NEW FOOTBALL RULES WILL SPEED UP GAME

"Although the new rules do not make any sweeping change in football, I think they are very good," was the comment of R. T. Fisher '12 on the changes and additions made Saturday at the annual session of the National Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee. "They should make the game even more interesting by speeding it up.

"The rule abolishing all mud or artificial kicking tees and the one advancing the kick-off from the 40 to the 50-yard line counter balance one another. The first makes it much more difficult to make a long kick and the second lessons the distance by 10 yards. The two teams are brought closer together."

A rule changed by the committee was the one in regard to the attempt to score after a touchdown. The five-yard line rule made two years ago for the purpose of making the play more deceptive by giving the offensive team one play in which to score by a goal from the field, forward pass, or run has not proved very successful as the point has almost always been made by a kick. The new rule provides that the ball be place don't he 3-yard line instead of the 5-yard line "making it probable that more running plays will be used" said Coach Fisher.

"The rules designed to prevent stalling by teams will bring a great improvement." One of the rules prevents a team from prolonging the game by sending in substitutes one after another, by empowering the referee to refuse to take time out. The penalty fore more than three times out has been increased from two to five yards as a further endeavor to prevent stalling.