Show DRASTIC REVISION Of 9 t lJ M f II I RULES i Of fOOTBAll I L l f I I L New 4 S 20 Six f lag ing changes In tho 1110 game gamo of football t i I were wew decided upon today by b the inter intercollegiate collegiate football rules committee nt at atthe tho the close of o a u two days das session in inthis Inthis inthis this city The Tho changes s in JIt outline are arc 1 Removal of or tho the requirement that tho the player plan r who receives the ball from Crom tho the snapback run five fio yards to either side before advancing 2 A requirement that sev seven n men bo be maintained by b tho the offense on the tho theline theline line JOe of scrimmage 3 Prohibition of the flying tackle 1 Division of the game Into four periods of or minutes each 5 No pushing or pulling of oC the runner to be allowed G A requirement tho ball bail in Inthe tho the case caso of an nn onside kick must strike the ground at least 26 25 yards ards beyond ho ond the line of scrimmage fall fail fallIng lag Ing which tho members of oC the team kicking the ball 1 are offside Tho problem before borore the committee was to eliminate so far as possible the dangers which have hae attended the game ame while preserving Its Ils fascination as a spectacle and Its disciplinary and educative elements It was vas felt flirt that the th next season j t n would bo be crucial Either injuries must bo le fewer fo er or there thero would be sc se serious rious hazard haard of oC a widespread move movement mont ment fo o abolish football The steps I decided upon to effect reforms will result In weakening the power of the offense GO o materially that it will he be necessary to devise dolse means mean to offset offet the tho acquired strength of tho the defense defonso In lit this his two general plans are ora under consideration I In the Interval before tho hue next meeting of the UIO committee In Philadel Philadelphia phia on OIl April 29 experiments will be carried on by br each member of the tho committee at aL his own college e and on I the tho result of or these experiments will I depend tho plan which shall shaH prevail stated tho the changes so far I adopted will result in the elimination to a n large extent of or mass plays anti and antiS the ho substitution of open plays S |