The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-20
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL
RULES FOR COMING YEAR
Is Not a Slap at Amateur Ath-
IetiC Union As Was
Said.

NEW YORK. May 19.-The official
Collegiate Basket Ball guide for 1865,
edited by Mr. Harry A, Fisher of CO.
lumbia university who is a member
OF the basket ball committee, Is pub
lished In this issue OF Spaldlng' Ath-
letlc Library.
The official rules that will govern the
college games this winter have been
adopted by the rules committee, con-
slstlng of Roosevelt B, Hyatt, chair
man, OF Yale university; Ralph Nor
gan, secretary, OF the University or
Pennsylvania: Harry A. Fisher. of CO.
lumbia university: William o. Dap
ping, Of Harvard university; Q. De G.
Vanderbilt, Jr.. Of Princeton univer-
sity; Hugh F, Leach. Of the University
of Minnesota, and w. A. Lyford. OF
Cornell university.
Mr.. Harry A. Fisher. In discussing
the rules said: TT has been said that
the creation OF this basket ball rules
committee Is a slap at the Amateur
Athletic Union, which now controls
basket ball outside Of the colleges.
Such is not the case. Basket ball Is
now a prominent college sport, and
those who have followed the college
game realized that the time was ripe
for the creation OF collegiate rules TO
govern basket ball when played among
colleges. just the same as football and
other sports. The publication OF this
book and the creation OF the rules IN
no way interferes with the laws Of the
Amateur Athletic Union, and when
college teams play outside athletic or
ganizations the conditions Will be the
same as heretofore"
Mr. r. 3. Hyatt, of Yale. chairman
of the rules committee, says Since
basket ball has been universally ac-
cepted by colleges as permanent win
ter sport. there have been expressed
from time to time demands that the
making OF the rules should be placed
in the hands OF the colleges them
selves. This feeling emanated from no
dissa tisfaction with the existing rules
but rather from the desire to secure
uniform Interpretation and TO provide
an easily accessible means for effecting
changes which at any time should be
considered necessary.
THE rules committee has made no
radical changes In the actual playing
rules, the only one OF importance be-
ing a return Of the old style OF game.
allowing the player first touching
the ball out OF bounds to retain II. One
other change, however, is worthy OF
mention This provides for the separa-
ton of the duties OF the referee and
the umpire. so that In one case only,
that of unnecessary roughnesss are
they allowed the privilege Of giving q
decision upon the same play. This 1t
is hoped, will result In q more careful
consideration OF the choice OF officials
than formerly.
Nothing concerning the eligibility
or personal conduct of the players has
been embodied In the rules, the COM
mittee feeling that the many petty dis
putcs arising having been due To this
cause. 1t Is earnestly hoped that tho
college and school teams Will accept
basket ball upon the same terms as
football to be played honestly and
hard without resort to trickery or
quibbling. and, In every case In which
the Interpretation OF the rules Is In
doubt. that such a construction shall
be given as the highest quality OF
cr,nrI ernn chin demands 90