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Show feSP?KT CIlATTEf IV By VARDEN J Few changes have been made in the I 1920 football rules. One of the chief features of the new rules is the fact that the punt-out after touchdown has been abolished. After s team makes a touchdown the ball ma; be carried to any gien point by the cap-, tain of the team, from which place tr for a goal may be made. . Both the referee and the linesman are to be charged with the duty of watching a man in motion before the bail is put in pluy Th's has been rendered ren-dered necessary by the great develop-: mcnt of shift playf Another rule bearing upon this la that when a player. in mriKing a snnt comes to nis position be must have both feet stationary on the ground 1 The act of "clipping," so called. Is to be ruled under unnecessary rough-Ineaf, rough-Ineaf, and will apply whether the ball . Is dead or not If done to a man who in obviously out of play. Roughing Ithe forward passer is also placed tinkler tin-kler unnecessary roughness, so that If 'a forward passer Is roughly treated I lifter he had made the pass and while not taking part In the play, the of-j fending side may be penalized In thej idiscretlon of the official 4 Penalties A few technicalities are: cieared up as to the point of Infliction of penalties. Tbo penalty for a man 1 starting before the ball Is put In play j:s measured from the point of the! scrimmage, and the penalty for a man' ! thrown when out of bounds is meas-j ured from the point where the runner crossed the side line. Time in taken out on a forward pass from the time the pass becomes Incom-I pleted until ploy starts agiln. False starting signal If In the opinion opin-ion of the offlclul a false starting slg-cal slg-cal is used on a play, designed to draw the opponents off-side, th.- official may demand that tho play be made over f.iln Fair catch The rule regarding fair catch signal io changed to read "prior to attempt to catch the ball" Instead of 'while advancing toward the ball" Scoring--A touchdown still counts islx points. The side making the touch-alown. touch-alown. no matter where the touchdown 's made, may bring the ball out Straight In front of the goal 1 Thirty-five grlddera answered the I first ull at Westminster college In Salt Lake yesterday Seven vets win be on deck, according to e'oach Lloyd. I The West high school seniors won ithe opening class game yesterday af-Iternoon af-Iternoon on their campus, the Juniors I being on the short end of a 24 to 0 score. Seller, OOnrad, Watson and 'Arthur were ih,- bright stars. I ' I Seniors and Sophs of the East high school will tangle today in tho dedd-! ing game of the Inter-claaa serles.1 Both elevens will present flrst-dnssj line-ups- . . . More than seventy gild candidates I v . re on deck at the Ogden high school iast night. th. second day of practice Coach Peterson Is elated over his prospects pros-pects for the coming season. Coach M:liolm Watuon will call his rrldders together next Monday after-foon. after-foon. Watson eapecta the largest! number of candidates fn the history of the school to report for duty. |