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				FOOTBALL LEAGUE.		   Special Rules for Lancashire Group.
		     		   
			      LANCASHIRE SECTION.		  1.—That the clubs shall have the first claim
								on their respective players for the coming
			   New Insurance Scheme for		season providing that satisfactory arrange-
				   Players.			ments can be made which will not interfere
								with the duties of any player engaged on
								munition work.
		  The fourteen clubs which will comprise	  2.—Any player unable by reason of his
		the Lancashire Section in the games		engagement in munition work to play for his
		organised by the Football League met at		present club may play for any club con-
		Huddersfield yesterday to consider further	venient having regard to the player's resi-
		arrangements for next season's games. Mr.	dence and place of employment.
		J. M'Kenna presided, and all the clubs,		  3.—Any player proposing to play for any
		including Rochdale and Southport Central,	club other than the one to which he has been
		attended.					recently attached must sign a form to the
		  Mr. M'Kenna intimated that the clubs		following effect: "I, the undersigned, do
		had invited Mr. C. E. Sutcliffe and himself	hereby elect to play for........club for the
		to draw up a scheme for the arrangement		season 1915-16."
		of the charity competition. They had gone	  4.—A player cannot play for a second club
		much further, because they felt that it was	without the consent in writing of his late
		necessary to place the competition, in so	club or by order of the Management Com-
		far as it could be accurately described as	mittee of the League, but such consent
		such, on wise lines. They had, therefore,	shall not be arbitrarily withheld. Any
		dealt with other matters, which Mr. Sut-	aggrieved player shall have a right of free
		cliffe would introduce and explain.		appeal to the Management Committee.
		  The latter then submitted the appended	  5.—Neutral linesmen shall be appointed
		rules, all of which were unanimously		for each match.
		adopted.					  6.—The fees for referees shall be 10s. 6d.
		  The rules define the rights of clubs and	and linesmen 5s., plus third-class railway
		players, fix the price of admission and the	fare in each case.
		fees for referees and linesmen, which, it	  7.—The admission fee to each match shall
		was pointed out, would merely cover out-of-	be 6d. All wounded soldiers and sailors to
		pocket expenses for cabs and meals and		be admitted free.
		occasional broken time.				  8.—Ten per cent. of each home gate shall
		  Ten per cent. of the gates right through	be deducted and devoted to the assistance
		the season will be devoted to charitable	of national and local institutions. Such
		purposes, and approved a very simple yet	deductions shall be forwarded to the secre-
		complete scheme for the insurance of		tary of the League within three days of
		players. This seems quite satisfactory		the game being played. Of the funds so
		from the players' point of view.		raised 50 per cent. shall be allocated by
		  The representatives are determined to do	the League to national institutions, and the
		all in their power to make the games		remaining 50 per cent. shall be allocated
		answer the purpose of providing the neces-	by the clubs to local institutions and contri-
		sary recreation for the workers, and if the	buted through the clubs. Thus the amount
		League adopts the recommendation of the		to be allocated by each club will be one
		clubs to permit the season to count in the	half the amount contributed by such club
		computation of years of service for benefit	to the fund.
		and transfer purposes the players will find	  9.—In the principal competition each club
		a tangible inducement to take their place	shall keep its own gate receipts, but in the
		with their recognised teams.			subsidiary competition in each match the
		  The resolution referred to reads as		advertising and gate expenses and the
		follow:—					10 per cent. provided for by rule 8 shall be
		  "That the clubs of this group recom-		deducted, then the home club shall add
		mend that the League should recognise		one eighteenth of the receipts from season
		this following season as one to which		tickets, after which the balance shall be
		clubs may give effect in computing the		divided between the two competing clubs.
		years of service of a player for benefit pur-	  10.—The clubs agree to form a mutual
		poses or percentage of transfer fee which	insurance fund on the following terms:—
		can be paid to a player under the regular	    (a) Every player taking part in any
		League rules."					  match in connection with the principal
		  These attractions for players, together	  or secondary competition shall be held
		with 10 per cent. of 242 gates devoted to	  insured against injury in such matches
		charity, should make the games very		  under this scheme.
		interesting.					    (b) In case of injury, the injured player
		  The clubs of the Midland group will meet	  shall receive in full from the fund the
		at Sheffield on Saturday at 4 o'clock,		  amount of the wages earned by him at
		Messrs. M'Kenna and Dickinson will at-		  his ordinary employment.
		tend as representing the League. The Lan-	    (c) Immediately the player is fit to fol-
		cashire clubs have set a good lead; they	  low his employment, all benefits under
		have doubled the charity contributions of	  this scheme shall end.
		the Southern clubs. We hope the Midland		    (d) If for any period of time a player is
		clubs will stand side by side with Lan-		  not able to earn full wages, he shall be
		cashire. We append the new rules as		  paid such a weekly sum as will make
		adopted:—					  up his loss.
								    (e) This scheme shall be worked and
								  conducted by a committee consisting of
								  Messrs. J. M'Kenna, J. J. Bentley, and
								  C. E. Sutcliffe, and all expenses of work-
								  ing the same shall be paid for out of the
								  funds.
								    (f) Each club shall contribute equally to
								  the fund, and the committee shall make
								  such calls as may be necessary from time
								  to time.
								    (g) At the completion of the scheme any
								  balance in hand shall be divided equally
								  between the clubs.