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BASKETBALL RULES COMMITTEE REPORT

Gencral Pelmcr E. Picrce, President,
National Collegiate Athlctic Association.

Dear Sirse

4s chairman of the National Collegiate Baskctball
Rules Committee, I have the honor to submit to you the report
of the activities of this Committee during the current year. -

It has been recognized for some time that a definite
enlargement of the committee handling baskctball rulos is
necesserys These rules are now international in scopee It
was found inadvisable to carry out in detail recommendations
for reorganization of the committee specifically made to the
National Collegiate at the mecting last yoare In principle,
however, the recommendations mado and approved by the National
Collegiate have been followed.

Fiftcocn ycars ago conditions in regard to playing
rulcs for basketball were somewhat chaotic and certainly un-
satisfactory, three distinct sets of rules being sponsored and
promulgated by three different organizations. Langcly through
the wise lcadership of Dr. Joseph E. Rayeroft, at that timo
chairman of the National Collegiate Basketball Committee, a
joint rules committec was formed, consisting of revresentatives
of the Amateur Athletic Union, International Y.M.C.A, and our
National Collegiate groupe The statcment has beon made before
and is repested ct this time thet this Joint Committcce has
worked in harmony xnd to the best interests of tho game of
basketball for a long period and while it was felt that some
justification existed for reapportionment of this committee,
it has scemed unwise to insist on the idess held by some of
our National Collugiate men in faec gf opposition by the
associate groups. Tho steps take n reorgenization have becn
approved by the Exccutive Committoe of the National Collegiate.
Briefly these steps have becn as follows:

The National Collegiate Committce consists of one
representative from cach of the eight colleginte districts
and two representatives at large, one of the representatives
at lerge boing Mr. Oswald Tower who has scrved most efficiently
as editor of the Guide. The Amatcur Athletic Union inercased
its rules committec representation to equal that of the
National Collegiate although this group «also appointed Mr.
Tower as onc of its representrtives. The International Y.M.C.A.
increased its representation to equal that of the other original
bodics. The following organizations have bcen invited into
participeting membership on this Joint Baskctball Committee,
namely, the National Federation of State High School Athletic
Associations, two mombeors; the Canadian Ametcur Basketball
Association, two members; the Chartercd Boards of Basketball