The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-12
Roughness is Largely Eliminat'
ed from Basket Ball Game
Result of Change.

A certain amount Of confusion Is
naturally expected in complying with
the new basketball rules this season.
The new code, which offers number
Of changes, is as simple as ever. and
readily understood. Those who are
used to the Young Mems Christian
Association rules and who expect the
new game to be roughhouse game
will be mistaken.
The roughness has been eliminated
and the game made an even cleaner
proposition as 1t becomes essential to
play the ball and not the player.
Body checking. or charging by
guards into players in possession Of
the ball and throwing for goal, count
as personal fouls. and will eliminate
player from the game. Play from
out OF bounds eliminates the delay
occasioned when players encroach up
on the man in possession Of the ball.
Taken by and large. the new code
looks to be the adoption Of the best
Of the three sets Of rules In vogue
during the last few years, and will go
far toward putting the sport on a
firmer basis.
According to the revised rules there
is no way Of stopping player with
the ball by body checking. The rules
state specifically that the ball must be
played from in front or alongside. and
there is no way of guarding player
from behind. In regard to blocking,
It will be impossible for guards TO
impede the progress of forwards by
standing in front and checking with
bend of arm or in body checking.
There can be no charging, as was
possible under the old code. Partic-
ular attention is called to the section
which prohibits player from charg-
ing into or rushing player who Is
between him and the goal or who Is
closer to the goal in the act Of throw
ing.
Defining the Dribble.
Special attention is given to clar-
flying the definition of the dribble.
The rule as written prevents play
er from feinting and digging his guard,
thereby causing his guard to body
check him or resort to holding. The
rule permits the player to dribble in
any direction and in any way as long
as he pleases until the ball comes to
rest in one hand or is touched by
both hands simultaneously, when the
dribble is stopped and the ball must
be passed. Bouncing must be contin-
uous. At rest in the hand means that
the motion Of the ball with reference
to the hand has stopped and makes
possible play on the ball by q guard
who knows the player cannot dodge
him or shift the ball to his other hand.
Under the caption, Running with
the Ball. definition is specifically
clear. If a player is standing still
when he receives the ball he may pass
to another player, In which case he
may step in any direction with one
foot, but the ball must leave his hands
before the second foot hits the floor,
he may start dribblc. but the rear
foot must not leave the door until
the ball has left his hands-that Is,
the drihble must start with the ball.
and not with the run.
IN . third case. the player may
throw for a goal. in which Instance
he may step one. step IN any direction,
and he may then raise one or both
feet from the floor as he throws, but
the ball must leave his hands before
one foot touches the floor. 4,
To Another Player.
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