3. Careful examination should be made of each player when she comes from the tank at the end of the first period and after the game, for that, after all, is the best test as to whether she is fit. 1. To be in good condition the player should have perfect heart action and good lung capacity, and she should be generally in good condition. 2. She should be a swimmer of endurance, experience and confidence. The beginner tires in the effort to swim strongly and constantly. 3. If the player is qualified in every respect she may try the game. If after playing she seems exhausted or chilled, and is tired the following day, then she has not the stamina to participate in water sports. Water Basket Ball [Reprinted from Spalding’s Athletic Library No. 361--Intercollegiate Swimming Guide.] Water basket ball may be played in any pool, or if played in the open should not cover more than 2,500 square feet of space. The water should be of swimming depth, that is, the players must not be able to stand on the bottom. There should be lines drawn “across the bottom of the pool and up the sides 15 feet from the ends, called 15-foot lines.” _Equipment._--The necessary equipment is a regulation water polo ball and two regulation Spalding baskets with a firm background, 6 feet by 4, extending at least 3 feet above the top of each basket. The baskets shall be hammock nets of cord, suspended from metal rings 18 inches in diameter. The rings shall be 5-1/2 feet above the water in the center of the ends of the pool. The inside rims shall extend 6 inches from a rigid supporting surface. _Teams._--Each team consists of six players-three forwards and three backs. Captains toss for goals. _Start._--Each team lines up at its own end; the ball is thrown into center of the pool; the forwards swim after the ball; the backs must play back and not swim up after ball. The forwards are the offensive players and should be the fastest swimmers. They should also be able to throw goals. The forwards advance the ball toward the opponents’ basket. The center forward should feed the two side forwards and guard the opposing center back. _Score._--A goal thrown into the basket from the field counts two points, and a free throw granted for a foul by opposing side counts one point. Teams line up as in beginning after a score has been made. The backs each guard an opposing forward and try to prevent their scoring. _Officials._--There is a referee who is in entire charge of game, calling fouls, free throws, time out and goals. There is a scorer, also a timer. _Time._--There are two halves, not less than five minutes nor more than eight minutes each, with five minutes intermission. Ends are changed at the beginning of the second half. Time is taken out for disputes, accidents, free tries.