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A long-forgotten faculty ruling limiting the time at which football games may start was finally wiped from the books yesterday.
In 1929 the faculty decided to boost attendance at noon Saturday classes by saying that no pre-October 15 game might begin before 2:30 p.m. and no post-October 15 game might begin before 2 p.m.
But free substitutions and more time outs have lengthened football games and authorities have been unwilling to let football run too late for fear of injuries as evening shadows deepened. Hence earlier starting times have been scheduled for the past few years without due regard to the University's rulings.
Yesterday the faculty caught up with the times and ruled that games might start as early as 2 p.m. before November 1 and 1:30 p.m. after November 1.
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