Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1918 — NEW RULE FOR BASKETBALL [ARTICLE]

NEW RULE FOR BASKETBALL

Coaches, Riferees and Players Are Studying Changes Made by National Rules Committee. On the threshold of a new season, coaches, referees and players are studying the changes made by the national basketban rules committee. Perhaps the most important among the new rules is the establishment of the “end zone.” This rule makes the bounds extend two feet in back of each basket. Thus the baskets are placed within the field of play and much work around and beneath baskets is expected as a result. Another rule change forces a substitute, on entering the game, to report to the scorer as well as to the referee. The rule declaring the timekeeper’s whistle as the official ending of play will eliminate many arguments resulting from the delay In the referee’s whistle after the timekeeper has sounded the final whistle. -