Officials Praise Yale Coach's Rule Changes

Four basketball rule changes, introduced by Eli coach Howard Hobson at an experimental game between Yale and Springfield at New Haven this week, all gained overwhelming approval from ballot-casting coaches, officials, and spectators.

The game, won 76 to 71 by the Elis, was played with: 1) the restricted area widened from six to 12 feet, 2) two free throws awarded for all defensive fouls, 3) a stipulation that both throws be taken, and 4) the award of possession rather than a foul try to the side offended when the offensive team committed a foul, or when neither team had control of the ball.

Springfield Coach John Bunn, and James E. Coogan, a member of the National Basketball Rules Committee, both applauded the changes. Coogan said he was particularly impressed by the "normal and sane course" which the new-type game took in the final three minutes, instead of the "indiscriminate fouling" of the regular game.