(c) After a free throw for a
technical. foul, the ball is to be
awarded: to the team which was ©
awarded the free throw; ball to
be put into. play from out. of
bounds at midcourt.

(d) In overtime games between
high school teams, each team may
have additional time out for each
overtime period in addition to the
normal five.

(e) Time out may be requested
by any player instead of only by .
the captains, as at present.

Aimed at Deliberate Fouls

The change giving the offended
team the option of retaining the ball
after a personal foul instead of try-
ing for a penalty point and thus
incurring the risk of losing the
leather, is aimed at teams. which,
‘when trailing late in a game, delib-
erately commit fouls in the hope of
gaining possessior of the ball after
a free throw. :

The rule covering this now reads:
“When a personal foul is called, the
offended. team has the option of
trying a free throw or of putting the
ball in play from out of bounds at
midcourt. If two or more. free
throws are awarded to a team, this
option applies to the last free
throw. This does not apply. to
double fouls.”

Under the present rule, an official
may,.at his discretion, award two
free throws to a player who is the
victim of a flagrantly rough or de-
liberate foul while throwing for the
basket. -The new rule, directed at
players who cut down adversaries
who have got in for a clear shot,
makes the double penalty manda-
tory and goes into detail on the type
of foul so punishable. It says:

“If a player in the act of throw-
ine for the goal is fouled from be-
hind or roughly handled from any,
direction, two free throws shall be
awarded whether the field goal is
made or missed.”

That makes is possible for a player
to make four points on one play if
the defense mows him down a

 

 

Officers Are Retained
The committee re-elected 1. H.
Salmon jr., of Garden City, L. I., to
the chairmanship and retained all

of the other officers: John W. Bunn,
|Stanford University, vice-chairman;

H. V. Porter, National Federation of
State High School Athletic Associa-
tions, Chicago, secretary; Floyd A.
Rowe, Cleveland Board of Educa-
tion, treasurer; Oswald Tower, edi-
tor of the guide. —

- Forrest B. (Frosty) Cox, of Colo-
rado University, became the N. C.
A. A. representative from the Rocky
Mountain district in place of Wi'lard
A. Witte, of Wyoming University;
A. H. Jefferess, of Hamilton, Ont.,
succeeded Samuel Rogers as repre-
sentative of the Canadian Amateur
Basketball Association, and J. M.
Good, of Williamsport, Pa., replaced
H. D. Edgren. on the. Me M. CA;
delegation,