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Show MAKES DRIBBLE MORE DIFFICULT New Basket Ball Rules Have Much to Say on Subject. Although not going so far as to restrict re-strict the dribble to a single bounce, an action which was taken last year and then rescinded after a storm of controversy, the new basket ball rules announced for 1028-29 have considerable consider-able to say about regulating this spectacular feature of the game. A new clause Is added (rule 15, section sec-tion 9, under the head of personal fouls) which reads: "A player shall not hold, trip, charge or push an opponent whether or not either player has possession of the ball. If a dribbler charges Into an opponent, or makes persenal contact with an opponent without an apparent effort to avoid such contact, a personal per-sonal foul shall be called on the dribbler. drib-bler. "If, despite the dribbler's effort to avoid contact, personal contact ensues, en-sues, either player, or both, may be guilty; but the greater responsibility Is on the dribbler If he tries to dribble drib-ble past an opponent who Is In his path. TMs Is designed to "emphasize the responsibility of the dribbler In connection con-nection with the fouls resulting from the dribble," says Oswald Tower, And-ovr, And-ovr, Mass., official Interpreter of the ni'es. ''Most of those who advocate restriction re-striction of the dribble," he comments, "think that the dribble Is used too much or thnt It Is Impossible to check satisfactorily the many fouls resulting result-ing from Its use. The former Is a matter of coaching; the latter Is a problem for the rules and officials to solve. "If the dribbler's path Is blocked, he Is expected to pass or shoot ; that Is, he ought not to try to dribble past an opponent unless there is a reasonable reason-able chance of getting by without contact. con-tact. More attention than hitherto Is to be directed to the dribbler's responsibility." |