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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...game is now divided into four periods of 15 minutes each. There is to be the usual intermission between the second and third periods, but only 3 minutes intermission between the first and second and the third and fourth periods. During this short intermission, no player of either side is allowed to leave the field of play and no representative, except one from either side in order to look after the physical condition of the players, may come upon the field of play. At the beginning of the second and fourth periods, the teams change goals, but the possession...
...been declared dead and any infringement of this rule will be penalized. The effect of this rule will be two-fold: 1st. It will prevent a man from attempting to gain his distance after he is fairly "down." 2d. It will allow no excuse for "piling up" by players of the defensive side. In previous years the runner who squirmed along the ground after the ball was declared dead lost only the distance he had gained by so squirming or crawling, and officials were often lax in imposing this small penalty. Consequently it was a great temptation for the players...
...player who first receives the ball when it is snapped back may carry it across the line of scrimmage at any point. Last year, this player was compelled to cross the line of scrimmage at a point at least five yards from where the ball was put in play. Now the rule does away with this restriction and allows a quicker and more versatile form of attack. It will also tend to prevent the defense from "spreading out" in order to defend their territory better against forward passes and on-side kicks...
...rules relating to a forward pass and on-side kick are considerably changed. Their application to the general scheme of play, however, is comparatively simple. A forward pass may cross the line of scrimmage at any point, but no player may make such a forward pass unless he is at least five yards back of the line of scrimmage. Of the side making the pass, only the backs and the two men on the ends of the line of scrimmage may receive it, and they must catch it before it has gone 20 yards beyond the line of scrimmage...
Rules relating to both on-side kick and forward pass. There are also rules to govern the actions of players when a forward pass or on-side kick is made. Formerly, the most effective way to prevent the recovery of the ball on such a play was to check or block off the players on the offense while they were endeavoring to recover the ball. As a consequence men unprepared for a shock or off their balance while reaching for the ball were heavily thrown. Now, however, on a kick or forward pass, from the time a player...