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Show Basketball Rule Changes To Speed Up Game Several changes in the basketball basket-ball rules have been made for the 1950-51 season, with elimination elim-ination of the 2-minute rule the most prominent one; stoppine the clock whenever a jump bail is called; and making it an infraction in-fraction of the rule if a substitute substi-tute attempts to enter the game before the clock is stopped or before the ball is dead. According- to Lawrell Jensen high school principal, and an accredited official, prospective officials of the state were given a very thorough brief of the new rule changes in Salt Lake City last Friday. All predict a faster game even than last year. There will be no "official's time-out" in the second and fourth quarters of high school games in the future. Every player charged with a personal foul must raise his arm above his head, or be found in violation, viola-tion, the new rules say. Heretofore Hereto-fore that has been a courtesy expected ex-pected by players committing a foul. . Another change that will probably make a player hesitate hesi-tate before he deliberately fouls an opponent, will give the offended of-fended player an extra free throw, if in the opinion of the official the foul could have been avoided. High school basketball games will consist of four 8-minute quarters. College games will be i two 20-minute halves, unless the competing teams agree to make I the contest four 10-minute quarters. |