1916

Dated items

• 5 February 1916: Yale's Lambert Prettyman invites Columbia into an intercollegiate handball league 'now being formed' Source: Chicago Eagle (Chicago), 5 February 1916, p. 8, p. 8
• 7 February 1916: 4,000 New York elementary schoolboys enter a handball tournament, 'the famous Irish game' Source: The Evening World (New York), 7 February 1916, p. 10, p. 10
• 17 February 1916: The new Y.M.C.A. building at New London, Conn., has a one-wall court on the street floor (and a five-wall court in the basement), as printed in the Norwich Bulletin Source: Norwich Bulletin (Norwich), 17 February 1916, p. 8, p. 8
• 26 February 1916: Columbia beats Yale 7-0 in the opening Intercollegiate Handball League match on Columbia's single-wall court; the Tribune headlines 'One-wall court handicaps Yale' Source: New-York Tribune (New York), 27 February 1916, p. 15, p. 15
• 7 March 1916: Columbia beats Princeton, all seven matches, at Princeton in the Intercollegiate Handball League; Princeton's courts have a back wall Source: New-York Tribune (New York), 8 March 1916, p. 14, p. 14
• 9 August 1916: The Sun: 'Don't confuse American handball with Irish (four wall) handball'; courts 60 x 40 with 26-ft side lines and 20-ft front lines, 13 ft from service line to board (1916 newspaper notes). Source: The Sun (New York), 9 August 1916, p. 11
• 9 August 1916: The Sun's query column: 'Most of the American handball courts are 60 feet by 40 feet, with 26 foot side lines and 20 foot front lines ... 13 feet from service line to board ... Source: The Sun (New York), 9 August 1916, p. 11
• 9 August 1916: The Sun answers a reader: American handball court, 26-ft side lines, 20-ft front lines, 13 ft from service line to board; hinder defined; not Irish four-wall Source: The Sun (New York), 9 August 1916, p. 11, p. 11
• 13 December 1916: Handball adopted as a Public Schools Athletic League sport, classed among championships Source: The Sun (New York), 13 December 1916, p. 14, p. 14