Football Rules Change

Expert Thinks New Regulations Will Not Materially Alter Game.

Regarding the changes in this year's football rules a prominent authority on the game, according to a New York dispatch to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, says:

"It does not seem to me that the changes will very materially affect the game. The one of most importance is, of course, the one about changing goals after a touchdown or a goal, and this would sometimes make very considerable difference.

"Under the old rules, if there was a strong wind and that wind died down in the second half, only one team got the benefit of it.

"A most serious objection to the change may prove to be that the shifting of goals will mix up the spectators somewhat.

"It is safe to say that the general public will notice no alterations in the play by the changes in the rest of the rules except that penalties are more generally five yards than ten yards. This is evidently based upon the hope that the officials will be more strict in enforcing them.

"I do not see anything in the rules which makes any very radical alterations in the style of coaching teams."