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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