Year
1915
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), 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), 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, 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, 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), 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), 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, 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, 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, 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), pp. 39-43