| Show t Backseat Driving I By Frank K Baker Telegram Sports Editor I Be No Third Cage Cago Official J 11 basketball ll officials anticipating the new problems that arc are to be be theirs next season in tolling off the 10 seconds required for a team to tc invade the offensive half of the court arc re expecting a third official to help them out they are arc to be sadly pointed Dr John Brown Jr member of oi the national basketball rules committee commit tee said as much during a weekend week end visit in Salt Lake while en route to Los Angeles for the Olympic games The Tie new rules are a n very definite attempt to speed up the game and arid do away with stalling which has been prevalent in certain regions People pay to see action not to see men v freeze the ball bal so basketball to be popular must maintain its zip and action the committeeman aid taid lit It lt would be far nicer i If there was wasa a sportsmanship among coaches that would respond to a request to the stalling but there isn't so bec because coaches and players in various districts districts districts dis dis- dis- dis have abused the privilege of play the have had to legislate against the practice No doubt there will be some modifications modifications after a year of such play but Until then the rules will vill stand as voted after the thel thelast last st season Critics who argue arrue that teams hould should be permitted permUted to stall If they desire on the contention that the burden of forcing action rests rests' with the defensive club get a significant answer from Dr Brown That contention con was as all right a few years I ago aro when the defensive player was WS permitted more privileges but now that ho he has personal fouls called on him for lor the least of at body contacts the defensive player is at a Po big disadvantage dis dIs- advantage when he gives chase to the man with the ball Therefore Therdore it Is only right that the offensive team should carry the burden of forcing the action Hence the new rule that a team must advance the ball Into the other half bali of the floor loor within 10 seconds S Most Coaches See Little Change in Play Most coaches foresee little change in the style of basketball Dr Brown commented The minority objection is a loud one one but hundreds of ot other coaches write us that the new rules wont won't hurt their game at all Ten seconds is longer than most people realize and teams can advance the ball bail all right In that time I Some coaches will find it feasible to send men into the enemy territory in man inan an effort eUort to block bloc the advance within within with with- in in 10 seconds Oth Others will rush back into defensive territory to await the attack within the allotted time Some critics figure that it means a wholesale whole whole- sale rush to the man five or zone defense de do- but that is not necessary on a abig abig big tig floor either Man to man play can be effective too The real burden of course is with the already overworked officials Referees Referees Ref Ref- crees and umpires must reaUze realize that they'll have to perform different t functions now more than ever Instead of both following the progress of the ball one will have to to take care of the play such as jump balls and out of ot bounds plays and the other keep strict vigilance on the observance of the new rules I New Buck Bucket Rule ule Speeds Up Play I Committee experiments have indicated in k- n. n that pl players can either shoot pass or dribble within the three sec ond time limit on on a player with the ball who is either cither within or has one foot loot touching the lines of f the free iree throw lane or circle Called the rule on the man in ui the bucket this rule helps as much as the other time limits 1 in speeding up the action It will be confusing for a time for officials to enforce the rule about carrying carrying car car- the ball back across the center court line That may be done once once providing a try for basket jump ball ballor ballor or r out of ot bounds play has taken place Several people have proposed me mechanical timepieces to be operated at atthe atthe atthe the score table for these time Ume limits but the he rules committee has voted against such devices The Interpretation tion on these violations will be entirely entire entire- ly the opinion of the official Therefore Therefore There There- fore it is most Important that the officials become as well versed in tollIng tolling toll toll- ing off the time limits as they should already be on the out of bounds time in limits and football officials are their various limitations |
