CONSTRUCTION NOTES 



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in width and which shall be at every point 

 at least three feet from any obstruction. The 

 lines on the long sides of the court shall be 

 termed the side lines; those on the short sides, 

 the end lines. The center circle shall have a 

 radius of two feet and it shall be marked in 

 the center of the court. A diameter parallel 

 to the end lines shall be drawn in this circle. 

 The free throw lanes shall be spaces marked 

 in the court by lines perpendicular to the 

 end lines at a distance of three feet on either 

 side from the middle points of the end lines. 

 These perpendicular lines shall be termi- 

 nated and the lanes further marked by arcs 

 of circles having a six-foot radius and centers 

 at the middle points of the free throw lanes. 

 A free throw line shall be drawn across each 

 of the circles described. It shall be one inch 

 in width, and extend parallel to, and at a 

 distance of 17 feet from the inner edge of the 

 end lines. 



Backboards must be provided, the 

 dimensions of which shall be six feet hori- 

 zontally and four feet vertically. These back- 



boards 

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made of 

 plate 

 glass or 



wood, or of any other material that is 

 flat and rigid. The faces of the back- 

 boards shall be painted white. The 



.. backboards shall be located in a position 

 at each end at right angles to the floor, 



^ parallel to the end lines, and with their 

 lower edges nine feet above the floor. 



^ Their centers shall lie in the perpen- 

 diculars erected at the points in the 

 court two feet from the mid points of 



I the end lines. The faces of the back- 

 boards shall be 15 feet from the far edges 

 of the free throw lines. The backboards 

 shall be protected from spectators to a 

 distance of at least three feet behind and 

 at each end. 



The baskets shall be nets of white 

 PLATE No. 127. DIAGRAM FOR coi "d, suspended from black metal rings 



LAYING OUT BASKET BALL COURT 1 8 inches in inside diameter. The nets 



rod, 



PLATE No. I26A 



DIAGRAM FOR LAYING OUT 

 GIRLS' BASKET BALL COURT 



