Show Free Trial Tria for Goal Goa After Is s Abolished By y Grid rd Rules miles Committee T Teams earns Will Have to Fight to Put Over Extra Point From Now On Change Most Radical Since In Inception of Forward Pass V J EW YORK YORI March 11 n. Abolition of th the free trial for goal got N NEW after touchdown substitution of a play from line of scrimmage on or back of the five y yard five rd line linc of a defending eleven and clarifying changes in the rules regarding shift plays clipping from behind and substitutions were announced today by br tb the Intercollegiate football rules comm commit commit- t- t 1 tc tee i RADICAL MOlI I I The action of the committee In abol abolishing j the trial for goal oal after touchdown touchdown touch touch- down the most radical st step p taken since the Introduction of the forward pass m ITt 1906 had be been recommended recommenced ed by the thet association cl n of r rei American f football t I j I coaches following Its Us meeting here last I ID D December cember The revision had b been en demanded by bya a majority of football experts for years ears and since the abolition two ears years o. ag-o. tit the punt out many of the leading lel coaches took up the campaign for abandonment of the play declaring It I useless as it stood and harmful hl to th the I game It was understood that W W. W. W Roper Hoper Princeton coach suggested 1 tha the play for r the tho point from a line lire of scrim IC I mage e SHIFT In Tn regard to the change in the shift ruling the opinion of some sonic football men was that It would tend to put ut 9 1 damper on the playing of some soma of the leading ClIng Western Vestern college elevens elev elev- ens ens especially that of Notre Dame whose wierd shifts have opposing opposing In ing teams for severn several 1 years ears The Thc initial kickoff regulation was altered so that If Ir the side winning whining the tOI toss S selects the goal gop th the thO other team has the choice of either cither kicking or re re- re Heretofore when mc no captain elected to defend a goal th the other side was obliged to kick off D. nUIE AI The darkness rule was altered to allow al- al j I low the referee with the consent of both h captains t f to d decide ge between w wOe Oe Sh halves halvee I Ito I Ito to shorten the fourth period or both periods in the second half haIr Heretofore Heretofore Hereto Heto fore a shortening of the time previously previous previous- ly IS' agreed upon could be made mace be before before be- be fO fore the game began Rules se u governing substitutions ions were t f to changed lat the e field ll so that in the a eP player same hlf cannot rt in return which l I he is removed It is not necessary that he should return at the beginning of a a. period The one man in motion regulation was rewritten so 0 that any an- slayer laIng leaving leaving leav leav- ing the scrimmage line before pla play be begins must be at least five yards vard behind bellind the line when the ball Ja ts snapped MORE Moan I RE WHISTLE URGED Among the rulings approved bv by 1 tle I t committee was one that officials should shoula whistle as soon as convinces mat the I Iball 1 ball had crossed the goal line or In Iii Inthe the case of forward passes when th tl pa pass s is completed behind the Inc line Th The committee decided to have Interpretations Interpretations Inter Inter- I of rules made by the general general general gen gen- eral Interpretations committee printed September 1 each year ear and that there after interpretations for officials would be m made de only upon request ther their formal formal format for for- mal mat approval or rejection to b be made later at the annual meeting of or the tha rules committee No action was taken on the proposal to make the numbering of players man mandatory The personnel of the rules committee committee commit commit- tee te-e was not changed E. E K Hall was wa's reelected chairman and Walter Camp secretary and rules editor |