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Show HIGH SCHOOL HOOPSTERS 1 WILL0PEN1922 WES WITH MANY NEW RULES Bj rOMMl in KPATRII K. 1 Etah basketball fans are du- for B big change In the 1039 high school games, which win starl nexl Friday in the different division- c tnto. I Official' of the Etah S. lie High I School Athlo lo asso Is lave been Ihusv during the p:ust v k with their school of officials, which has Just 'closed a successful session at the Ies- eret gvmnaelnm n Salt f-akc. Eoch J i i -. n waj represented by two men jond thess men are to report back to t.i o her officials in their iltlslon, s to whai -i-t don Ht the meeting llj Salr Lak, mo that Utah basketball will be Officiated the same In the .southern part of the slate as It is in iln' central and northern parts and the teams in the stale tournament will have the same kind of work from the 'officials this season. TO I VFOR I Kt LES The basketball rules are jtint Ihe same as ihey have been for the pasl fw yeurs, U.ut It is the wish of the high hooi officials that iiie bo interpreted, in-terpreted, according to the letter of the rule In the official basketball rule book. This strict interpretation will make r cleaner game of Ihe indoor Isport and one that will probably not I make a hit with ihe fans at the starl i of the rac but the state officials expect ex-pect to educate tlie Cans to the right kind of basketball that the high school ; lads should have. j Great Streea has been placed on the (personal foul rule and any man, who has Tour personal fouls will tie e'-nt lout of Ihe game Holding, blocking, land pushing are the most common I fouls under this rule and all high school officials will havo to call these personal foulr. on u man If he com-. com-. mits these offenses against an opponent. oppon-ent. Most of the fough playing In the i pa st few years has been caused iy I bodily contact of two players on the .fioor and the officials will watch this closelv this reason and whenever twoj bodies meet on the floor, the fans cai I nearly be assured that ono of Ihei teirns will have a free throw from the foul line. One othei thing Is sure and tills 111 that the athletic roaches Will start al oncp to train a foul pitcher, j i who ma be able to win a game forj his team from tile foul line. EXHIBITION i. VMI B Several exhibition games werei played at tho schools and many spec- jtacular shots wi rc made from the cen- iler of the floor in many of Ihe games. I Ih fr.ns like these. wMsn they arc made, but there Is always a sigh when a man takes a chance at long range and misses it. Also there are a thousand thou-sand eyes that could see jhero this man could have made a hetter play Iby passim? the ball to another of his team niftti. Erltlcs aro already be-g. be-g. nnlng to wonder, if the high school j athletes can udju.-: themselves to the strict rules all at once. There frill br nn more guarding from behind and the drlbbTer, who once gets In front! of his man seems sure to count for his! team. If he has any kind, of an eye for the basket. One of the biggest problems right now is for the coach to bducate hi, fans to th new changes and also to educate his players to keep up on the rules. lie can train his men accord- i:i e to any rules, bm It will be n lough Job for him lo get the crowd back of hlhl until .srme explaining Is done to' I them. The state high school officials have in mind only the sta udardlztng iof officiating. SO tiiat all the teams In, I the coming stale tournament will not jbe handicapped In the least, if a new official is shifted on them. I There were 40 officials in attend-j apoe at the school and these men Willi 'be selected (o officiate in the coming games along with many of the others.; . wao were unable to luy off work In 'order to get to the meetings There' 'has been some rumors spread around j that only those who were able to attend at-tend the meeting will bo permitted to officiate, hut this is false and all 'those men who know basketball will! I be permitted to work in the games. Ifi they are selected by the division rep-j j resentaiives, , wii; GE7TS SI PPORT. Basketball In Etah has always been I backed to tho limit by the lovers of the sport and has been raised to a I higher standard in this state than In i any other In America. This Is making I a big statement, but nevertheless It la j true and it Is hoped that the fans will, jr.till continue to back up the boys un- j I der their new rules. It will mean i cleaner basketball fn a way as it will! take awav mt:ch of tho defensive baa-j I ketball and give the offensive team, !the adxaiuaec and Ihe scores will be larger, A good foul thrower will hq a big asset to the team and will win' , niuny of the coming games for hie! tea in. The state hih school officials ex-1 Ipect to have sixteen fast teams in Ihe J state tournament, which will be held at Salt Lake on March 1, 2 and 5. I They are already making great ar-ra'ngements ar-ra'ngements for tho big games and Ihe ihlgh school lads have something for I them tu think about, as they wlU have to play some faM basketball to gei into in-to the finals. The new Interpretations, which huv I been made at this school, apply only to the high s hnols and It If not yet I known Just what style of ball will be played In the colleges. The colleges I play according to Ihe, same rules, but a liberal Interpretation is put on them I Many have accused the colleges of playing a "rough and tumble" h t 1 . - 01 (basketball, but this has not been the case. Close guarding has been one Oi the features of the gamen, which have Ihroiight out some of the best passing j that lias ever been seen in L'tah. I The college couches will no doubt ihold to the same basketball, which Was played Inst season, and the man i win not lie fouled when he is playing I the ball. Any man who plays ant ther 'man and lets the ball go, should bej and has been called for It In the past Intentional fouls have been called, loit the accidental fouls aro not always I failed In college games, bs the men are lairger and often have bodily contact accidentally in going up and down the floor. Also such officials as Richard-! son, Simmons Watson, Holmntead and' a fow of the other men, who have 'worked the college games have always given the best of satisfaction because 'I li men have br en able to gel .il1 of jhe grayest fouls and have given tin fans Some real fast basketball. I Ml ST R lsl M I Money must be had to finance col-' lege baslcetball and the fans have to. bo thought of by the college coaches.! .Most all of the colleges play th, !:;ime i ' I f basketball despite the fact that1 they play according to tho rule book, but the rules are interpreted by the college officials in a broader way than they are by high school officials. Th s must pe tho case and" the fans are, hoping that college basketball will noti be bridled as much as high school basketball, bas-ketball, because any college man cares for a more aggressive game than is played by the high schools. No credit need bo taken from the, high school ball, as the high school athletes can lenrn the new tricks of, the sport, so that they can beconio as skillful under the utrlct Interpretations' as they were under the liberal Intor-J pretations in the past At any rate the new style basketball will get the acid test, when the fans will see most of the high school teams In action Ini the first league games this comlngt week. EJtah wants clean athletics and the utafe high school officials have been trying to keep their high school nth- letlcs at the highest standard posalbli The support of the high school fans und coaches is needed for this and the officials of the school. wh'. h has Just closed are anxiously waiting to r.ce Just' how the new interpretations will Work out and how basketball will be stand-j a.rdlsed in l'tah. j |