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.