Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...rules, incorporated in the report of the rules committee, have been carefully drawn up by the committee this summer, and are different in many respects from those of the Amateur Athletic Union, which were formerly used by the Intercollegiate League. An important change has been made in the rule regarding officials. Excluding timekeepers, there will be only one official at a game, as the old arrangement of having one to represent each of the two colleges playing, has been unsatisfactory. It is hoped by the League that these rules will take the place of the A. A. U. rules...
...fall track meet was held on Saturday and was a great success. According to the new rule no "Y" men were allowed to compete, and much new material was brought out, which can be counted on to strengthen the team materially...
...this year's team C. W. Randall 1L., captain and first baseman; P. N. Coburn 2L., pitcher, and W. C. Matthews 1L., shortstop, will be unable to play next year on account of the four year eligibility rule. Their loss will be keenly felt as their experience has made them especially valuable in the development of the team. H. D. Kernan '05, left fielder; W. F. Bradbury '06, second baseman, and F. A. Spencer '06, fielder, will be lost by graduation. This leaves B. K. Stephenson '06, catcher; C. R. Leonard '08, third baseman; A. E. McCarty '07, right fielder...
...preserve a straight scrimmage line the following rule was adopted: "A player shall be considered to be on the line of scrimmage, if he has his head, foot or hand up to, or within one foot of, an imaginary line drawn through the forward part of the ball and parallel to the goal line. He must also be outside the player nearest him and between him and the snapper-back. 'Outside' means both feet outside of the outside foot of this man." Another rule was passed ordering the referee to blow his whistle as soon as the forward progress...
...chief excuse for the new rule is that the average price for game other than those with Yale is ten cents. If we are to judge our sports, however, on a monetary basis, we shall have to admit that there have been some Princeton games worth more than ten cents and some Yale games worth less than a dollar and a half...