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Foot Ball Rules

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
January
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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Chicago, January 19.- The revnsed western football rules have been sent out after a final conference. The rules must now be subniitted to the seven universities and a hard fight is likely over tiieir adoption. AUerations in the rules are loss sweeping than many antleipated. The goal after a touehdown is slated to count for only one additional point, the drop kick for four, the place kick for three and the satfety for tv.o. There is no requirement for sevcn men in the line but it is provided that if two linesmen are drawn back of the line they shall be outside of the line of serimniage. Another safeguard against roughness is that i'npostag a distance penalty for laying hands on opponents before the ball is put into play. An important alteration also is that permitting to the side scored on the ohoice of kick off. üther clianges suggested are in deining the safety, allowing 15 yards nstead of 10 on the kiek out after .1 kick for goal on the first down, permitting only two minutes of timt taken out for injuries and modifjiug ohe penalty of impositions when the ball Is close to the goal line.

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Ann Arbor Democrat