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Motion: Porter -- Mcanwell: That no change be made in the present
face guarding rule, The motion was lost,

Motion: Rogers -- Crocker: That the word "obviously" be removed
from the third line of Rule 7, Section 13, This motion was carried
and the discussion brought out the belief that the section would be
clarified by inserting a question and answer to show that this may
be a non-contact foul,

Motion: Allen --{ Witte: That the number of allowable time outs be
increased from three to four. The motion carried,

The matter of having all held balls brought to the nearest of the
three restraining circles for the jump received considerable atten-
tion. The experiences of schools on the Pacific Coast, in Utah and
in other sections of the country were cited to show that this seemed
to be desirable. The questionnaire results indicated a majority
opinion in favor of the change, However, there was considerable
sentiment to the effect that this would not be very satisfactory in
games worked by only one official and that teams might purposely
secure a held ball on certain sections of the court in order that
the ball might be brought to a more advantageous scoring position.

Motion: Porter -- Swafficld: That all jump balls be held at the
nearest one of the three restraining circles. The vote on this motion
resulted in a tie, A second vote resulted in 7 yea and 6 nay, The
discussion brought out the fact that it was not customary to make a
radical change in the rules in case the sentiment was so nearly even-
ly divided, As a result, a substitute motion was made by Barber --
Bunn: That the matter. of jump balls at the nearest restraining cir-
cle be referred to the research committee and that it be given a
prominent place on next year's questionnaire. This motion was carried,

Motion: Meanwel] -- wowe: That a note be added to indicate that
when the hands are on the ball that they be considered a part of the
ball and that when a defensive player mcrely makes contact with the
hands in such a situation it does not constitute a personal foul.
The discussion brought out the fact that this applies only to the
hands and not to the wrists or arms. The motion was carried,

Motion: Porter -- Rowe: That the center jump after a successful
field goal be eliminated, Before this question was brought to a
vote it was moved, seconded and carricd that this motion be tabled
for one year pending further experimentation,

Suggestion: Mr. Bunn outlined experiments whereby the number of held
balls was greatly decreased, He suggested that if the rule were
properly interpreted that there should be less than ten held balls
per game,

Motion: Perter -- Allen: That the editor be given authority to
revise Section 12 an~ 13 of Rule 6 in order that they may be made
more specific and b: brought into harmony with developments in con-
nection with scoring and timing, This motion was carried,