* number of the Boards have asked for a rule which
will govern the playing on floors in which the side walls
and end walls represent the side and end lines,respectively.
These came Soards also complein of low ceilings. As a re~
sult of these conditions,the home ¢ ub generally séeks an
advantage by formins their een ground rules on which the

epponents ¢o not always agree. MMfferent floors have dif-

  

 

 

 

ferent rules. It has been reported that games have been de-
iayed often as long as an hour before em agreement has been

reached.

| ta. 45 wuch as these conditions exist¢ in a widely dis-
tributed area ’ the o ommittee | recoumends. thet ‘the -pules
committee give consideration te the following recommende-
tious to be known es Item 1, and Ytem 2, to included in
Bection £ of Bnle 1. ere ae |
| item 1. 3 , |
On all floors which Bave’ one or more walk

for bowndry lines, the bsll shall be consdé-red ont
of bounds when it or the wen in postession of {t, touches
the Wall in any manner, “ es

  

Item 2 , Ya! |
On adi fleors with lor ceilings,the ball shall
be awarded to the op onents out of bounds if a thrown ball
strixes the ceiling or any object attached. te it.

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One board. presidi@ent reported have been ealled on
- two different cecasions concerning the merking out of s
@ourt. 4t wes alieged thet the explanation and the diagram
were not clear. The folloving: changes are recommended:
| Rul @; Ay ;
Section 2/now reads, The center ¢irdle sh#ll have

& redius. ---. Chenge to, The center eircle shall heve an '
iusive redius--.

  

_ 9 #eetion-5,Rule 1 now resds, —--. These perpeidieular
Limes shall. be terminsted and the lanes further marked by |
apes of circles having & 6-Poot redius---. Change to, These’
perpendicular sines shell be ‘termineted and. the lanes further
meres by ares of cireles hiving & §-foot ingide radius-+-.
ie AY Gs alse recommended that: the following sentence
be auded to Seefion 5, Rule 1: All lines which bound the

free throw dane shall be at least two inches widé. (See
Giagram on opposite. pegé). tn ear wo ae

| feetion 6, Rule 1,last sentence, reads, It shall we
one inch in width, ead extend garallel to,and at a distance
of 17 feetfrom, the inner edge of the end lime. Change to
read, It shall be i inch in width,and extend parallel ‘to, and
ate distance of 17 feet from its back edge to the inner sdge
of the end line. i de Mer eee

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