DECEMBER 14, 1939

BASKETBALL INTERPRETATIONS OF THY BIG SIX CONFERS NCE
FOr THE YEAR 1940

‘Pe GENERAL SUGGESTIONS :
@e Officials should notify athletic authorities upon their arrival in
towne e

be Starting time of games will be as follows: . ,
1) Iowa State: 7:16 pem.e during the week; 7:30 pem. on Friday and
Saturdays
2) Keanses: 7:50 poetic
&) Kansas State: 7:30 peme
4) Oklahoma: 7:45 peme
5) Migsouri: 8:00 poems *
G: Nebraska: 6:00 peme

Ge The home team shall wear white shirts; the visitors are to dress in
their sehool colors.

de A copy of the official box score shall be mailed to the Secretary of
the Big Six Conference. re

Ge The visiting team is to send to the home team, at least eight days in
advange of tho game, the names and mumbers of «11 players who will make the trip.

f. Fach school is to exchange with a11 others squed information, primaritly
for pre-geme publicity. This informetion should include number, name, position,
height, weight, home town, year on the varsity, men lost by graduation, veteran
letter-men returning, and any team reeords which may add to newspaper interests

ge The type of ball used by each school is as follows:

3) Iowa Stage: Riddell. | .

2) Kansas: Rawlings Naismith Lace, or Pawlings Molded Laces
3) Kansas State: Rawlings Molded.

" Misgouri: Riddell.

5) Nebraska: Riddell.

6) Oklahoma: Riddell.

he Ten men is the maximum that « conc’ may take on e trip. There is no rule
on the number thet may be used at homes

2— RULES INTERPRETATIONS :

@e On balis which go out of bounds behind the besket, the twelve-foot lane
shall be permitted in which to make the pass back into the court. This, of course,
does not apply te out of bound pleys following a field goal. an

be Whenever a ball is awarded to a team out of bounds in its front court,
the #fficial should hand the ball to the pleyer in the front court, step aside,
say "Play", and be sure the player is in e position to play. :

: Ge In the three-second count in the lene, the fiveesecond count out of
bounds, and the ten-second count in advancing the ball to the fromt court, it is
asked that the officials use the so-esl led “artillery man’s count". In other
words, the coaches favor a slightly long second as they feel that officials have