ee ee Ne ee Be 195i le ee weal ale Ne Be ale Nee ae le = .s8 eee? « FOOTBALL RULE CHANGES ey * ¢ waaaeuwes SoU rule which was dropped last year has now been put 2. ee POSITION OR PROCEDURE back in the book. The five changes listed below will bring you up to date on the 195] Rules Book. Read them over and enjoy the game! that the game was not delayed by that substitution. Actually, it was a violation of the substitution rule as substitutions cannot be made once the ball is ready-for-play. However, last year any violation of the substitution rule was called illegal delay. This year it will be properly penalized as a violation of the substitution rule. ized for delay of game. Now best interest of protecting the receiving back from vicious down field tackles. This rule has been rewritten and simplified to facilitate its administration by officials. There is no longer the requirement that the player stop within two steps after the catch. The rule is now simple and clear. It merely states, “When a player makes a fair catch, the ball becomes dead where caught and shall belong to the receiving team at the spot where that player first touched it.” The signal for a fair catch remains the same: the player making the catch shall raise one hand clearly above his head and wave it from side to side. Under the old rule, the team making the fair catch had the option of putting the ball in play by a free kick or scrimmage. This option is now deleted and the ball must be put in play from scrimmage. 3. 4. you know bye would ask for one Y) 34. FORWARD PASS OR KICK CATCHING INTERFERENCE ¢ TRAILWAY qt it~ZN / Bus 315 North 9th Street LINES Phone =10= xe NN | AND f° 7. CLIPPING \ Ses) \\ b cakes e. 13. ILLEGALLY PASSING OR HANDING BALL FORWARD 16. BALL ILLEGALLY TOUCHED, KICKED OR BATTED Lee ee \ 17, INCOMPLETE FORWARD PASS, ne v FROM "IE HAND 1S MOVED "PENALTY DECLINED, NO PLAY OR NO SCORE / ox ~. we 20. TOUCHDOWN OR FIELD GOAL i ‘ 25, BALL READY-FOR-PLAYV oo, a ine i \SUNS aa s gh, VSS —— __ RUE oun ad 23. FIRST powa 21, SAFETY All 22, TIME-OUT Plumbing and Fixtures INTERMOUNTAIN 14th and Grove GENERAL 24. START THE CLOCK OR NO MORE TIME-OUTS ALLOWED Installed by PLUMBING ao Boise Junior College Band, directed by John & SON, Building Contractors BOISE, IDAHO =141— CO. Phone CONTRACTORS of its free times J. H. WISE 7040 - a 12. INTENTIONAL GROUNDING Best. Courtesy of Service eS 5 ~~ (A rPrcecar tm Tor i Tiree BUS bee Gh er: , M. Fee USE OF HANDS AND ARMS » 15, INELIGIBLE RECEIVER DOWN FIELD ON PASS Sa a5 6. LING ON Js " Le uf Courtesy of 2.42 ) out, just to kill the clock and assure itself of one more play. The Referee would grant the time out, but as soon as the time was up and the Referee had declared the ball ready-for-play, the clock would start and usually run out before the team could put the ball in play. This seemed to work an injustice upon a team which had conserved its times out all during the game for just such an occasion. This year, the Rules Committee has decided that after a free time out has been granted, the clock shall not start until the ball is actually put in play. VIOLATION OF SUBSTITUTION RULE NO LONGER PENALIZED AS DELAY-OF.GAME. One of the most confusing things in football from a spectator’s point of view has been eliminated. How often have you seen the defensive team run in a substitute when the ball was readyfor-play, but before the offensive team had even lined up over the ball. The Referee would blow his whistle and step off five yards against the defensive ek EX the ball was ready-for-play. Quite often toward the end of a period, with only a few seconds left to play, the team in possession of the ball, trailing by a slight margin, Aa 10. DEFENSIVE HOLDING BALL SHALL NOT BE PUT IN PLAY UNTIL REFEREE SIGNALS READY-FORPLAY. No more will the offensive team be able to pull that old surprise play of lining up on the or excess time out. the clock was started as soon as | ea Yd) and I know, STARTING THE CLOCK. There is one change in the timing of a game this year that will be significant. Last year after any time out, free time out ati 5. PERSONAL FOUL pe defensive team is still picking itself up off the field. This year the ball must be declared ready-for-play by the Referee before it can be put in play. The Referee will signal ready-for-play by extending his right arm aloft and bringing it down to his side. 3. ween SS. 3. ILLEGAL MOTION OR SHIFT 4. DELAY OF GAME ball and, without signals or huddle, snap it while the PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL SHIFT NOW REDUCED TO FIVE YARDS. For several years there has been a very fine distinction between a man illegally in motion and an illegal shift. The penalty for the former being five yards and the latter fifteen yards. Because of the fact that these two violations of the rules were so closely related, and many times confused, the Committee decided to make the penalty for each the same, which is a great step toward consistency and conformity in the rules. Nation-Wide S a found it advisable to reinstate the fair catch, in the 2. \. 9. UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT team. The public address system would announce to the stands that the defensive team was being penal- Se Em ‘ 1. THE FAIR CATCH WILL BE USED BY COLLEGES AGAIN THIS YEAR. After a year’s absence from the Rules Book, the Committee has ag ag “4 by Charles W. Tucker, Jr. FOOTBALL’S development, from its early beginnings to the fast-moving, colorful spectacle it is today, has necessitated annual rules changes to meet the various situations which occur. This year there are no new basic rules. There are merely alterations to improve the present ones. One Bi INC. 4866