Show c. c j PASS RULE CHANGES L LOOM Ill i Gridiron Theories Held i By ByLa Late Dan McGugin n to Be F Fostered by Friend t By STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK June 30 Dan 30 Dan McGugin is dead but the Vand T bilt bUt university y football coach's voice will win be heard at the i I 1 in February of the rules committee McGugin one of ot the o students of the game durIng past decade drew up three p posed rule changes at the theof theof of tho the 1935 season If he had hael lIn he would have havo offered the Pre Pre- In pcr person on and even tha he has hns pUlled passed It is likely th that thU rules committee at least leut will win alder sider his hil plans Ih They y are MB b FIr First t Establish a a. penally i t yards for interference with a- a receiver Present rule iule Pouez by the receiving team at th the p pol k where Interference took J To Protect Paster Second Establish a p 15 yards for roughing th the Third Provide a pena yards against the Passing Vt when a pass touches an In player of the passing side vr u rule Loss of possession at the p po of foul 1 i iThe The first proposal seems en daily dally worthy of favorable comic comic- Those who saw JaW th the Arm Ars Array Notre Dame game gamo last lat fall tall probably probably rob ably will agree that the rule gave an undeserved a. a advant to the Irish r Without discussing the of ot interference by Grove Grov of th Army with Miliner of Notre Dam it must b be admitted that ment of the rule resulted In ai a 1 gift touchdown touchdown something M honest official likes to do Code Inadequate Tho The second change would p pI what seems to be a foolishly o 0 op spot In the present code The passer is particularly In d di goer ger of ot Injury and is left wide op to unnecessary roughing The rule covering the of ot an illegal receiver seldom Ii Is e en forced for the simple reason th Lb violations arc are Infrequent But r rin k In the case of ot pa pass interference th tt violations always seem to oc MCI when enforcement works an und trad und severe penalty i The writer feels most mOlt strong tr 1 about tho the penalty for I ence This This' is because there II Isso wide ide a divergence of ot opinion iI as' to what constitutes this offense For instance go back t to the th Notre Army-Notre Dame game Press box writers coaches and scouts were at complete corn com disagreement as ae to tbt thee hI validity of the ruUn ruling at the time tim it was made Later they t aw saw slow slow- I motion movies of the incident and still there there was no agreement 1 |