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Show CHANGES MADE IN BASKET BALL RULES NKW YORK, Aug. 31. A committee appointed by the Amateur Athletic union to confer with the college athletic authorities au-thorities regarding basket ball announced today that for the first time in. the history his-tory of that game the amateur and collegiate col-legiate rules this year will be alike. This result was attained through a number num-ber of open meetings held during the winter end a mail vote. The principal point of disagreement was the dribble rule. The new uniform rule now adopted is in substance as follows: Dribbling will be permitted, and at the,, end of the dribble a player will be allowed al-lowed to throw for goal, and if he makes the goal It will count. Heretofore the amateur rules did not permit the scoring of a goal "after a dribble, but the amateur athletic authorities au-thorities have conceded this point to the college men, and In the future amateur teams will permit this style of play. |