. Official basket ball guide and Protective association rules for 1908 '09 . stle shall be the signal to start play. Sec. 5. The referee shall impose a foul upon any playerwho delays the game by neglecting or refusing to line upaccording to rule, or who shifts his position contrary toregulation. A foul shall likewise be called by either ref-eree or umpire on any player who interferes with the ballduring its upward course; or who interferes with his oppo-nent while jumping. Sec. 6. The ball must first be touched or batted by oneor both of the centers; or it may be caught by either. Iftouched ou


. Official basket ball guide and Protective association rules for 1908 '09 . stle shall be the signal to start play. Sec. 5. The referee shall impose a foul upon any playerwho delays the game by neglecting or refusing to line upaccording to rule, or who shifts his position contrary toregulation. A foul shall likewise be called by either ref-eree or umpire on any player who interferes with the ballduring its upward course; or who interferes with his oppo-nent while jumping. Sec. 6. The ball must first be touched or batted by oneor both of the centers; or it may be caught by either. Iftouched out of bounds on the jump, it shall go back tocenter and again be put in play. Sec. 7. When the ball is put in play, in any other partof the court, as in a held ball, after time out, etc., the play-ers who are to jump for the ball must stand not furtherthan two feet from the spot indicated by the referee. Sec. 8. The ball may be thrown, passed, batted ordribbled in any direction with one or both hands; but itshall be a foul to kick the ball or strike it with the PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL. 69 Sec. 9. A ball held by two or more players shall betermed a held ball. The referee shall not permit theseplayers to hold or wrestle for possession of the ball, butzhall blow the whistle instantly and put the ball back intoplay by tossing it up as prescribed in Section 4, causingthe two men who held the ball to jump for it. Sec. 10. When for any other cause time is taken outthe game shall be resumed by the referee putting the ballin play by tossing it up and causing the two men whoseposition in the line-up is nearest the spot where the ballwas when time was called to jump for the ball at thesame place where it was when the game was stopped. Sec. 11, When the ball is out of bounds when time iscalled the game shall be resumed by putting the ball inplay from out of bounds at the spot where it went out. Sec. 12. The ball is out of bounds when any part of itis over the boundary


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