The amendments recently adopted by the Inter-collegiate Foot-ball Association promise to make the games next fall very much more interesting. The old "block-game" prevented all attempts at brilliant playing, and sometimes wasted the greater part of the time allowed for the game, causing discouragement among the players and receiving the most hearty disapproval of the spectators.

The new rule, requiring a gain of five yards in three successive downs, settles this difficulty in a most thorough manner.

Harvard's game will not be seriously affected by this requirement, as last year she frequently made use of "punt-overs" to gain ground when other resources failed; she can still have those to fall back on if unsuccessful in two successive downs.

"Try-for-goals" will be quite a feature in the new game, for in the vicinity of the goal lines five yards are gained with much difficulty, and the side pressing its opponents to the goal line will almost certainly be required to make an attempt at goal as a last extremity before losing the ball. The side forced back to its own lines will still, however, be put at a great disadvantage, since the safety touch-down rule is imperative and punt-overs in such a case will be extremely difficult, and consequently hazardous. It will be interesting to notice the shifts which the different teams will adopt next fall to get out of such a dangerous position.

The games with Yale and Princeton last fall gave evidence that the pitch used on the players' hands did a great deal more harm than good, and we are glad to see that an amendment puts a stop to this annoyance.

The number of safety touch-downs will probably be much increased this year; for it does not seem likely that the ball will remain in the middle of the field for any considerable length of time after the kick-off, now that the block-game is done away with, and manoeuvering near the goal lines of course gives one side a decided advantage. On the whole, the association is to be congratulated for their success in removing the most objectionable features in last year's games.