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Show Few Variations In Six-Man Football Six-man football rapidly is taking tak-ing its place as an intramural sport in colleges and high schools. It looms as a great feeder for varsity var-sity teams and improves ball-handling. ball-handling. It is ideal for schools without enough 'boys for 11-man outfits and sufficient money to sponsor them. The sport is conducive condu-cive to wide-open play and opportunities oppor-tunities for brilliant broken field running. The field' is 20 pards shorter and 40 feet narrower than the one on which 11-men type is played, making mak-ing it 80 by 40 yards. The offense is required to advance ad-vance 15 yards in four downs. The back receiving the ball directly from center cannot run with it. He must pass, but if there is a reverse re-verse play, for instance, the second sec-ond man handling it may run. Infraction In-fraction of this rule calls for a five-yard penalty or loss of down. Any player is eligible to receive a pass. A touch-down counts si? points as in 11-man football; a field goal counts four points; and' a conversion after touchdown two points if kicked and one point if completed in any other way. Teams kick off from the 30 yard line. On fumbles, the ball may be advanced by either offensive or defensive player. The basketball mebhod of timing is used. The timekeeper and scorers sit on the sidelines and substitutes report to them. Length of a game is four 10-minute periods. .Six-man footiball makes for high scoring, and any time one team gets ahead 45 points the 'game is automatically ended. M |