# 1915

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10 dated items in the record for 1915.

## Dated items

- **1915-1916**: Brokaw: a hinder is a ball that hits an opponent (Rules of American Hand Ball (1916)); the Sun's 1916 column: 'A returning ball that strikes an opposition player' (1916 newspaper notes). Source: [James I. Brokaw, How to Play American Hand Ball (1915)](https://www.loc.gov/item/16024697/), pp. 39-43
- **1915**: Brokaw's one-wall: board 20 ft wide, 10 ft high; floor 20 x 26 ft; field 55 x 40 ft (Rules of American Hand Ball (1916) R53-R55). Source: [James I. Brokaw, How to Play American Hand Ball (1915)](https://www.loc.gov/item/16024697/), pp. 39-43
- **6 April 1915**: James Dunne, 'amateur champion of the world at handball' by the Tribune's obituary and founder of the Brooklyn Handball Club, dies in Brooklyn aged 73 Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 7 April 1915, p. 9](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1915-04-07/ed-1/?sp=9), p. 9
- **by 26 April 1915**: Outdoor single-wall handball tournament match with gloves, Van Kelton Field next to the West Side Y.M.C.A., New York: Staddleberger beat Verstraten Source: [The Evening World (New York), 26 April 1915, p. 12](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1915-04-26/ed-1/?sp=12), p. 12
- **May 1915**: The Y.M.C.A.'s four-wall court, adopted at Asilomar in May 1915, is 40 ft long, 20 ft wide and 18 ft high with a 10-ft rear wall (Hand Ball Rules: Four Wall Court (1915)): the 40 x 20 floor, 75 years before the first USHA text held (H-106). Source: [Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, Official Handbook (1915)](https://archive.org/details/officialhandbook06athl), p. 181
- **May 1915**: The Y.M.C.A.'s four-wall rules of 1915 already put a server out for two short balls in succession (Hand Ball Rules: Four Wall Court (1915) Rule 5); the A.A.U. texts of 1920 and 1923 allowed three (Official Handball Rules of the Amateur Source: [Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America, Official Handbook (1915)](https://archive.org/details/officialhandbook06athl), p. 181
- **4 October 1915**: Exposition handball tournament, San Francisco: Irish champion Gus Cole loses to Joe Ullius Source: [Daily Capital Journal (Salem), 4 October 1915, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn99063957/1915-10-04/ed-1/?sp=6), p. 6
- **25 November 1915**: Open handicap handball tournament at the Van Kelton field, finals Thanksgiving afternoon Source: [The Evening World (New York), 22 November 1915, p. 16](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1915-11-22/ed-1/?sp=16), p. 16
- **10 December 1915**: Yale, Princeton and Rutgers enrolled in a forming intercollegiate handball league; Columbia invited Source: [Newark Evening Star and Newark Advertiser (Newark), 10 December 1915, p. 26](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn91064011/1915-12-10/ed-1/?sp=26), p. 26
- **18 December 1915**: Brokaw's 'How to Play American Hand Ball' is deposited for copyright (Rules of American Hand Ball (1916), H-16 supported): 55 rules, a board 20 ft wide and 10 ft high, floor 20 x 26 ft, service line midway at 13 ft, gloves compulsory, no Source: [James I. Brokaw, How to Play American Hand Ball (1915)](https://www.loc.gov/item/16024697/), pp. 39-43

## Neighboring years

- Previous year with a page: [1914](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1914.md)
- Next year with a page: [1916](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1916.md)
- Part of [the 1910s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1910s.md)
- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

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