# 1896

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8 dated items in the record for 1896.

## Dated items

- **1896 or 1897**: A.A.U. handball rules for the first national championship, January 1897 (title not known) (1896) Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **by 27 January 1896**: Sun: Irish champion James Fitzgerald of Tralee is a convert to the system of play laid down in THE SUN's rules Source: [The Sun (New York), 27 January 1896, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1896-01-27/ed-1/?sp=9), p. 9
- **by 5 April 1896**: Sun reports a handball convention planned at Cork for July 1896 to arrange uniform rules, at which 'THE SUN code used by the experts in America' would probably be adopted as the standard Source: [The Sun (New York), 5 April 1896, p. 30](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1896-04-05/ed-1/?sp=30), p. 30
- **by 20 October 1896**: John Egan of the Jersey City Handball Club challenges James Dunne Jr. on behalf of his brother Mike Egan for the amateur championship of America Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 20 October 1896, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1896-10-20/ed-1/?sp=3), p. 3
- **by 9 November 1896**: The A.A.U. takes jurisdiction over amateur handball (reported 9 Nov 1896) Source: [The Evening Times (Washington, D.C.), 9 November 1896, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024441/1896-11-09/ed-1/?sp=3), p. 3
- **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), p. 4
- **4 December 1896**: Jersey City Handball Club credited with bringing handball into the A.A.U.; committee fixes 7 January Source: [The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 5 December 1896, p. 3](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87068097/1896-12-05/ed-1/?sp=3), p. 3
- **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), p. 21

## Neighboring years

- Previous year with a page: [1893](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1893.md)
- Next year with a page: [1897](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1897.md)
- Part of [the 1890s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1890s.md)
- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

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