Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-25 | Page 4 | Football Rules under Discussion

r FOOTBALL FOOTBALL- LL- LL RULES I UNDER DISCUSSION NEW NEW YORK Feb 25 Members Members of the football rules committee gathered here today to attend their annual session session session ses ses- ses- ses sion a review of the code governing that that game In advance of the meeting it appeared to be the general opinion that few changes radically affecting the game would be adopted by the committee Numbering of of of the players i Is one of the problems I Arthur Poe oe of Princeton who In 1898 recovered a fumble tumble and after running the length of ot the field scored a touchdown touchdown touch touch- down that beat Yale is said to be the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of a suggestion that the eleven making a fumble should be penalized by loss of distance and not by loss of the ball when the opposing side has recovered it