for
and the Bruins stalled until the final gun,”

This is the observation I desire to make. During that last minute of
the ¢lever professional tesm tock the bali in bask court and stelled and
the Purdue 41] Stars could not take the ball away from them, Had the
center Pule been in effect - would have been forced in 10 seconds to
have brought the ball across ¢ center of the court and could not under
any conditions passed it back until had taken a shot at the basket
er until senioesian bak been gained | ir opponents and they had re-
covered from their oppohtntsa in the | ffensive area,

Merely touching the ball an opponent dees nas oe, beeen situation,
Fou — ‘astice Shat it : 7 » Obtaing ame possession . 8

ve ante | this Bruine-Purdue game for a definite reason. Ye wanted to
we Hines she rule ould be “invoked had they ‘plaved under” this
course, they were not playing under the new rule and thoy
no "Ss loeaeian to "at, the new ru. cae have ee esietie sate vik
Pa Bag oy Aagllem A soyhgen Boge A me mee the las
ane would have been such fuller of action it was Seal the Bruins
stellin g. This rule will positively put an om to stalling in the last

few minutes of the game to protect a narrow 1

The team gust to ore or lose the bail. It is impossible to play |
cue oF abou On Sof Ger Ok Seen Pek a ee ee This half
— :  wunid’ saredt of square feet of floor space for each

in other words you have just cut the court in half and put 10 men
in ie and it is impossible for one team to long retain posseasion of the
teh

Oe ee ee ee e was in regard to the s6-called post

ple aes e side standing in the free thr
{ ine Ludes free throw etseRae ¢ eivehe, that aren bounded by
the straight Mines aed the Givele waieh insindes’ the the free throw mark),
NN ee ee tele ee ne we ne teak fo Tee geek nay
retain possession of the ball in that area longer than three seconds,
This is intended te curtail this blocking type of
husky pivot man receives the ball and by a process of weaving |
either fakes to pass to a man and whirls and shoots or else ¢
ball until certain block plays can be put on, ois Pule cles: with the
line across the center of the court was intended to speed up the game.
It undoubtedly will.

The second count is , nat the usual 1-2-5 eount but is to be administered
as the artilleryman a. =: or the count in which the artilleryman esti-
mates seconds ing. It is suggested the Rules Committee that the
oe! Rig count their seconds in this fashion and after this
manner 001, ay 1,003, By putting thousand in there it is very
ae ee ask oat aie Sinee the of fic have always ruled on the

$ sec, coumt out of bounds and 10 sec, count on the free throw, it was
felt that this was perfectly in line with proceedure already in’ effect,

  

  
 

   
 

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