1909

Dated items

• by 1909: The Y.M.C.A. has hand-ball rules of its own; the 1909 Spalding index entry for them (Y.M.C.A. Hand Ball Rules (index entry) (1909), H-07) is very probably the single-wall text of 1900 (Hand Ball Rules (1900)), not a four-wall code; by 1908 Source: [James E.] Sullivan, Official Sporting Rules (1909)
• 16 February 1909: Obituary of Edward J. Sweeney: his father and he established the handball and racquet court in 34th St, opposite the old police station, where Phil Casey and Jim Dunn had many matches Source: The New Haven Union (New Haven), 16 February 1909, p. 9, p. 9
• 6 April 1909: Washington Y.M.C.A. handball described as 'a newly developed sport'; its team played Baltimore in March and meets the Oriole Association on 10 April Source: Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 6 April 1909, p. 13, p. 13
• 11 July 1909: John J. Bowles (Limerick) and James Kelly (Brooklyn) play for the 'International Handball Championship of the World': best of 15 games of 21 aces, seven at Limerick (5-11 July) and the rest at Brooklyn in September; Bowles outclassed Kelly in the first half at Limerick on 11 July Source: The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram (Richmond), 15 January 1909, p. 2, p. 2