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Show BASKETBALL RULES. Chicago, Nov. 15. Nearly 300 .m-cials .m-cials connected with the Amateur Athletic Ath-letic Federation will m.'et here Thursday Thurs-day night to discuss the recent in terpretatlon of the congress made in the basketball rules by tbe A. A. F. and Western Intercollegiate committees. commit-tees. Tho committee, which has been at work for the last month, finished iL? work yesterday and the revision will be presented to the A. A. F. body for ratification. Several Important changes have, been made in the code and several sev-eral rule-s have been rewritten to claraify the meaning of tho 1?"9 rules. Nearly every polut In which there was a eloi;bt as to the meaning has been gone over and stated in such a manner np to make the wording word-ing clear and definite. Thy principal cfcaage Is the personal foul rule. Four Vouls of this nature -will -ust a player. Another change Is that every player tuuat carry a large, card on his back bearing a number. num-ber. This was done for the bcuefit of the scorers, who last season made many mistakes in giving fouls. A player who catches a ball while standing will be permitted to move one foot in any direction, but the ball must leave his hand before ho na;'? completed tho second otep. In roaming roam-ing a trv f.-r a basket, the player can take one step, but the ball ovist be out of his hnnds before hi f''01- ; strike tin llocr on tho second step. No coacbinrr bv any one"connectci with a team will bo permitted from : the side lines. ' ' |