Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1910 — FOOTBALL IN FOUR HALVES [ARTICLE]

FOOTBALL IN FOUR HALVES

Intercollegiate Committee Divides Time of Play Into Four Perioda of Fifteen Minutes. After long cogitation, the intercollegiate football rules committee has announced the changes which the game will undergo this autumn. The time of play is divided into four periods of 15 minutes’ duration, instead of the traditional two halves of 35 minutes each. The usual intermission of 15 minutes is maintained between the Becond and third period; but an intermission of three minutes only is allowed between the first and second and the third and fourth periods. At the beginning of the e*cond and fourth periods the teams change goals, but the down, the relative spot of the down, possession of the ball and distance to be gained remain as they were. Another radical change eliminates the flying tackle. The player must have at least one foot on the ground when tackling an opponent. A player is only qualified to receive a forward pass who is at least one yard back of his own scrimmage line, or occupies the iwsltkm on* the end of said line. No man may make a forward pass, or kick the ball, unless he is five yards back of his scrimmage line. Interlocked interference is forbidden, and it is also forbidden for any man on the side having possession of the ball to push or pull the man running with the nail. There are other leas start. ling changes, all tending, it is assumed, to make the game less dangerous.