# Brooklyn Handball Club

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Club. Brooklyn, NY, US.

Games: American four-wall.

## Officers named in the sources

- [John C. Carmody](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/people/john-c-carmody.md): President (to 15 January 1897)

## Dated facts

- 23 November 1887: The Brooklyn Handball Club (president Phil Casey) has a new court in Degraw Street, Brooklyn: 65 ft long, 24 ft wide, front wall 35 ft high faced with white marble, back wall 12 ft, white-pine floor Source: [The Sun (New York), 30 November 1887, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1887-11-30/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 592-600)
- about March 1889: The Brooklyn Handball Club holds a three-class tournament at its Degraw Street court, March-April 1889, with gold medals presented by the club Source: [The Sun (New York), 12 March 1889, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1889-03-12/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 603-613)
- 4 January 1891: Brooklyn Handball Club resolves unanimously to play all games under the Sun's new rules; Murray Hill and South Brooklyn courts already adopted them Source: [The Sun (New York), 5 January 1891, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1891-01-05/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 1200-1206)
- 1 March 1892: Brooklyn Handball Club reorganised in Casey's parlor: Major John Carmody president, Col. Thomas Meehan vice-president, Frank J. Prendergast secretary, Philip Casey treasurer; committee on the playing ball Source: [The Sun (New York), 3 March 1892, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1892-03-03/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 617-660)
- by 18 January 1894: Phil Casey writes that there has been no rule in his court for five years except 'The Sun's rules', which govern all six courts near him; leading courts everywhere follow the Brooklyn Handball Club's rules Source: [The Sun (New York), 18 January 1894, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1894-01-18/ed-1/?sp=8) (OCR lines 355-383)
- by 27 December 1896: Brooklyn Handball Club's ball and committee rules called the standard 'wherever the game is played' Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 27 December 1896, p. 21](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1896-12-27/ed-1/?sp=21) (OCR lines 719-727)

## Sources

- [The Evening World (New York), 24 November 1887, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1887-11-24/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 975-979)
- [The Sun (New York), 30 November 1887, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1887-11-30/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 592-600)
- [The Sun (New York), 12 March 1889, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1889-03-12/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 603-613)
- [The Sun (New York), 5 January 1891, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1891-01-05/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 1200-1206)
- [The Sun (New York), 2 January 1891, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1891-01-02/ed-1/?sp=6) (OCR lines 396-404)
- [The Sun (New York), 3 March 1892, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1892-03-03/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 617-660)
- [The Sun (New York), 18 January 1894, p. 8](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1894-01-18/ed-1/?sp=8) (OCR lines 355-383)
- [The Morning Call (San Francisco), 28 October 1894, p. 18](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn94052989/1894-10-28/ed-1/?sp=18)
- [New-York Tribune (New York), 27 December 1896, p. 21](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1896-12-27/ed-1/?sp=21) (OCR lines 719-727)

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