Evening star., 1933-12-11

w YELL, basketers, the Joint
M Basket Ball Rules Committee
looked over last years rules
and found that many Of the
players and even some of the specta-
tors were hep when foul was called.
Toward the end Of the season the spec
tators sometimes understood why foul
was called as high as three out of five
times. This naturally vexes the officials
no end. but the Rules Committee came
to the rescue with new regulation or
two, as well as few added twists to
the time-tried statutes. and now John
Public Is once more in ignorance, the
players are hazy, and the referees are
happy.
Truthfully, only few minor changes
have been made in this seasons basket
code, and those designed to speed up
the game eliminate two frequent tweets
OF the whistle, and in general provide
more basket ball and less foul-tossing.
The District Approved Board members
went into huddle with local coaches and
players the other night, agreed upon
uniform interpretations of the rules,
discussed changes and cleared up con-
fusing details with supplemental rulings
Of their own.
THE only change involving any
marked departure is that stating
that the ball at the end of the
quarter, unless try for goal has been
made, shall be put in play where it is
last played to start the next quarter.
If held ball ends the quarter, the next
quarter will start with the ball being
thrown up where it was being squabbled
over. In short, unless the quarter ter
inmates with shot for the goal, it
will no longer be necessary to throw
the ball up at center to begin a quarter
When a player is injured, the
ball cannot, under the new regu-
lations, be declared dead until
the play Is ended or a try for
goal made. Play is resumed with
the ball being thrown up at the
spot last played or on the nearest
free throw line.
A held ball the rules set forth en-
phatically, will be called only when two
players have such a firm hold on the
ball that neither is able to gain ex-
elusive possession, not necessarily when
two players are merely touching the
ball.
The 10-second rule, designed primar-
lily to speed up play in Western sec
tions where "stalling" was the subject
of much complaint, has been found
beneficial to Eastern court play as well
and is again incorporated in the rules.
A new wrinkle provides that ball out
Of bounds in teams front court, on
being thrown in, can be passed or taken
into the back court only by the player
receiving the throw in. A team Is al
lowed to return the ball to its back
court only once as under last years
regulations.
TN a properly conducted game, there
will be two officials, both called
referees, instead of a referee and
umpire as heretofore. Both Of these
officials will be vested with equal au-
thority. Incidentally, ball striking an
oficial is not dead, although as Is
quite common on local courts, when
a ball socks the whistle tooter, for all
players to suspend operations and glover
accusingly at the referee. This. how
ever is not according to Hoyle. Though
one may still glover, cessation OF hos
tilities Is not in order.
A liberalization in the 1933-34
edition provides that substitutes
may re-enter the game twice in
stead Of once, thus permitting
player to make three separate
entrances into the game.
A pivot man in the free-throw lone