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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Without stuttering, without nonsense, use the word "that" eight successive times in one sentence...
Rigid curtailment of the forward pass as an offensive weapon came with the new ruling, passed on Saturday by the Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee at its meeting in New York. This move comes in answer to an increasing feeling that the pass has developed to a point where its use must be more strictly regulated. Minor rulings were also passed by the committee...
...forward pass rule was adopted merely to restrict the indiscriminate use of the pass. According to the new ruling, a team shall be penalized five yards for failure to complete a second or third pass in any series of four downs before a first down is made. In other words, no penalty shall be attached to an incomplete pass, provided that it is the first attempt before a first down is made. But if the team in possession of the ball is guilty of a second incompleted pass, it shall be penalized five yards. Another penalty of the same number...
...decided that we needed something to check the overuse of the pass. Football was resolving itself into a game of basketball. The new rule was merely adopted to curb the so-called 'wild' passes which usually feature the end of a close game. It will not effect the use of legitimate forward passing...
...Coady '27, who will captain next year's eleven, was asked his opinion concerning the new forward pass ruling. "I think the change is a good one," he answered. "It will provide a check on exercise use of the forward pass in the closing minutes of a game; but, with the forward pass as a definite offensive unit of the game, it may prove rather drastic for the losing team...