I _ .7., TA,'" A &-.,, 4 ...„ p ") ' „... 1 „ ....11 . •41 ~,.. ~:c1....7_, rl' •A it 41 ..., . . r 4, -,L ,- ~ ,-- -,, - . v-. 4,„:4,- ; r les. tas. Vol. VI. No. 29 NEW FOOTBALL RULES. 4 Complete Reformation of the Game has Been Made b`y , the Rules Committee.— Forward Pass Alone Remains Unrestricted. At a meeting of the Intercolle- of scrimmage and the four men in giate Kules-Committee held at New the back field shall be eligible to re- York last Friday, the final changes cei‘e the forward pass. arid the' inthe fpotba l ll rules tor next season backs in order to be eligible. must were propOsed and adopted. Ever -- be ar least one yard back behind since last Febru4rr the committee the line of scrimmae when tfie ball has been busy framing a rrumber of is put in play rules designed to thfo A , safeguards 3"A forward pass which cross around the operation of -the forward, es the line of st.rirn nage, or a kick pass and other plays, which have of any descr - ip'm nust he made been the cause of injury. from a poiiit at least five ,Yards back The main fight all along has been over the forward pass. At the pre vious session, held in Philadelphia, the committee decided to ascertain the effect of limiting the for Ward pass to behind the lice of,scrim mage,, with eight yards to be gained in three downs instead of ten yards. The opponents of the forward pass yielded to the friends of the pass so far as to say ,that if they could 'de vise any scheme which would render it safe, they would favor its reten tion. Consequently a sub commit tee was appointed to frame‘a system of play which would be safe This sub committee presented its repo!rt last Friday, and at the same time another plan was presented which allowed the unrestricted use of the pass, and contrary to expectations, the latter plan, which is as follows, Was adopted:- 1. "The forward pass may.,cross the line Of scrimmage at Any point, but the players making the pass must be at least five yards belhuld srAtE COLLEGE PA., m,Ay 19, 1910 the line ct sciimrnage when the pass is made and the pla:„er receiving the pass shall not be, wnen the catch is made, more , tfhan twenty yards l in advance of the,place i where 1-IE. ball was passed. I 2 "Only the end men on the line i of the actin - image Jule. i ' 4 Penalties - 1 0 n the first and second downs, 'in case of an in corhpleted forward pass., the ball shall be brought back. to tne spot where the pass was made, the play to count as one down, and the distance to be gained to iemaini the same. On the third down the' bail 'shall go ,to tl:e opponents on on the spo: wnere the pass made " , I'he new rues pre nJuslly adopted are. 1 No pai'm 4; or pulling of the man with tlie ball 2. The offence to ha‘e 1 seven men on the hr. ot scrimmage 1 3. The elim inaltion ot the fly ing tackle , 4., The c i d di ision of the game into four pe rio s of fitteenr minutes each 5 y,N kick to be onside till, it shall I ha e gone at least tenty yards from , the point at wnikkit was pui in play. 6 The quaiier-back, to b allowed to ..' advance thd bail throu any part of the line. 7. Eigbt yar to be gained of three rushes. ~, Price Five Cents THREE STRAIGHT ON -.- THE T.ASTERN TRIP! State s Adds Three More Games to Her Listi of Victories, Including Bucknell—Penn Game Again i Postponed by. Bain. i Altnough the Penn game sched uled for Tues ay, May 11, was prevented by r in, this flaking the sixth successive, year that such ha& been tne case, our nine smothered its disappointment and indicated pretty - clearly What it would have done-to-the Quakers by"triumphing over Seton Hail, Albright and Bucknell on the trip of last week. Sep enteen runs I were scored by our hard haters 4ains: three for the trio of opponehts encountered, and the recent acquisition or three con secutive contests, gives McCleary's team the record df five straight he Princeton defeat victories dince two weeks ago When the lue and White team outh Orange - last the first time a Se lad been met since score ended m\ a the home team got lone run it was never appeared at Thursday it wa ton Ha:l nine '99, when the tie, but althoug an early lead of in the game aft r-the seventh inning, Leidick and' Klep )me with a rather 3ry. Workman and _themselves by E kin g in this contest hool, team was clear- for our pitchers fer, romped _hi easy 9 to 2 vict Bien dtsuLguis their strong stir and the 'prep scl ly outclassed At Meyerstow on the ,following i .l day Captain McCleary's tossers 'an
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