NATIONAL PEDERA TION EDITION of OFPPRAAL DASKE PRAEL, RULES 19°38 1:9 39 National Basketball Committee of the United States and Canada CHAIRMAN EMERITUS—L. W. St. John, Ohio State ee Columbus, Ohio CHAIRMAN—H. H. Salmon, Jr..... 0 Wall St., New York, ¥. VICE-CHAIRMAN—John Bunn... Stanford University, Palo Alto, California pec etek A. Rowe.. ......0ard of Education, Cleveland, Ohio (=H Ve orter 2232 oe Fees 11 So. LaSalle St., Chicago, Illinois oa Tower Andover, Massachusetts Cc. Allen University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas John Brown, Jr... 7 Madison Ave., New York, Y. J. HY Crocker’ bee University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., ‘Canada i High School, Desloge, Missouri Connecticut State College, Storrs, Connecticut En George Williams College, Chicago, Llinois pringfieid College, Springfield, Massachusetts Public SE TUceen, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Shorewood Hills, Madison, Wisconsin eo Centennary College, Shreveport, Louisiana federation Life Bldg., Toronto, Ont., Canada Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas oe Rogers... W. St. Clair... Withers A Witte.) University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming HONORARY MEMBERS: James Naismith Honorary Chairman Ralph Morgan A. E. Metzdorf Geo. T. Hepbron eR a eR ce Copyright, 1938, by Oswald Tower, Andover, Mass. * * * * * * * * * * THIS SPECIAL EDITION Edited by OSWALD TOWER and H. V. PORTER published by permission by the NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS 11 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Dlinois THE GAME The game of Basketball is played by two teams of five men each, the ball being passed from one player to another. The pur- pose of each team is to score as many points as possible by tossing the ball into its own basket, and at the same time prevent the other team from securing possession of the ball or scoring.