# Jersey City Handball Club

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Also printed as Jersey City H. B. C.

Club. Jersey City, NJ, US.

Games: American four-wall.

## Dated facts

- 17 November 1896: A.A.U. Board creates an amateur handball championship on the Jersey City club's application and adopts The Sun's rules of competition Source: [The Sun (New York), 18 November 1896, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1896-11-18/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 195-200)
- 7 January 1897 to 8 January 1897: First A.A.U. national amateur handball championship, Jersey City; Michael J. Egan wins [Sources disagree] Newspaper reports of the first A.A.U. championship give either 7 January 1897 (the preliminary round) or 7 and 8 January (preliminary round and final). Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 805-815)

  **Date: sources disagree.** The value from the stronger source (the lower rank number) is preferred.
  - 7 January 1897 to 8 January 1897 (preferred, source rank 2): [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 805-815)
  - 7 January 1897 (also given, source rank 2): [Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 8 January 1897, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1897-01-08/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 352-356)


## Sources

- [The Sun (New York), 9 January 1897, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 1-40)
- [The Sun (New York), 18 November 1896, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1896-11-18/ed-1/?sp=4) (OCR lines 195-200)
- [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1897-01-09/ed-1/?sp=3) (OCR lines 805-815)
- [New York Journal (New York), 8 January 1897, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024350/1897-01-08/ed-1/?sp=9) (OCR lines 21-23)

## Corrections

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