Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-06 | Page 12 | Four Points for Field Goals Sought at Prep Rules Meeting

Four Points for Field Goals Sought at Prep Rules Meeting CHICAGO Jan 6 AP Field AP-Field Field goals may be worth four points point instead of three after the football rules committee of f the National Federation of Interscholastic Athletic Associations which regulates regulate the game for prep players in 20 O states finishes its two-day two session Saturday I A suggestion to increase the value of the field goal will be among a number number- of proposed alterations alteration of the federation rule book Another proposal would allow a afield afield afield field goal gool if the ball passes between the uprights but belo below the cross cross- bar Still others would provide for forthe forthe forthe the return of goal posts to the goal line further liberalize the forward passing rules and clarify several penalty provisions The committee includes one member member mem mem- ber bar from each of the states which have adopted National federation rules H. H V. V Porter assistant man man- I ager of the Illinois High School Athletic Athletic Ath Ath- letic association and Hugh L. L Ray Chicago secretary and technical adviser adviser adviser ad ad- respectively The states represented represented represented rep rep- resented were Alabama Colorado Florida Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Minnesota Min Mm- Missouri Montana Nort North and South Dakota Oregon Penn Penn- Pennsylvania sylvania Tennessee Utah Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin Wyoming Kentucky and New Mexico i D. D R. R Mitchell of Lehi secretary o othe Of f fI the State High School Athletic association association as as- I I is 19 Utah's representative