The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-25

holm.
This Is game that requires the
most perfect physical condition.
Football is bruising but basketball
takes every last ounce of energy
out of a player If he goes the full
game. It's the team, too, by the
way they can go the full minutes at
top speed that comes out in front.
Many of you can remember
games in which teams were evenly
matched for the first quarter or
even the first half, and then one of
the outfits blazed out in the lead to
win. That's simply condition, be-
cause there can be no such COM
plete reversal Of tactics so telling.
That's the underlying reason be-
hind this theme of Toftness. Pass
until you're ready to drop but keep
going a little faster. The breath will
suck in hard, the lungs will burn.
but it's that kind Of practice that
makes a team that goes the full
route.
Have a few rule changes this
year that you may want to brouse
over and get acquainted. For con-
venience we will designate the Of
fensive team (the one with the
balD as White, the defensive will be
Black. 1. When White scores the
ball is put out Of bounds by Black
to put it back into play. Which
eliminates that time waster Of the
center jump after each shot. Offic-
ials will not handle the ball after
a shot except to speed up the game
And by the way the game is requir-
ing more and more speed this
year, as you'll see.
2. The center jump is used only
at the beginning Of each half and
and overtime period and after
technical or double fouls. Personal
fouls require that the ball is put
out of bounds after the shot-if the
shot is completed:
/ 8. On this business of straddline
the center line there Is some tech
nicality involved. You know, If 9
player moves from the front to the
back court, when he is an offensive
player and has the ball in his pos
session, the ball automatically goes
to the opposition. Now when he
straddles the line will be ruled &C
cording to the preceding play. If he
straddles the line and moves hi
front court foot back with the ball
that is an illegal step. But If he
moves his back court foot to the
front court, he is considered in the
front court, and that's perfectly lie.
gal.
4. There's an important angle
involved in this fouling rule. It's
the old idea Of sportsmanship, and
personally. I'm glad to see it come
into being. White Is shooting, as he
does so, a teammate Of his Is push.
ed deliberately by Black. That con.
stitutes an unsportsmanshiplike
conduct foul and White is awarded
an extra shot. Now on shooting II
the shooter is directly fouled he
gets two shots. This rule applies
when foul involving unsports
manlike conduct is committed
against a player who is not in the
act of shooting. In that case there
will be two shots. One for tripping
always foul, or pushing, and one
awarded under the sportsman code
5. A held ball near the side line
is to be moved into a point feet
from the side line. That's to open
/ the game up and keep the play
from being bottled up in cozy cor.
ners.
6. The old bug bear face guard
ing is out. Heretofore the act OF
facing an opponent at the expense
of losing sight of the ball, on the
defensive, wall contributed as be-
ing foul. That's no longer so. It's
perfectly legal, but the responsible
ity for any contact that may result
will rest on the one committing the
face guarding.
7. Position of players on the
floor. Say, White is dribbling the
ball down the floor. It is permits
sable for him to follow closely one
of his teammates. But If the White
leading man (leading the dribbler)
makes contact with a Black player,
his is the responsibility for the
foul.
Now If you don't understand
them, come on down to the games
and you can get a lot clearer pic
ture.