HOCKEY COACHES, OFFICIALS MEET TO INTERPRET RULES

At an informal meeting of amateur hockey coaches and officials held at the Harvard Club in Boston yesterday definite steps were taken towards having a uniform code of rules and uniform officiating at amateur hockey games this winter. The rules, as they are now in operation, were explained by A. W. Prettyman, of Hamilton College, Chairman of the Intercollegiate Ice Hockey Rules Committee, following which the coaches and referees present reached a definite agreement as to the interpretation of the rules.

In past seasons the fault in the officiating at college and amateur games lay in the fact that the referees, usually the same ones that arbitrated at the professional games, were not thoroughly familiar with the amateur rules. It was the purpose of the meeting to correct this. No action was taken on the new offside rules now in force in the professional leagues.