Eee eaigt \ OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES

ers, they shall notify the nearer Official immediately if the ball is
dead, or as soon as it becomes dead if it is in play when the infrac-
tion is discovered.

The Scorers shall be provided with a horn with which to attract
the attention of the Official when the ball is dead. This horn should
be unlike the signals used by the Officials and Timekeepers.

NOTE—It is suggested that the following symbols be used in keeping
score: PI, P2, etc., for personal fouls; T for technical fouls; 2 for field
goal, and O for a free throw attempt, with an X inside the O if the try
is successful,

Ques.—The Scorers fail to notify the Referee that a player has
had four personal fouls called against him and he continues to
play. What should be done? Ans.—The points made during the
period that this player was ineligible shall be counted as well as
the time played, but immediate substitution for the offending
player shall be made as soon as the fact that he has four personal
fouls comes to the attention of the Referee. The Scorers should
notify the Officials as soon as they discover that a player has
four personal fouls, but if play has been resumed they should not
interrupt it until the ball is dead or in possession of the team
whose player is to be disqualified.

Ques.—Should the Scorers notify a player when he has three
personal fouls? Ans.—No; but a captain may request the Referee
to obtain this information whenever this may be done without
interfering with the progress of the game.

* Ques.—What should be done if the seorer’s horn sounds while
the ball is in play? Ans.—It should be ignored because the
scorer’s horn does not make the ball dead. The scorers should be
careful, however, not to sound the horn while the ball is in play
or just as a free throw is being made.

* Ques.—If the scorers fail to notify a team when it takes its
fifth charged time-out, should the team be penalized if it takes a
sixth time-out? Ans.—Yes.

SECTION 12. The Timekeepers shall note when each half is to
Dulles oF start and shall notify the Referee more than three
Timekeepers. minutes before this time so that he may notify the
teams, or cause them to be notified, at least three minutes before
the half is to start. They shall signal the Scorers two minutes be-
fore starting time. They shall record playing time and time of
stoppages as provided in the rules.

The Timekeepers shall be provided with at least one stop-watch
which shall be the game watch and which shall be operated by one
of the Timekeepers, but so placed that both may see it.

At the beginning of a half or overtime period, or at any other
time when play is resumed by a jump ball after time is out, the
game watch shall be started at the instant the Official blows his
whistle as the ball leaves his hands for the toss. If play is resumed
by throwing the ball in from out of bounds or by a free throw, the
watch shall be started when the Official signals time-in by a chop-