way o of cur curbing ing Slip pt Madigan's l fumble le on purpose type of play but finally decided de- de r. r id d it was a n perfected play Madigan l had his St. St t. t Marys Mary's ry i t am luse it jt f on a goal line pl plunge t the e theory being to fumble for a n when a regular line smash fell short c The he ideal time to work it would be be on fourth down when loss of the ball bail was no blow One of the backs would pi plow off ff tackle I If J he e found himself b being ing stopped short shor of oft t the e line he hed he'd d manage to lose the ball toward the end of I the line Jin where one or two of f his hi mates plates were waiting t td to reco recover re co cover er t the e ball ll as it bounded into the end zone If too many manyi i L players playe s become efficient at the he scheme you can wager your f Th Thanksgiving dinner that the rules rules' makers will legislate in i sti ln i time me l |
