Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-16 | Page 28 | Slight Change in Kickoff Rule Mark Grid Committee Meeting

Slight Change in Kickoff Rule Marks Grid Committee Meeting NEW YORK. Feb. 18 (UP) A minor change in the kickoff rule, mandatory numbering of players' uniforms both in front and back, and three clarifications of the present code were changes made by j the football rules committee of the National Collegiate Athletic association as-sociation of its 32nd annual meeting, which ended yesterday. ine muca aiscuseea forward pass' Interference rule, which decided several sev-eral major games during the 1938 season, was retained with a clarification clarifi-cation Bote. The same was true of ; the rule about kicking a free ball, a trick which Larry Kelley of Yale used last year in helping to defeat ; Navy. Clarify Rules The notes read: "During a forward pass play It must be remembered that defensive players have as much right to the ball as tbs eligible opponents and bodily contact, however severe, between be-tween players who are making a "bona fide' attempt to catch or bat the ball shall not be construed as r Undar a new ruling, if the ball goes out of bounds on a second kickoff, the defenders put It in play on their own 88-yard line, or 10 yards In from tbs point where It crossed the side lines, whichever is more advantageous. Would Restrict Players Regarding limitation of players Ineligible to receive forward passee. a note eras added: "Unless coaches assume the responsibiiky of keeping Ineligible players away from that part of the field In which the forward for-ward pass Is thrown. It will be necessary neces-sary to adopt a rule requiring ineligible in-eligible players to remain on the hoe of scrimmage." j Interference." "A free ball strikes or Is struck by a portion of a player's body other than his foot. Ruing: This is aot to be considered aa kicking a free ball.'