Show RW ARD PASS SS OPPOSED liv Y SEVEN RS Of OMM 1 a W JW YORK Jan 1 There l-There- There will still be bee e liveliest interest in the meeting of ofis is aj Intercollegiate Athletic association e United States next Saturday 11 11 from the developments of the thein thel l in the general conduct of athin atho ath ath- o in the colleges on account of the fag Dg g it will have on the makeup of intercollegiate football rules come com corn t 1 e and therefore upon the lO lOII LI II of tho the game which must be un- un after New Nev Years Year's Len n immediately e seven se members of oC the foot football football all rules ules I whose tenure of or expires lib be replaced b by that meeting and 11 the selection will depend the th attl- attl d II h of tho the football rules committee to- to ward YArd the charges suggested It Is likely I that HUH all of seven to men now serving I will br- br ic re and that they will then I combine with fie tie ol old football rules comI com corn 1 I C ns as has lias been heen done In the la last t two vi years ear while tte tI change chanse will be made si so I that their t tern of or service Ice shall ahall be extended ex- ex ex exI I tended to e ears years Instead of or one Olle There Is th tilt keenest t f feeling on th the I question of or thi tu alteration of ot the forward pass pans p Since Sinco Camp started tho the dis- dis I by hi his condemnation of tho the forward forI for for- I ward pass pans in ts fa present form there has hns I been heard fm urn players pla c on tho the field Held a aI condemnation eo of or the forward I I pass PI Pla on p eri and coaches alike havI have hav I been opposed to I the hI present form of the pass pasA thou though h U tit tit- public has hag been disposed 1 to look upon th play with favor The fie reason SOn for the public support Is If tho the belief bellel that the tho for ud for nd pJ pas s Is lar largely cb responsible responsible i sible for or the opening up of ot tho the same game ame which Is Js fco Ao popular while the Players player 1 know that th tin forward pass has been the tho smallest facts facto In this development Thi- Thi I primary caun has hUR been the ten yard rule and tho the neural zone combined with the I forward 1 the onside kick the latter two to lays flays operating from their moral effect c ather than from rom their actual I benefits A careful ass O ass of ot the fourteen members mem mein- bers her of ot the resent rt Kent t rules committee shows shown that seven e ae positively opposed to th the forward orward past In Its present form orm and md be behove be- be hove some gelded elded chan change chango o In It Is Intel Three favor tho the pass In Its present firm and four following following- the their usual believe c that they should not commit hem e d on any I Issue sue prior to the m eth of the committee and are accordingly silent It Is certain however that at leas two of these want the modification modi modi- of oC he ho rule so that changes cs are arc sure to be node made Mr lr Campi declaration against the pa pass R Ron on th the grand of or its large element o of chanco chance Is 15 ho to general cause of the do domand do- do donand nand mand for a 1 I. I change o There art are some however how r. r wo trio think that the onside kick lck should hollid be or restricted rather than the SS iss These lose sight Right of the f fart fact t that wile lIe the tho kick allows for fora a large of chance tho the defending n side always ahta has the advantage ad on a l kick I of oC th the riot to handle the tho ball ban on the tho i in fly n thou Interference while the kicking kickIng kick kick- I Ing InA side i J alwa always s 's restrained until the ball tilts JiltS he hp ground On the thc forward pass elthe side may secure the ball ban and the tho of men eligible to get ct it isso Is Isso Isso so r 1 large e bat the attacking side has the decided Tho The bes bel exposition of the tho reasons for forthe tho the of the pass Is given en by one member o the committee a. a as follows Under he present yard ton rule I t fear that play playas as tho the forward pass or 01 onside Ick Is necessary but I do lo not believe thi both bolh are necessary necessary- Both are arc contrary t the spirit of the game ame which Is not a gmo mo of oC chance chanco end nd the essen essential of which up to 1900 1906 has been b by rules roles There J i a largo large percentage e of football foot not ball ban men p PK awakened to this and a n small the public so BO that the abolition abolition abo abo- of th to onside kick or lh the forward pass woud woul meet with some som favor and reduce tin the gambling clement element I should personally prefer prefer to see tho the e kick abolished nd along with Ith It some Fomo added limitation II the forward pass pasS' say Its Us use on tit tin third down only onh- Such o 0 similar Ic legislation would cut cutout cutout cutout out part port o 0 the Indiscriminate chance and tend to a more careful consideration of or ortho tho the ad of the ball ban by rushing Since th feeling Is lEI hardly pronounced enough nough In to accomplish tho the abolition abo abe of or ether the kick or forward forward for for- ward past It seems ems likely that the tho pass PaS will wilt bo be Codified since tho the onside kl k krule rule be bo changed It seems Im Improbable improbable Im- Im probable tat It will bo be limited to Its use to tho the down and looks more like likely will 11 be lo ro that the pM 06 rule nIle One ru that meets with some somo favor or IB Is t r proposal to prevent promiscuous ous b bv by a n regulation which will 1 jive give the tho fending side tho the better chance to get Jet a n pan pM It Is no desired that a a. pass so 60 planned that It cn en an be made to a man who Is II clearly 7 way away from his opponents shall not be rado made but that a pass may not be io mado to a a. group of or both teams on the chance hance tat one of tho the passing side eldo will willgot got ot It t is therefore thought that If H the he pass kg side Is Ie prohibited d from Inter- Inter will wui a n defending player cr catching n a i pass on the fly fh as ns Is the thc case casein on in a kl x the tho chance passing would be topped stopped passes passeR could still be made when a man Is clear The i rule ule would then hen any ny player to get et the tho ball provided pro that the side having the tho ball did lid not with tho the side not having tvIng It It t the tho ball to the defending side In n case cas of such Interference where hero tho the occurred and allowing forthe for ho tho the ball ban on the spot wh where ro the thep p pass s wo wit mn made If H It ft hit the ground roun change change- that Is likely to be benade made nade Isto remove the restriction against p directly over the center of or the rush ush Hn lire as the yard five limit on either side of fhe ho center at present In vogue puts to sorer a test of or Judgment on the tho referee ho who may not bo in position to jud judge o tf C the exact distance from the center enter tt rt t which the ball crosses tho the line lino The a Rg used D against returning to ho tho rules Is that It did not permit a team cam pressed in Its own territory to o use the tho pass to relieve its situation It t Is I alt alb shown how In tho the principal games ames i ertain distances were gained In- In that the tho pass was not promiscuous ous |