Show NEW SAFETY RULE IS MOST I REMOVES GIFT PLAY PL I IMPORTANT CHANGE NEVERS CHANGE NEVERS By fly ERNIE ERE XE America nS Ali Fullback r 1025 1925 J Copyright lUG 1126 NEA roEA Service Inc HF take a a chance tyle of ot T play Is tar far more moro in interesting lii In football toot ball than th safety first methods od That Is ono one reason W ivy I am 1101 glad the new nevI rule relative to tM the th forward pass will not In my opinIon opinion ion lon curb that style atle of oC It would hayS have been a a mistake I l think had joa the rule rule worked out somo some that would ha 6 curt curtle curtailed le 1 the use of oC footballs football's most thrilling pay lay On the other hand and I eel reel that tile the rule rulo which now governs the th making or of a 0 s safety feh Is a distinct irn- irn ement over o the tho old lol The Tho reason It will do away with sotie som of oC o the tho safety first D that marred 8 iveral veral bill big games gaines last lut year I have in mind the gift safety Q a ply pl y often often- re retorted resorted to last year yeat as a timo and ani incidentally to keep the tho opposition from froni get get- get getting ting ling Iho ball bail thereby It from 1 nil All offensive Tho The Intentional pas paL Is 5 one ot of tho thiO moat mOst disliked plays rilas In 11 base base- baseball ball baso-ball ball It Is 1 jeered every time timo It ItIs itIs ItIs Is put on The gift safety arHy In has has- been In as much disfavor or as the tho Intentional pass pans In hI baseball How How- However Jiow- Jiow However ever I tool that tho pow new wording of oC tho the rule relative e to a 0 safety has removed the value alue of oC such I a pl play y as 03 a tinie tIme-killer Well do I remember a game came am of latt fall between two loading ot teams teams-of the west Going into Inlo the final quarter one of or the tho teams el- el ci joyd a J 7 0 lead The TI team that was trailing then then- start d an of- of of offensive that carried the tho ball some something thing like SO yards only to lose loso It on a II fumble Cumbie The eleven cleven out In front realizing It was being badly outplayed and there thoro was vas e a chance the tho opposition lion tion might go over for tor j a touch touch- touchdown touchdown touch down down at any time resorted to the gift safety to offset I the he rl teams team's last ditch stand Getting possession o of the th ball the team In the tho lh lead ma made three In- In In Intentional t safeties Under 1 he rules rues ot of last lut year ear after the pinking making ofa of ofa I a safety safet the tho team so doing re retained re- re retained tamed possession of oC the tho ball lLod and 20 put It In play pay from tha thu yard 20 line In this ibis manner tito tho team that was ahead retained rp possession of the ball bali and used up the he lie few Cew minutes remaining to Since the three II meant meant- only siX points tho game gamo wa was won 7 6 No doubt there are some Borne who will call this thie smart Most football fans will I am sure take the opposite view low It hasn't a to commend It with the tho cx- cx ex exception of ot the tho It of- of offers of oC offers fers fet the lead head gained gained- by one or of orthe the teams teama The new rule rulo governing tit tb safety has hils taken all the tho punch out of or the pill play It IL may cc co called UP once m us a o II safety first meth math method mathol method od ol but ther there Its value cod ends tem tern temporarily at least leat Instead of ot giving the team tamn that thai mak the tIme safety the to retain possession of oC o the ball It IIII CI for Cor th the tho ball to i b-i put In from the tho yard 20 line of the team that has scored Tills TIlle change I X regard as liS b b by far the most moat Important one made by bythe bythe bythe the rules committee It I U is certain to JI lp the game by retaining this element of oC uncertainty on I which football thrives thrives- |