A Little Basketball History cont
10.The umpire shall be judge of the men, and shall note the fouls, and
notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made. He shall
have power to disqualify men according to Rule 5.
11.The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball
is in play, inbound, and which side it belongs, and shall keep the time.
He shall decide when a goal has been made, and keep account of the goals
with any other duties that are usually performed by a referee.
12.The time shall be two fifteen minutes halves, with five minutes rest
between.
13.The side making the most goals in that time shall be declared the winners.
In case of a draw the game may, by agreement of the captains, be continued
until another goal is made. Almost as soon as Naismith invented the game
in December 1891, Springfield, Mass., it started to grow in popularity
and evolve with new rules and new equipment.
1893
Wire backboards were set up to keep spectators in the balcony from leaning over the guard rail and interfering with play. Unfortunately teams started grooving these to funnel the ball into their basket making further change necessary.
Dr. Naismith's original intent was for a large number of players to be able to participate in the game, but this type of game proved less scientific with sometimes too many players on a small court. The number of players was to be reduced to five on a small court but for these first couple of years the numbers varied depending on the size of the court.
Field goals counted three points and a foul one point and whenever
you committed a foul the point was automatically awarded to your opponent.
