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12. 14-2 and 14-7. Those sections to be reworded to be in harmony with the change
which was made in Section 9. Alsc the committoo adopted the interpretation that
the restriction for ontering the lane applics only to touching the floor in the
lane, i.se., the plane of the lane linc is not to be considered the restricting area
and a player is not in the lane until he has touched the floor.

13. 14-9. It is to be considered a violation if a free throw docs not ontor tho
basket or touch the ring oven though it might touch the backboard. Touching of the
ball by any player before it touches the ring is assumed to ond the free throw.

14, 15-A-1. In (b) the term “a player" is tc be replaced by tan opponent".

15. 15-C-9. Tho Egitor was authorized to attompt a rewrite of the first quostion in
the attempt to clarify certain dribble situations.

16. 15-C-12-Ponalty. The penalty is to bo reworded and rearranged to include two
changes. Whenevor a player who is in the act of throwing for a goalis fouled from
behind or is roughly handled from any direction, two free throws are to be awarded
regardless of whether the goal is made or missed. flso, aftor any personal foul,
tho Captain of the offended toam may chooso to refuse the free throw (or last ono
in caso of 2 multiplo throw) and to put the ball in play from out of bounds at tho
center of tho sideline. Such option will not be allowed in the case of a double
foul.

17. GENERAL: The gditor was authorized to check tho use of tho term ‘misses™ and
the terms "possession™ and "control" and to make changes in wording wherover these
torms might be erroneously uscd or might lead to doubt in the minds of tho roadors.

Other Committee Action

 

There was considerable discussion relativo to the possible use in future yoars of a
backboard which would be made considerably smaller than the present one through
elimination of suporfluous areas at the edges and corners and which might be con-
structed with a convox surfaco rathor than a plane surface. It was pointed out
that the edges af cornors are used a negligible number of times in actual play and
the waste space has become a detriment because of changes in style of play and in
court markings. A different type board would have the following advantages:

1. It would pormit freer use of the four-foot ond space.

2. It would greatly increase the visibility of the basket from corners of the gym-
nasium ond from directly behind the backboard.

3. The romoval of tho lower edge of the backboard would increase the spaco under the
basket from which a goal might be made.

4, It would simplify tho bridgework which is necessary for hanging the backboard
since the woight would bo reduced by nearly one-half and tho span would not be
so great as to cause warping or twisting.

5, Such backboards would have a more pleasing streamlined appearance.

These facts have been verified through extensive rescarch made by several membors
of the committoe and throwh the demonstration which was attonded by the committee
momber s.

The committoe instructed tho Editorial Committee to use at least one page in tho
almanac soction of the guide for diagrams and material calling attention to the
proposed modifiod backboard and to the fact that the backboard of future yoars will
probably be of this type. In order that those who are intcrested in equipmont