New-York tribune., 1911-12-03
'TYR|JS COBB SEES THINGS PENN |ASHES COLUMBIA
Bad Faith Charged at Basketball
Rule Meeting.
TROUBLE OVER DRlBBLING
Ouakers Want to Use Two
Hands, but Committee De-
cides Otherwise.

The coaches. managers and players ~
practically all the college basketball teams
I'm the Fast. together with tho ofrciols ~
the central board. had joint meeting with
tho collegiate rules committee IN the 90
mmbia University gymnasium yesterday
afternoon The object was tho interprets-
tion of tho rules hut after four hours -
almost fruitless discussion the meeting ad
tourr,ed with little accomplished. except
perhaps still greater uncertainty and
confusion In tho minds ~ soroe Nth rof
/ erenca 70 the most important rules IN The
guide.
Right n. tho verv end after sverv crs
had wasted energy and effort in discussing
ont of bounds. striding held ball time out
and foul rules which have relatively little
bearing on the game itself. the meeting
began tn tackle tho rule about dribbling-
the most important In thN book--but 80
little time was left that the matter wss
left unthre shed. and the rule will stand
II was written-that only one handed drib-
bles will he legal in the games played this
sea son.
| Discussion of this rule brought or sorrs
! hard feeling and IL was openly charged hy
the Pennsylvania delegates IN the meeting
that the rules had been changed by the
committee to eliminate two-hsndsd dr;b-
/ bling at the request ot Columbia, or. rather.
because such change would benefit Co
/ lumbia this year. The reason stated was
that Columbia had only one man back from
last years team. and he wss an expert IN
one handed dribbng while Pennsylvania
had four veterans all II whom would have
/ tn change their style of play and learn the
game all over again. Or. Joseph L. Rsv
/ croft. physical director AZ Princeton. who
| is chairman Of the rules committes and
presided. jumped To his feet and said that
the changes in the rules had been mad.
by a committee in the interests NJ the
game. and not 10 affect the playing ability
Of any team in the intercollegiate league.
He said that he himself had suggested the
rule about the drbbc. and that 81 was un-
fair not only 10 the committee, but also m
the college that was assaied that such a
statement should have BEEN made
Or. Raycroft succeeded I'm bringing peace.
but for some little time there were heated
words between the Columbia and Pennsyi-
vania delegates. Clarence Weymouth, OF
Yale, and Lieutenant p n. Glassford, of
! West Point, did their best 70 restore
| friendliness and both said thar as thera
were other teams in the field beside Column
bia and Pennsylvania. the Quaker repre-
sentatves had no right to insinuate that
the rules committee was not endeavortng
to bring about changes in the rules for ths
benefit of all the teams rather than for
one.
In calling the meeting 20 order Or. RAY
croft said that basketball was being crit.
pizpd ia and wide of ia o.
ness, and the greatest care must he taken
in seeing that the game is played cleanly
and fairly.
"A great many colleges have dropped rho
sport" said Or. Raycroft. and a great
many more are on the verge Of DOING the
same thing. The basketball people must
recognize the fact that they are on tho
defensive and they should act accordingly"
According TO the rule affecting dribbling
which is in this years guide the playc-
must dribble with only one hand ar any
one time. although he may not touch tho
ball with both hands at once unless he IS
about 10 pass or shoot for the goal Last
year the player was allowed 20 dribble
with two hands, but the rule was inter
preted loosely and was never properly en-
forced. BY the new rule the player can
After discussing the rule for nearly an
hour it was decided TO let IT stand ss e.
is written. Suggestions were made 10 go
back to last years rule and demand
strict enforcement. and also that tho old
rule. which did not permit man 10 shoot
after a dribble, be adopted, but both sug
gestions were voted down.
At its meeting last spring the rules com
mittee had decided that the timekeepor,
who will hereafter also be umpire. dis
charge a gun at the end OF each half. but
this was repealed yesterday, when it was
pointed out that every umpire al game in
New York State would be subject 10 ar
rest under the Sullivan law II he did not
have a license. canvass of the prospec-
tive umpires present was taken. and II was
the consensus OF their opinion that the rule
be stricken from the books and the word
whistle" be substituted for gun" II was
also decided that in all collegiate games
hereafter the bottoms of the baskets he tied
IN order that the officials may he certain
that goals have actually been scored.
There was lot Of discussion over Ruls
y, Section ., which would give the ball on
out of bounds there the space is restricted
10 the team opposing the one that put tho
ball out OF bounds. It was finally agreed
that three feet should be the minimum
space between the spectators and the edge
of the playing court The line will bH
marked out in paint. There will also Be a
restraining" line three feet within ths
field of play. beyond which the opposing
guard cannot go when the out-of-bounds
space is limited.
The representatives al the meeting were
Joseph r. Raycroft. Of Princeton, chairman
Of the committee: Harry Fisher. OF Colun
bia: Lieutenant ?. n. Glassford, Of West
Point: Or. A. H. Sharpe, of Yale. Oswald
Tower, Of Williams, Ralph Morgan, ~
| pennsvlyania: G p Cartwright. OF Penn
svIyanla: A. Kiefaber of Pennsylvania; r.
Sommer of PENNSYLVANIA; T. F. Jacobs
of Annapolis; II. +. Sturdy. Of -. Johns
college: \. j. Salmon. of Brooklyn Young
Mems Christian Association c. \. Read'
Of Springfield Training School. P. T. kear-
nov. Of Pennsylvania, J. A. Reilly OF Yale
& u henson, Of Columbia; T. Sanders, ~
Columbia. r smith. Of Pennsylvania w
: Beck. Of Yale; y ", Koch, ~ Gonkers
Young Mems Christian Associations >. b'
SHAY. ~ st Johns College. Brooklyn. \.
Deyereaux, of Princeton -. Davidson. or
WESLEYAN: +. W I.uehring of Pfnceton'
X r. Wallace the Williams captain, Y.
/ ViahaI. OF Williams J. ". Deering. OF Man
haitian T. 4 owens. Of Cornell, y. a
Brady and Z A Miller Of Dartmouth. ).
G. IIennessy. OF Brown. and Clarence Ney-
mouth. Of Yale