1893

Dated items

• 1893: Deshong R4-R5: 'A hinder is when a ball strikes your opponent' and stops it reaching the wall; hinders are mostly 'accidents pure and simple'; an intentional hinder is an ace against or a hand out at the referee's opinion; effect of an Source: Maurice W. Deshong, The Game of Hand Ball and How to Play It (1893), p. 12
• 1893: Deshong: court text 24 1/2 x 35 ft while the plate reads 25 x 33 ft (transcription notes, 1893 edition); the 1903 book: 'about sixty feet long, twenty-four and one-half feet wide and thirty-five feet high in the front, tapering down to Source: Maurice W. Deshong, The Game of Hand Ball and How to Play It (1893), p. 12
• 29 August 1893: John Egan's new handball court at 223 Mercer Street, Jersey City, opens with Phil Casey, Lawlor, Delaney, McQuade and others invited Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 29 August 1893, p. 4, p. 4
• 31 October 1893: Spalding's Dime Athletic Library announces 'Handball and How to Play It' by Maurice W. Deshong (contents listed) (conflicting) The only dated evidence is an October 31, 1893 newspaper notice that the next Spalding Dime Athletic Library issue would be Deshong's handball book; it shows the book was announced by that date, but not when it was published. Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 31 October 1893, p. 4, p. 4