Show UNIVERSAL RULES fOR FORc F. F BASKETBALL c Man ssan Who Knows Recommends Recommends mends Present Collegiate ate Rules BY E E. E. E CROSBY Captain and Star BUr of ot the Cornell University Uni 1907 Basketball as an intercollegiate sport has come into remarkable prominence during daring the last few tew years and at present pres pres- ent eat is 18 the leading loading winter sport in many of ot the colleges and universities throughout the country The steady and continuous advancement and aid popularity larity of or the game Rame ame assures us of ot its p permanency rm Contrary to ignorant prejudice basketball has bas as requires more endurance and staying in power than most sports port Ila Players rs arc ro on the go o and comparatively e have no rest for forty forts minutes the tho length cn h of the tho game a e. e It is ma s certainly certAin no gamo gani t. t for COI the physically undeveloped or the thc poorly trained ruth nth lete Basketball when it is is well n played ell ellis is sin tn e exciting and spectacular game it Jt usually attracts attract men who have become prominent in branches of collegiate ate sport Statistics show that the majority ma ma- playing Ta-inZ basketball in lar larger er colleges today are arc members of at least one omit other varsity team te To 10 Yale must be be bc given i en tho bonor boner of having jn the thc first college basketball team A As Ar early as 1801 1891 tho daik dark blue was vias c represented ent d h by a strong and speedy Of ath ath- n aggregation players placers College ge leik Directors soon oon discovered the n advantages ad- ad vantages of the game gam am as an ideal winte winter win win- jn te ter sport and it its s popularity increased so 0 o rapidly that the season n ou ot 91 1900 all ill the leading cadin c universities of the cast were worn represented by br teams I IJu In Ju rc regard to rul s for scientific basketball has bas Ont ono should he bear r in mind first nT If iii H that basketball is a t team game a The rho winning winnins tc team m is a team th that t completely com corn subordinates individual indi play pla for 01 t learn cain am work rb one aim aim should he be team play that will ill bring the ball into a position where it can ran be th thrown wn in inthe the basket with reasonable certainty of ot S scoring Even Een when iu in the advantageous advantageous po position for throwing in if an opposing op or posing hosin player is js close enough to be lc reasonably rea i-ea- r. r certain of blocking n shoot the b ball Q quickly to au R. ulI unguarded mate if there i is one about an and YOU should ho a al- al tvs have bavo your eye co out for for bin him should bould be be particular to re nJ member bi that it is their function to guard first firt last anti and all the th time There mere should bould be le e one guard in the back backfield backfield field nil all the time When one guard works fort forward in th team PIn play piny the theother theother other should tn hack back and find he hp should keep l-cep his bin eye on onh his bis i f fellow guardsman I as welt well as 38 his own looking after th tIll two tT forwards if necessary tr hut but hi Ins should see tee to it it that h heh be he begets gets get eh hack back to his bis own on man maim aa as soon loon as M possible In 10 pa h the hall ball pa fIc pa in anft ane of or th the man Inan who I Is to e II i fo so o h lie will come up to lo It Il and taVe it while mak- mak lug 1111 pro progress eI H It K Ji s him a chine ch it to I. get Jt the ball bAtI while h he I Is rr free c from lila Ills and nd he lii should do In III lila his pass pap If It another r pass pas I Is ary r Fr Try Ir to tn make mak th the throws for or frei throws 1 if IC po i D Dont Don't nt try tr t. t In throw off orr a guard suard so a as to shoot for n. n t. t basket baket b PR Pass the th hall bath i Hearl work wort or ph plAIn ln Int ice Is II Ju just lt t tas as Rr to tn good goof ht basketball k an as It IK Is Isto to good baseball this It tM I fl no heart head work to thron a h basket but It tt lIo Ones does s tak take head work ork to et th the ball bait Into nto a a. position wh whre rc It can An be a fly 1 c cw caged l by an ecu rat thrower Dont Don't think that th the r of ot proal NII cm 1 u shoot s ll your our our vua to your jour t team am II lh th of I Koal goala lal to lo th th- th o of tho thu individual players placer ought o to tl li itt I a th they th r should be b scored ord only in l total tal to the credit of It th th- th whole t tram team m. m The t nil nibs have hM hp hern n eft-e- eft r th In adding mot to 1 ii ih 1 Int Interest r l lIn in basketball U The Th chief argument of or opposed to th nut s his has be n that th the th colt collegiate gains Kani 1 Is Ig ton inn rou rough rough rough-a l A a r rather strange rI ll Ill I'll Nl tat at this aR 3 aga of or the th sport port T h nhi n pame gamsa are arn welcomed that d develop elop lop the lImo qualities a of or courage manliness iI and relf H r In football It Is a ii pert part to inert t nn opponent TU hll g at full sperl down the hd and to throw him to tri lh the th ground The Thi harder harrier he Is III thrown the rC the lbs approval 1 received h by t the h ta r. In water polo one onA swims lm T can an another another an- an n other and hold him under tl th th wat wat-r wat r un mm- until un- un tit til he the Is ts nearly ne-arlY drowned and it In Is nil fill a t apart apart part put of or the grime game and go goa cleat cism Ic Ice hock hockey has baa its la- la croe bait haa lt Its roughness alt 8 all I le Ie features of or the game It U Is only wh when hon n unfair tactics are u used d that criticism N III Justified Basketball In Is not different nt from other man many sports and It should not be emasculated b by numerous patty rule rul The average A A A. A U. U game g-anie Is stopped slopped from thirty to sixty times to penalize one fil side f or tha the other and n many games gamu are arc won Vion by b- bOle the Ole ability of the time In tino on In Ins fo l A that thai u III xo so man and andI andIs andla la Is so 50 often otrell won wAll not lIot bj II the ili pla ln of If t th tIme tho te-Mii te p l hilI i h hv ti Ih the n of f Ol nim one manto moan man to tt tak tAl of th tim t It to 01 maWn free i for lh th the banket hallJr t. t Is lit Ise e- e Io rOI rolt c nie Ia I. i mt ima same 1111 1 t hl it Is II not nol much rOI h In I th th hi s sons ns In I to In tho th rI r 11 I are nrc I In L a than In lii Rn any of I h lime other I K Ia pla-Pi pla liv lut umu men TIme Till h host lIt nt 1 II I t that t I know kno knoof of to the pre nl came of ot ell nouM b he bf the n 0 of x t I set st of cf th tt would h hf ho n II P bv Lw w clu clubs and V Y M T. I As A.'s With It II irh nich 1 a pt of ot i there v 1 h It jj no nn between the HUrl ind lit lit- homo tl teams as to the rules nuts Ih the jr me Atthe At th the prep present nt time a H lra l Iam am Is 11 tor forced to pla pia 4 A. A A. A i 1 I rules on oui on night I National tf time nf ne next net t And Intercollegiate Ih the next next- Tim The rf result I is lit that th Je Ic III a i iJ J gen pon- n- n f r l 1 l of lh time the time This ap applies Jl plies to tum the 0 officials official as well ns as t to teams te A referee o officiating under th time the different fot of tir rules I lit hound hund to Io sooner nooner or oror or later hix up mip the h rules In tn r riLl iLl his decisions The present collegiate rill rule are arp shout about n as nit good gool a set fIt of lr nil rul s s as nl could be bp possibly pos pos- sibly framed Th They the lie gamp game a J JrP great t deal fa foster ter than thai time the A A. A A. A t i. and National rul nils nil's and the thO d degree ICO Ki of or rou rough roush- h- h nus allowed under the i tiles ln catty call the same Panic an II that allowed In In lime lie limeA lieA A A. A U. U ami a National lIonal |