PRACTICE GAME TESTS NEW BASKETBALL RULES

The University basketball squad will give a demonstration game at 8 o'clock this evening in Hemenway Gymnasium when the annual interpretation meeting of the Eastern Massachusetts Basketball Officials Association is scheduled to open.

Though the meeting is an open one and no admission will be charged, coaches and officials from all over New England are expected to compose the main part of the audience. The interpretation of new rules will be made by Oswald Tower who is a member of the Joint Rules Committee, a national body for basketball officials, and who acts as the chief interpreter for this district.

When questioned last night by a CRIMSON reporter, Coach E. A. Wachter of the University basketball team stated that there were no drastic changes in the rules which are being interpreted tonight. The changes that have been made since last year are mainly those of emphasis. In the case of charging, especially, the classes dealing with the problem have been reworded so as to shift part of the cause penalty from the defensive to the offensive player.