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OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES ae pee

 

shall be tossed again unless, in the opinion of the Officials, repeated

infractions by the same player justify a technical foul.

Ques.—Does Referee’s decision take precedence over Umpire’s
in calling a foul? Ans.—wNo.

Ques.—The Referee calls a violation on a player for running
with the ball, and on the same play the Umpire calls a foul on an
opponent for holding; which decision prevails? Ans.—The foul is
penalized and the violation is disregarded.

SECTION 9. The Officials shall have power to make dicisions for
Time and Place infractions of rules committed either within or out-
for Decisions. side the boundary lines; also at any moment from
the beginning of play to the call of time at the end of the game.
This includes the periods when the game may be momentarily
stopped for any reason. Fouls may be called on any number of
players at the same time.

SECTION 10. When an Official calls a foul he shall designate the
offender. If it is a personal foul the Official shall
signal with his fingers the number of free throws;
he shall also designate the player who is to attempt the free
throw or throws.

Designation of
Fouls.

*SECTION 11. The Scorers shall record the field goals made, the
Paties‘at free throws made and missed, and shall keep a
Scorers. running summary of the points scored. They shall
record the personal and technical fouls called on each player and
shall notify the Referee immediately when the fourth personal foul
is called on any player. They shall record the time-outs charged
to each team, shall notify a team through an Official whenever that
team takes a fifth charged time-out, and shall notify the nearer
Official each time a team is granted a charged time-out in excess
of the legal number. The score book of the home team shall be the
official book unless the Referee rules otherwise. The Scorers shall
compare their records after each goal, each foul and each charged
time-out, notifying the Referee at once of any discrepancy. If the
error cannot be found, the Referee shall accept the record of the
official book, unless he has knowledge that permits him to decide
otherwise.

The Scorers shall keep a record of the names, numbers and posi-
tions of players who are to start the game and of all substitutes
who enter the game. When there is an infraction of the rules per-
taining to submission of line-up, substitutions or numbers of play-