Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-19
bASKETbALLERS
Are BUSY NOW
College Teams Look Forward
to Great Season.
RULES ARE SLIGHTLY CHANGED
Important Revision of Playing Code
Made In New York-Ban Placed on
Rowdy Work-Committee Will Meet
Again. ....

Rowdy Work-Committee Will Meet
Again.
With football now a thing of the
past basketball has come into promi-
enc OF course other sports will be
given full recognition this winter, such
as skating, hockey, indoor swimming,
rifle shooting and cross country ruiz
ming, but from now until spring, when
track and baseball teams take the
stage, basketball will have the floor
among indoor sports.
This fast game is a great favorite
among the schoolboys not only on ac-
count Of the popularity Of the game
itself, but because the emblems award
eu by the various schools throughout
the country to the boys who make the
team are among the most cherished of
school emblems. In fact, the basket
ball emblem is the second highest
awarded in many high schools in the
east, and If Il team wins the champion
ship it's members are given the highest
possible award, the right to veal the
school letter.
That the basketball season of 1901
among the colleges in all parts of the
country will see development in both
quality Of playing and interest of the
fans as yet unequaled seems a war
ranted assertion, judging from the re-
ports coming in from all parts of the
compass.
At the meeting of the basketball COM
mittee in New York recently a few
changes in the rules were made and
many other important matters were
discussed. At the meeting many of
the interpretations made in the west
We're objected to vigorously by the
fasteners. One point on which there
was a marked difference Of opinion be-
tween the two sections of the country
was in the amount of judgment which
the officials should be allowed to exer-
else. DR.. Raycroft held out for the
western theory that the rules are to
be interpreted strictly in all cases,
while the eastern representatives in
clined to the view that the officials
should be allowed to use their discre-
ton in many cases where a strict inter-
probation would make them mere au-
tomatoms.
The sharpest conflict on this point
came when the discussion OF the rules
disqualifying a player for four per-
sonal fouls was taken up. Coach H.
A. Fisher of Columbia suggested that
several forms of holding and blocking
which We're free from violence or trick
cry should not be called personal fouls
and that the question of where VIC
lence began should be left to the ref
cree. Fishers recommendation was
adopted by an overwhelming vote in
spite of the protest of DR.. Raycroft
and w. Bush Of Yale. who upheld the
western view.
Probably the most important change
that was recommended to the rules
committee by the conference was in
regard to the penalty for pushing the
player who is attempting to throw a
basket. The rule at present holds that
for an intentional push a foul should
be called and the offending player dis
qualified. Upon the motion of S. II.
Sharpe Of Yale it was recommended
that the penalty be increased to two
free throws in the case Of pushing and
that when the offense is accompanied
by violence the referee shall d~isqualify
the offender. The rules committee
will have to vote on this proposition.
and its adoption cannot he made final
ly until the new year.
Another conflict between the east
and the west was in regard to the
amount of time to be taken out during
the game. The western conference is
working toward making the game
faster and eliminating all the delays
possible. To this end it has passed
a motion that only three times
out" can be called during the whole
game at the request Of the captain.
In case of contingencies arising which
in the judgment Of the referee neces-
state a cessation Of play the referee
can call time out. and the delay will
not be counted against either team.
In the east a team is allowed to take
time out three times in each half, and
an attempt to change to the western
rule was overwhelmingly defeated
after a sharp discussion, in which
Lush upheld the western view. Lush
Jared better when he suggested that
when time out has been called a team
be not allowed to leave the floor. This
was adopted, although Fisher fought
hard against it.
The rules committee, which is com.
posed of representatives from both
sections Of the country, will have to
act on the recommendations made in
the west and in the east, which in
many cases are Numerically opposed,
AS the committee consists Of five rep
resentatives Of eastern colleges and
only two from the west, it is probable
that the Recommendation made at the
recent conference will be adopted.
Training Camp For Detroit Tigers.
The Detroit American team will traiI
at Monroe, La, next spring and fol