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BASKETBALL RULES INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BIG SIX

A. When @ basket is made the official will signal the basket by raising
his arm end showing two fingerse

Be All held balls are to be put in play in the nearest of the three
circles. If there is doubt as.to which is the nearest circle, the center is the one usede

C, The official shall place his hand on the back of the player fouled and
raise the other hande

De Rule 8, Section 8, under Note relative to division line, the following
is an attempt to make the rule clear:

If a player passes the ball from his back court to a team-mate who is
touching or straddling the division line the ball has been passed into the front courte
If a player passes the ball from his front court to a team-mate who is touching or
straddling the division line the ball has been passed into the back courte In other words
the division line is in the front court or back court according to the position from
which the ball is throwme While he is in legal possession in such position the division
line is a neutral area and the player's court location does not change because of any
pivot until such time as both feet may touch the floor while entirely on one side of the
line. Thereafter any stepping on or over the line changes the court location of the
playere

EB. We want to call attention to the Note to Officials under Rule 10,
Section 1 which is as follows:

‘Whenever a ball is rewarded to a team out of bounds from its front
eourt area the official must hand the ball immediately to the player who is to put it into
play. iIf there is any confusion or misunderstanding among the players as to the decision
the official should obtein possession of the ball and not permit the player entitled to it
to play it until both teams have had a chance to recover their positionse

Fe Relative to the Substitution Rules Substitution is permitted after a
goal or made free throw. The procedure is as follows: The substitute reports to the
scorer, the scorer sounds his horn loudly and quickly, the referee upon hearing the horn
blowing his whistle and recognizing the substitute, permitting him to came on the floore
The point we are trying to make is this: That the substitute should not go on the floor
in these two situations until he has been recognized by the referees We would like to
impress upon the officials that they warn the timekeepers to make these substitutions
before the team that has been scored upon has had an opportunity to put the ball into

« If however, the time-keeper's horn has sounded after the team scored upon has put
the ball into play, no play by the team scored upon can follow wtil the substitution is
complete.