The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-22

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| By vEDDER G RID


ri ASKETBALL, Officials will
be interested to know the
Interpretation Of the follow
ing rule. The question came up
at the last meeting of the Indiana
officials Association and there
was much difference of opinion,
those present being almost equally
divided on the question.
The matter was referred to Os-
wald Tower of the national rules
committee. The letter to Tower
stated the question in this fashion,:
In case time is called by the
captain Of a team when no men,
Der of his team has been injured
and the coach of the same team,
TO avoid having n time out
charged against his team, substi-
tutes man before thirty Sec
onds have elapsed, shall time
out be charged against the team
or not?
In the rules it is stated that
time out is charged when time
out, is requested by captain or
when time out Is ordered by the
referee for the benefit of the
team" Another clause, however,
says time out is charged when
substitution except for injury or
disqualified player consumes
more than thirty seconds"
Those who believed that a time
out should be charged Immediately
when captain asked for it were
OF the opinion that it did not mat
ter what happened AFTER the
captain requested the game to be
stopped for he had already made
his team liable to be charged with
the rest period.
They were of the opinion that
the cOach's smart substitution to
save his club from a time out
was only an evasion of the rules
and that common sense inter-
probation, knowing that the cap
tain's request was the real cause
of stopping the game, was to
charge the team with the time
out. The initiative came from
the floor and not from the scOr-
ers' bench, from whence substi-
tiOns are made.
They agreed that if the captain
asked for time out, at the same
time stating a substitution was to
be made, if the sub entered the
contest before thirty seconds had
elapsed, no time out, should be
charged.
According to Tower this inter-
probation is wrong. His answer
follows:
A captain is not required to
state why he wishes time out,
and il substitution is made
within 80 seconds, it may be as
sumed that time was requested
for this purpose.
That's that. There is no higher
court Of appeal.
XVII E were just wondering
lWl whether the high school
- sectional basketball tourney
will be held in Indianapolis on
March and 6? If the State finals
are not played here the only avail
able place will be the auto show
building at the Playground. The
local schools could take advantage
of the floor and bleachers put in
by Butler for it's big games.
The college is figuring on only
some 1000 seats, but this could be
increased to approximately 5000.
Tomlinson Hall is out Of the ques-
ton.
But in our mind there is a doubt
about Indianapolis even getting
the sectional-not that anything
official has been heard concerning
it. The local schools might not
want the tourney under present
conditions.
The schools here could be sent
around to various centers such as
Martinsville and Shelbyville. In
dianapolis might get left out in
the cold entirely.
Bucky Harris is living up to his
nickname. He is bucking on sign
ing a contract for next season to
manage the Washington Senators.
Monday Morning won the
feature race at New Orleans
Monday afternoon.
I 7ANY of the high school
lMl basketball teams Of the
State will play their games
this week on Wednesday because
Of Christmas coming on Friday.
The referees will appreciate it If
the fans remember that this is
the time of year when Peace on
Earth, Good Will Toward Men," is
the proper sentiment.