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is interrupted only by the referee's as ow calling attention
to a violation or to a foul.

Section 9. The team captains shall be notified 20 seconds
before each quarter is to begin. If a team is not ready
within 1 minute after play is called by the referee, a
technical foul shall be called for each minute of delay;
however, the referee shall make proper allowance for un-
avoidable delay.

Section 10. The game is terminated by the sounding of the
timekeeper's signal.

RULE 7
Playing Terms

Section 1. A goal is made when a ball enters the basket
from above.

Section 2. Held Ball is declared when two players of op-
posing teams have one or both hands firmly on the ball:
or held ball may be called when one closely guarded player
is holding the ball and making no apparent effort to put
the ball in play.

Section 3. A Jump Ball takes place when the referee tosses
the ball up between two opposing players. (See Section 3,
Rule 6).

Position of Jumpers on Jump Ball. The jumpers shall assume
a position facing each other at equal distances from the goal.

Section 4. Player Out of Bounds. A player is out of bounds
when any part of his body touches the boundary line or the
area outside of the boundary line, or when a player on the
team in possession of the ball strikes the Goal-Hi standard.
If the standard is touched by a player on the team not in
possession of the ball, play will continue, unless, in the
opinion of the referee, play has been interfered with, in
which case a technical foul may be called, or in the event
that a player on the defensive team deliberately strikes the
standard, interfering with the making of a goal, the referee
may call a foul or the play may carry a disqualification.

Ball Out of Bounds. The ball is out of bounds when any