1898

Dated items

• 1898-1913: The Y.M.C.A.'s single-wall court rules (approved 1898, revised June 1900, revised 1913: Hand Ball Rules (1900), Hand Ball Rules: Single Wall Court (1913); H-136, H-139, H-140) are the earliest one-wall rules text in this record, printed in Source: Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Associations of Canada, Official Handbook (1904), pp. 79-81
• 1898-1899: The Athletic League of the Y.M.C.A.s of North America prints a thirteen-rule hand-ball code 'Approved by the Physical Directors' Conference, 1898' in its handbook of 1899 (OCR read; H-139): the parent of the 1900 text. Source: Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, Official Handbook (1899)
• 1898-1915: A third author: the Y.M.C.A.'s Physical Directors' Conference approves a hand-ball code (1898), revises it for the single-wall court (1900) and its Society adopts four-wall rules (1915) (Hand Ball Rules (1900), Hand Ball Rules: Four Wall Source: Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Associations of Canada, Official Handbook (1904), pp. 79-81
• 13 March 1898: Houston Daily Post prints a 23-rule handball code (ace-line service, foot allowed, referee chosen by the players) Source: The Houston Daily Post (Houston), 13 March 1898, p. 15, p. 15
• 14 April 1898 to 29 April 1898: Second annual A.A.U. handball championship, Jersey City and Brooklyn clubs; Mike Egan retains the title after losing to Dr. Tommy Gillen in Brooklyn (conflicting) The start of the tournament is dated from an April 14, 1898 report that play was beginning that day, while the end of the range, April 29, comes from a wire report that Egan still held the title; the exact dates of the tournament are therefore not fixed. Source: The Jersey City News (Jersey City), 1 April 1898, p. 3, p. 3