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Show Rules Committee CoiTccts&H' Wherever Flaws llavebfiod Appeared. ytf- HARVARD COLLEGE NOT M$ REPRESENTED ON B0p- Weight of Ball Has &C Changed to Conform t&, Regulation Sphere. 4g Tribune Speelol Sporting Service. Y,;Tit C NEW YOPilv. Sept. 11. No lesy jlfl! twelve chnnges have been made ti intercollegiato basketball rules T'1 mittee this season. Many flawsjvVuei found in last. 3'car's code, and tWjyt; in charge, headed b- Harry Fishem Columbia college member of tho?,'1 i mittee, decided that several cit3fi were needed to put tho gamo jiX more substantial basis, and makjoju'; sport, moro interesting. Je'dr.' Owing to the fact that Harvard's given up the sport, that instito'--was not. represented on tho board ' year. iLii11 The most important change Ui rules is the one relating to caginFij.no ball after taking ono step. It haar.. a common practice for most playdl dribble up to tho basket, nnd takijB1 J step and shoot. This is strictlvL bidden under the new rules. Pvov is made, however, for a playor ca'i U the ball on the run. Tn this casS ' referee will use his judgment, arid?jjtof' tho player a chanco to slow up., , Another very important change1 one that will havo a lot to ao deciding tho issito in many b'ljffT. games, is the interpretation of th'thvAtp relating to a dead ball. One otjirfde clauses states that the ball isKAVl when thrown against the wall in svi&'C1 manner that it caroms back inttDit, courr. This rule is made to provtSart player from deliberately throwing' ball against the wall, 'so that itVftek? spring back to him or one of hiaji 1 mates in such a way that he will, 01 elude his opponent and scoro aS-V th This was a favorite trick of tho (gn that have small courts and ina&a'C gamo has been won by this dcviccTfeiMV Liko tho National A. A. U. the intercollegiate committee ha'jei1 cided that, a glass background foTjr3 baskets will be legal hereafter. of tho colleges already has such iCcaj grounds and lind that the glass iaT' tcr than the woodoii affair. Wii n Ball Weight Changed. fer The gamo rule as will be in vogvssr -the games pl.ryed in A. A. IT. M111 ' neys will hold good for the interpp; tion of thc outside mle. The r'S the rule was changed was bccaur5J-f was hard for the referee to dctefoii. whether or not the plaj-or's fodcn; anj- part of his person was acroBKfl!it line. Under tho new ukase, rrflas- touching tho lino makes tho ballff of bounds. A change in thc weight of thoWEos: has been thought advisable. Thi5)itEi done in order to make the mainiiikr. fnrers live up to the required statural ' Last year the requirements wcro'ft' the ball should woigh from 18 tf:JUs ounces, but thc balls wero light aafcj standard has been raised 1o froaatSoi to 23 ounces, so that tho sphcre;i conform more with tho rcgulffcs Tf weight. pfrtci i The rule relating to the dribbl1?: the same as thc A. A. U., andggT vides that the plaj-er shall thnm . " ball as soon as ho stops. Tho plKfevX got around last year's rule by tusfei ct about with the ball, and thus thqt-cials thqt-cials could not determine when thMY' camo to a stop. Tn this year's rtC: the ball only will bo considered. A D this is not in motion, it must be p:i i or thrown for goal. .Jfcatio Under thc new system, also, thaCl eree is empowered to call fouls wiS53 of tho players, while tho timmrejjrg'.; call fouls on the eight onty who arv of the scrimmago for tho ball. jfyvSi, the A. A. U. rules, the reason forrJw is to cut down thc tendency foij.11 Tplaj-crs other than those struggling the ball to commit a foul. ThcsCKeh tho only changes. The other rulcsfo be the "same as last jcar. (jf'lal' |