Show FEW JY fE CHANGES I S MAp p IN l N GRID l AuL RULES U FOOTBALL NOW NOV ON HIGH PLANE IN ALL CITIES New Regulations Will Improve Play Says Walter Camp nr BY Y WALTER WAI CAMP IP Special Coi of The Tho Copyright 1924 b the Con Con- Con Consolidated Pre Pros Pro's Association MEW YORK July 12 Re NEW LI ot of the football rules tor for 1924 lifts has been practically pr completed b the tho 11 Rules Committee S 5 committee sub on codification And It Is now possible to outline In brief the th principal points ot of In- In interest In Interest terest to coaches pia placers ors and spec spec- spectators front from which an may maybe maybe maybo In be formed as to what hat changes coaching and playing will silt be bo noces oary cony For II a cir r 01 two tso there thero bed ben discussion as a to whether off off- offset set ct goil gool posts pots were legal lelal They have havo been be n u used cd on some ome fields butth but the majority of ot ulme ir he old old e hil preferred the simple standard upright One Ono instance oc- oc occurred oc occurred corned lat last tall fall where Iero offset goti go objected 1 to by the t po-t pots ti were ere coach ot of tile tue opposing team and an examination 6 of t r the rules rule sho's sho how od od that there thero was as no pro whatever tor for offset goil goti posts bests The coach s I objection was as sustained In order to mUm mike It possible po sible for fields where here offet ol et god goil 10 posts po ts were ere used to continue their use ue the committee decided to pass a n rut rut- rulIng rul ruling ing that offset othet goat goal posts port were re legal though theIr ther use is not made or There has been an increasing complaint particularly byth by bythe bythe the surgeons surgeon who ho base hn c had charge of football pia pla PH IlS that the tha mat mat- matter matter matter ter ot of protection to has hasben been carried so tar far us as to constitute constitute Pro Pro- Protectors ProtectOrs Pro Protector tute tuto II a a menace to opponents made nado of stiff leather with with- without without Ith- Ith out proper padding on the had laid low many a 11 tackier and there had been heen protests protest also aho that some seine or of o the tho new cleats cleat on time the shoes developed within the list fes fe's years were nero ero so o harp sharp and t pro projecting as s to be po-It po ely dangerous danger- danger ous The Tho committee took cognizance ot of this and h has made mide a ruling that all stiff shoulder boulder guards guard and pro pro- prot pro t must mut be bo padded on the outside as us thoroughly as InsIde tOI eor er that cleats mu must mut not b be dangerously dangerously- sharp harp The committee has hus ha gHen In instructions to the officials that they shall carry out these rule rules without tear fear or favor tavor and send end ort oft the tIld id any man who o equipment I Is danger ou us to the opponents opponent PE PEN HERE The tendency to the time called jio-called screening ot of a for rd fors for's ted ird pass pa 9 s w v as a recognized and a ruling made ml that ineligible pia ers must mut keep out ot of the a v wai C of the tho th plater 11 of the side olde Ide which did not make mal the pass 1081 and It if the do not do this they th thare are liable to a penalty tor for Intel Intel- Intel terence ference The Tho also ro bade aman n a man amen running out of ot bounds and theo then coming In to e a for tor- forward forward ward pass POES pa He lie must mu t keep within bounds all time tho time or he ho Is not eligible The last It vestige of yard 10 pen pen- pen attics was as eliminated when the tho committee ruled that Intentional throwing ot of a forward pass pas to the ground should be penalized penalised it 15 ard ards Instead of ot ten The committee also alo cleaned up the whole hole affair relating to onside on- on side olde ld kicks kick by ruling that K tr a kicked ball crosses the scrimmage line no one of ot the kicker s e side tan n either r touch or reco reco er er the ball bait until It has touched an op opponent op- op opponent opponent It Is permissible howe er for any man mn to recover reeo er a kicked ball K It that kicked ball has not one gone over the th line ot of o scrimmage It his hi been made mado mad possible to do- do decline de decline cline dine practically all the tho penalties incident upon a forward pos pass The Time rule regarding interference by coaches coache or others other has ha been broadened out bv by making It In- In In Include dude clude anyone anyon with the teams When a foul toul Is ii committed be- be behind behind be behind hind the th goal line the he penalty of halt one halt the distance to the tho goal line IIno from the th spot where here the tho ball was put in play Is InflIcted APPROVED RULE KULE To show how strict an Interpretation Interpretation tation the tho committee wishes of ot the rule rulo laning a II substitute shea hen he ho goe goes on the field fild an n ap approved ap- ap approved approved proved ruling was added that II if this substitute sub even calls out tl e word Signal his team Is to be The ruling wa was made madA also alo that an n part ot of o a players player's play rs r's person b out of bounds und counte just the same am as though his bis toot root were out The committee handled com corn complaInts complaints plaints regarding shift phy plays by the legislation of ot lat last year with the specific Instructions to Iho the officials toot the players must come como to an atm absolute top stop and remain stationary In lr w positions a sufficient length of time so o that there may not be any uny doubt In the minds of the officials as to the legality o ot of the play They also aiso al permitted 1 the sulm mage mage for tor the try for tor point to com conic up to the tho 3 bard 3 ard line instead of o the yard 6 line Every very effort w wi 14 i made mado through through- throughout throughout throughout out the entire session e ion of the corn com com to quicken the game gamo gam and to do away ay with the lh and unreasonable delaS dela which havo crept in They put Into hands of the official the power to tl arbitrarily call time whenever ho he thinks a ft team I Is ii unreasonably te- te tela la de-la la Ing putting the ball In la play and andIn andin andIn In order to atop the abuse ot of the tho constant calling of time for sib sib- ib or for tor other re reasons ona II if the tho official thinks think this I Is b being done dono with the tho Intent of ot lengthen lengthen- lengthening log jog the tho game garni he ha has authority to instruct the tho timekeeper not to stop atop the watch natch and not to take time timeout timeout timeout out It has also aleo been made mad obligator tor tar upon the th referee to explain e e penalties to the captain ot of the th offended side The Tho committee recommended that the tho referee also aho should hould hai ha ha haa a 11 whistle but suggested that the timekeeper have hav a pistol with which to notify the time referee of or the expIration of o time But Dut time the rule which will proba proba- probably bly spectator be mot moot apparent to specIe specIe- tor tors tori and will base ha ha e the mo most moat t ef effect Of- Of feet upon th the tho game gamo Is li the elimination nation nallon of the tho tees Even Ever Iver one ta t- t miller with Ith the thc ramo Iamo the tho last It few tew yea years h has seen sen een the tho growth of ot th this l until It has become an abuse abue and anda anda II a nuisance And the tho committee has been forced to take action A good many players player and coaches feel teel that it would have been wiser Iser not to go so no tar far ar lIS as a the committee h 8 he done dono lull to permit tees for tor time the kickoff The TIo committee has however to toi bidden them entirely and the tho ball must mu t be bo kicked from time tte ground without the tho ad ad aids of or mounds of ot eath A comrade may ho however ever steady tady the ball tor for the tho kick Ick A As a kind of or offset to this the kickoff is ii I now to be bo made from the middle ot of tho the field instead of from the team tem e 5 40 yard line The l ho duties of the tho field jUdge cycle some somewhat hat more c extended to- to towards towards to toward wards ward those ot of an all assistant to the Iho umpire |