Jersey City Handball Club

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
The Board adopted THE SUN's rules of competition
Source: The Sun (New York), 18 November 1896, p. 4
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).
first A.A.U. championship / first amateur championship held in America
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
- 7 January 1897 also given, source rank 2: Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 8 January 1897, p. 9
Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 9 January 1897, p. 3