The American Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee, at its final meeting held in New York on April 14, made a few changes in the wording of the rules, provided the penalty of 15 yards for a substitute who does not report to the referee on entering the game, arranged for the insertion of about 30 pictures in the new rules, and adjourned indefinitely after passing a vote of thanks to the proprietors of the Murray Hill Hotel for their considerate hospitality to the committee. A preamble is being prepared for the rules, but will not be given out until later. The important changes made in the rules at the several sessions of the committee are given below, the actual order and wording of the rules being adhered to as nearly as possible. Besides radical changes in the game, the penalties have in many cases been increased or changed. There are now no 10-yard penalties, and five offences are penalized by the loss of 15 yards. A new penalty is suspension. It differs from disqualification in that the committee makes no recommendation about a repetition of offenses punishable by suspension, while it deems it advisable that a player who has been twice disqualified should be debarred from playing for a year. The changes follow:

Officials.

The officials of the game shall be a referee, two umpires and a linesman.

Length of Game.

The length of the game shall be 60 minutes divided into two halves of 30 minutes each, exclusive of time taken out. There shall be 10 minutes intermission between the two halves. The game may be of shorter duration by mutual agreement between the captains of the contesting teams.

Line of Scrimmage.

A player shall be considered to be on the line of scrimmage if he has both hands or feet up to or within one foot of this line, or if he has one foot and the opposite hand up to or within one foot of it. He must also stand with both feet outside the outside player next to him; but the two men standing on either side of the snapper-back may lock legs with the snapper-back. "Outside" means with both feet outside the man next to him.

This rule is intended to prevent any player who is supposed to be on the line of scrimmage from taking a position at such an angle to the line of scrimmage, whether he faces in toward the centre or away from it, as shall enable him the more rapidly to get into the interference.

Neutral Zone.

In a scrimmage the holder of the ball shall place it flat on the ground and put it in play with its long axis at right angles to the line of scrimmage, and until the ball is put in play no part of any player, except of the man who puts the ball in play, shall be allowed to be ahead of the point of the ball nearest his own goal.

Fair Catch.

A fair catch consists in catching the ball after it has been kicked by one of the opponents before it touches the ground, or in similarly catching a "punt out" by another of the catcher's own side, provided the player making the catch has signified his intention of making the fair catch by raising his hand clearly above his head, and takes not more than two steps after making the catch.

The mark of the catch shall be the spot at which the ball is actually caught, and in case the catcher advances after the catch, the ball shall be brought back to the mark.

It is not a fair catch if the ball, after the kick, was touched by another of the player's side before the catch. Opponents who are off-side shall not in any way interfere with a player who has an opportunity for making a fair catch. Nor shall the player be thrown to the ground after such catch.

If a player who has an opportunity of making a fair catch is prevented from catching the ball through the unlawful obstruction of an opponent who is offside, or if a player who has made a fair catch is thrown to the ground, his side shall receive 15 yards and be privileged to put the ball in play by a punt, a dropkick, place-kick, or scrimmage.