Word: ball
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Paragraphs B and C were supplemented by providing in each case that it must not have touched the ground in either case. By eliminating the clause "and before the ball has been touched by a player of either side" in section 6 of the same rule, the officials think that they will be able to prevent a scramble for the ball on the side lines...
Another point that came up was with reference to the use of hands and arms touched upon in section 5 of rule 18. It was decided that the players on the side not in possession of the ball may use their hands and arms in a bona fide attempt to get at and tackle the man with the ball. This provision was in the old rules, and although it was not in the code last year the practice was permitted, according to a majority of the officials...
...phrase "if either side is in possession of the ball same as free ball," under section 2 of rule 18, was omitted as being superfluous...
...defining a touchback, the committee decreed that a forward pass going over the goal line or striking the upright or cross bar, or a kicked ball struck by an offside player within the 10-yard line, is a touchdown in addition to the other specifications under section 8 of rule 4. It was also decided that the ball should not be declared dead if it strikes an official accidentally and play continues...
...Camp explained that the committee was of the opinion that if a man dropped the ball in the act if making a forward pass and it did not roll forward it would would be considered a fumble, and would be declared such, but if it had any forward movement it would be declared an imcompleted pass...