The Nome daily nugget., 1907-12-18

l that there has been number of changes made in the rules during the past season, the Daily Nugget herewith publishes a few of the most important rules of the game from Spalding's off cial basketball guide, printed by tho American Sports Publishing co.
 The referee in all cases must be a thoroughly competent and impartial person. and shall not be a member of either of the competing orgauza- 1 tions.
 The referee shall be the judge of the ball Hes shall decide when the ball is in play, to whom it belong when a goal has been made, and have power to call all fouls provided for in the rules.
 The referee is the superior officer of the game and shall decide 'all questions not under jurisdiction of the other otIi cials and all questions not covered by the rules.
 The umpire in all cases must be thoroughly competent and impartial person and shall not be a member of either of the competing organizations. The umpire shall make hi decisions Independently of the referee and de- cision made by either official within his jurisdiction shall not be uurstion"d | by the other.
 | The umpire shall blow a whistle only when it is necessary to call foul He shall then indicate the offender, and announce the nature of the foul SD that both the offender and the scorer can hear him. He shall have nc power to call time"
 | Time consumed by stoppagcs during the game shall be deducted only on or der of the referee. Time involved in making free throws" etc. shall not be considered stoppages.
 The captains shah toss for choice of baskets arnl they only shall be entitled to address the officials regarding any matter arising during the game Whenever the ball is put in play oth- cr than in the center. the players Wh" are to first touch the ball must not stand further than two feet iron. the spot indicated by the referee where the ball is to fall and have botn feet to- gcther until the jump is madc.
 When the ball is held by two players for any length of time. the referee shall blow his whistle. stop the play, and throw the ball up from Wnpl" it is held.
 Not more than one player of each team shall tackle Oouch) the ball at ti1r same tiroc. A eo,,l "hal he called on each player violating this rule Either the referee or umpire may make decision on this rule. If two players of foul shall he called so long as they are the only ones touhcing it; if, however a player from the other tcan. should touch the ball while it is in their pos session. a foul shall be called on one of the two players of the samo team. This player may be indicated by the official calling the foul.
 The ball shall not be kicked or struck with the fists, The referee or umpire shall call foul for violation of this rule
 A player shall not advance with the ball while in bounds, nor across the line to out of bounds with one or both feet. He must play if from the spot on which he catches il. Allowance is tu be made for one who catches it while running, provided he throws it at once or stops as soon as possible. If in the judgment of the referee he stops as soon as possible and at the end of the run he has one foot over the line, touching the floor on the outside, foul for carrying over shall not he called | if he immediately WithdraWs the foot that is over the line but if he carries the foot that is inside the field of play to the floor on the outside, a foul shall be called for carrying over. This shall not be interpreted as interfering g with a mans turning around without making progress as long as he keeps one foot in place. The referee or um- pire shall call a foul for violation of this rule.
 The ball shall be held by the hands only. The using of any other part of the body to hold or assist in holding the ball constitutes a foul. Plugging the ball is a foul The referee or um- pire shall call foul for violation of this rule.
 A dribblc is play in which the player advances more than two steps while rolling or bouncing the ball against one or both hands one or more times without the assistance Q? anoth- CT player, In a drihblc three or more stcpS). both hands shall not he used simultaneously more than once. NiO- lation of this rule is a foul and may be called by either the referee or um pire. A player who has dribblcd may not score a goal until the ball has been