Show GRID TEAMS USE MASS PLAY new style of attack his hac been legal laed by rules committee tackling from behind prohibited the mass play devised by georgo poster foster sanford the rutgers college coach may be adopted by elevens of other colleges as a result of 0 the announcement no that the new style of at tuck has been legalized by the football rules niles committee tho the play consists of the alignment ot 0 virce three of the four backs immediately behind three adjoining players on the forward line it was vas used effectively by the eleven nud and proved formidable when a little ground was needed to retain the bull ball or when the team was near the goal but in one ins instance talice last season it was declared illegal mr sanford submitted the question of its legality to tile the rules committee and obtained a decision that the play was legitimate provided no part of the bodies of the three players forming the secondary attacking line was within one yard of the line of 0 scrimmage A suggestion by mr sanford that ft a rule should he bo adopted prohibiting the cutting down of a player from behind ana wits a approved by bytha tha the committee informally ile he described it its as the most dastardly play in football a linin ham stringing knee kince breaking face sma sh ing play that allows a man on one side to injure a member of an opposing eleven |