At the spring meeting of the Intercollegiate Foot-Ball Association just held in New Haven, these officers for the ensuing year were elected: President, W. H. Corbin, Yale; secretary, J. H. Sears, Harvard; treasurer, J. R. Barr, Princeton.
The proposed rules as submitted by the Advisory Committee last March were discussed and passed with a few changes. The recommendation to prohibit the snapper-back from running with the ball until it has touched a third man was voted down and thus the rule in regard to the centre rush putting the ball in play remains the same as it was last year. It was also decided that "No player can lay his hands upon or INTERFERE with, by use of hands or ARMS, an oppnent, unless he has the ball.
This will prevent the rushers from blocking with their arms after the ball has been snapped back.
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