| Show FOOTBALL r 61 0 0 ri AND ANI T U lh THE rem RE WAY IT IS 1 PLAYED E alai E 19 11 T LIU prof A 0 maughn contributes timely article on the C aate that advocate readers may brush up the game of football la Is a it comparatively ively new athletic aport sport la carbon county not until a few anze had there been but few of rugby played in the county at that time our vo we eiph schools tho the carbon carlon county filp school and tho the price academy met for the first time on tho gridiron and tho the game gama of rugby to bo be of such an interesting nature that it would become one of the main sports 0 of the county A few interesting things concerning tho the rule of the game might be mentioned which will be 0 benefit to the public first the game Is played between two teams of eleven w n each on a it rectangular field Is a hun f dred yard yards long and a hundred six ty feet wide vide at the middle of each etch end of the field Is 1 a goal consisting of two uprights eighteen feet fee elx six inches ap apart art and a crossbar between them chih Is ton feet from the ground the object of or the game la to to carry the ball across the opponents goal line to begin the fame game the two captains 11 draw to see which end of tho the f field they are to bavo have the side losing bs tho the chance to choose whether they kick irick the ball to the other aide or it U after this la Is decided tho the two gearas line dine up tip in their respective biaco and when the referee blows hia his whistle the earno game begins the eldo side kicking oft off tho ball putt pub it on their forty bardl line forty balds yalde in front of their goal and then kicka kicks off to their opponents tho the opponents receive the ball and start to tv carry it until loomed by the aide side which kluk xi they of course carry it toward their opponents goal when downed with the ball the referee blows his whistle and calls first down and ton yards to go note not e that tho the team teara in possession of th the e ball has four chances to gain ten yards and if it they fall the ball goes into the poss lon ion of the other othor bide side and it tries four tour times to lt make inake the ten yards it if they make their ten ton yards in lour our or less leas downe downs they continue until they fall or brosi a the opponent opponents goal line it they cross the opponent opponents goal line it counte a touchdown or six points when a team la Is trying to make ten yards in four downs and thuds it quite impossible to make nearly ten yard yards in three downs donne they punt on the fourth down that Is they kick the ball as far aa as possible to the other side and anti then the run down to meet their opponents who get the ball they down the m man n n carrying the ball anil anti then 1 line ine I up on scrimmage and the eldo side in lit possession of the b bill 01 then tries four times to make ten yards aad so on until a touch touchdown don a place plue kick a it safety or time ie Is up ailing tor for the end ot of a first haec and third or fourth quarter the time of each quarter la Is fifteen minutes unless otherwise agreed by tho tile captains of the teams by a touchdown wo we mean the team in possession of the tho ball carrying it over their opponents goal line this counts elx six point points after which the ball la Is carried back to the twenty five ard line from which tho the coring scoring team has a tree free chance to kick the bill ball between the two uprights and over the crossbar this done counts one tt lOnal point by a a place kick we mean kicking tit ball from the field of pla over tho the crossbar of the opponents goil am in any wicy RY except by a or a kickoff this place kick or goal from the field counts three points and nd by a safety we mean forcing tho the team holding the ball over its own go allice alline this counts two points T sunil suni uarie marAe the point a touchdown counts sti s x points n a goal from a touchdown one point goal from field plate kick three points safety by opponents two points concerning the men on the team eich hat u certain and delan ifo ito alive PIR e to play the diagram will illustrate the opponent opponents froal dong as the signals told him hini a going 0 to o the right or left close in far 0 it etc thus every man on tho the team knows knos what Is going to happen and where the bill ball la Is going to be carried and as a result the th bhole eleven men can work together as a single unit ind and in perfect harmony to effect their desired plans these are only a few fe of the many rulea rules and anti points th it tt govern a foot ball agnine it 1 N to be hoped thit that the tho reader will as a result of these few notes become more interested and enthused oyer over the game ot of football and get out and enjoy the game ot of all bamps which when properly property played dovel tim the player to a greitta greit tr extent than any other ath letic letle exercise 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 li end L tackle L guard center it guard it tackle it 11 end 0 quarterback 0 0 I 1 halt half dack back half back 0 full bark back the man tuan running tho team Is I 1 the quarterback he ile gives tho the signals which are supposed to be understood only bf by the members of his hi team which acte according accor JIng to the eign given each signal moana means something aora ething and when a sufficient number are given one man in the tile back field opens his hands thua thus calling for the ball and it la Is thrown to him by the center when who a I 1 ac Is received by the back fieldman ellman fl who called for it he runa runs towards |
