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Show IISTTJUJLES Expert Gives, ;!IIs Opinion '"cnFcotball Regulations V for 1904. v - The changes in the football rules by the - Intercollegiate fules committee have Just been announced, and In discussing: dis-cussing: 'them Walter Camp, one of the committee and a man with & world wide reputation as a coach and expert of the game, has the following to say: "The changes in the rules for 1904 In the main affect most seriously the scrimmage development. Last year, between the two twenty-frve-yard lines In the middle of the field a team waa restricted to seven men In the line, but inside the twenty-five-yard, line, that la, nearer the goal line, the old formations forma-tions . were admissible. In 1903 the . quarter-back could run only when In the middle of the field, that is. between the two twenty-five-yard lines, and that meant when only seven men were on the rush lines or line of scrimmage. This year a team never can have fewer than six men on the rush line, and if only six are on the rush line then one of the men who plays behind the line must be outside the man occupying the position on the end of the line of scrimmage. scrim-mage. But it Is Inadmissible to run the quarter-back at any time and in any part of the field, so long as the above provision is complied with, and as long as he runs at least five yards outside of the spot where the ball Was put in play. "The change next in Importance is probably that regarding scoring. Under Un-der the rules of 1904 a field kick goal. Instead of scoring five points as it has for many years, .will count but four. This will be true, whether the goal Is made by a drop kick or a place kick from the catch, or a kick from placement place-ment in the scrimmage. "The other changes are of lesser moment, mo-ment, and are as follows: "The umpire Is to have some kind of a call distinguishing his signal from that of the referee, and the play will continue in spite of the umpire's call until the ball Is dead, and then the referee ref-eree will inflict the penalty, called for by the umpire's decision. In case the side which has been offended against desires to refuse the penalty It may do so and take the distance that they have gained." "Another rule . regarding the scrimmage scrim-mage makes any deliberate attempt to draw the opponents offside by a false start void, by declaring that if the ball is then snapped after such a performance perform-ance It shall not be regarded as In play or the scrimmage begun. "The rule about which there was some discussion last year regarding the kick-off or choice of goal, has been made clearer. It now provides that If the winner of the' toss selects the goal, the loser of the toss must take the kick-off. kick-off. "The penalty for kicking out of bounds twice In succession has been lessened the ball going as a down to the opponents on the thirty-flve-yard line instead of on the twenty-flve-yard line. "In case of interference with a man making a fair catch, the offended side can have the choice of putting the ball in play by a scrimmage and receiving fifteen yards, or putting it In play by a free kick and taking five yards. The same is true rerardlng a man who has been thrown to the ground after making ma-king a fair catch. "The duties of a linesman are narrowed nar-rowed once more, and, in addition to his regular measuring of distance, he Is only required to penalize a side If the ends are off side on a kick or for tripping trip-ping an end going down the field after the kick, or any player for roughing the fullback "Outside of distance penalties, disqualification dis-qualification la given for unnecessary roughness The game is forfeited if a side refuses to play within two minutes after being ordered by the referee, or if a team on the defense commits repeated re-peated fouls when near their own goal line In order to delay the game. . "With regard to the last paragraph, section K of rule 28 Is interesting. It says: " 'If a team on the defense commits fouls so near it goal line that theae fouls are Untenable only by the halving of the distance to the line, the object being. In the opinion of the referee, to delay the game, the offending side shall be regarded as refusing to allow the game to proceed. The referee shall, in such case, warn the offending side, and if the offense is repeated he shall declare de-clare the game forfeited to the opponents.' op-ponents.' "There have been cases where teams, with the ball close to their goal and in the other's possession, have deliberately deliberate-ly got off side, sparring for time and getting a half penalty each time. The rule quoted is expected, to squelch such practices. "Since the quarter-back may fun with the ball under certain conditions, in any part of the field, the entire field becomes a checker-board, not merely the part between the twenty-flve-yard lines." - |