StNicholas [serial] . unning with the ball whois thrown, may not attempt to crawl along theground under penalty of a loss of five yards forhis side. This is intended to prevent any desireon the part of the opponents to drop on such afallen player. Then, too, flying-tackling has been rule is that the man must have one foot onthe ground when he tackles. This will be verydifficult of enforcement, but may be of some as-sistance in lessening injury. The ends will have an easier time of it than ofold, because in going down the field under thekick, they may not be interfered with by the
StNicholas [serial] . unning with the ball whois thrown, may not attempt to crawl along theground under penalty of a loss of five yards forhis side. This is intended to prevent any desireon the part of the opponents to drop on such afallen player. Then, too, flying-tackling has been rule is that the man must have one foot onthe ground when he tackles. This will be verydifficult of enforcement, but may be of some as-sistance in lessening injury. The ends will have an easier time of it than ofold, because in going down the field under thekick, they may not be interfered with by the op-ponents until they have gone twenty yards. Onthe other hand, this will make it all the harderfor the back who is receiving the kick to run theball back up the field. The quarter-back may run with the ball andcross the line of scrimmage at any point, and theVol. XXXVII. —135-136. ic forward-pass likewise may be thrown across theline of scrimmage at any point. The man whomakes the forward-pass must, however, be at. WALTER CAMP. From the portrait by George M. Reevs in the Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn. N. V. least five yards back of the line of scrimmagewhen he makes it, and this same restriction ap-plies to the man who makes a kick. The forward pass may be received by an endor a man in the back field who was at least oneyard behind the line of scrimmage when the ballwas put in play. Bearing these various alterations in mind, theschool teams will find it advisable to begin their 1074 THE NEW RULES IN FOOT-BALL practice as early as possible and to follow out apretty systematic course. The first thing to do is to teach all the boys togive up the pushing and dragging of the runner,to which they are so much accustomed. It willbe quite difficult at first to inculcate this a runner reaches the line, he is generallystopped, and there is another comrade behind him,and it will be simply impossible during the firstpractice for this comrade to keep his hands off theru
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