# 1922

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13 dated items in the record for 1922, and 2 championship result rows.

## Dated items

- **1 January 1922**: The handbook in force 1 Jan 1922 already prints the 1923 text (Official Handball Rules of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States (1923)): court 24 x 48 ft, 'covered ball' deleted except the leftover in R24 (H-63, H-64). Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/), p. 69
- **12 March 1922 to 17 March 1922**: First New York State doubles one-wall handball championship at the Crescent Athletic Club, Brooklyn: 42 teams; won by Robert Powers Jr. and William F. Wigmore Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 13 March 1922, p. 12](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1922-03-13/ed-1/?sp=12), p. 12
- **20 March 1922 to 25 March 1922**: A.A.U. national handball championships at the Milwaukee Athletic Club: Art Schinner beat William Sakman for the singles; Gold and Laswell (Los Angeles) won the senior doubles; format reported as four-wall (preview) and one-wall (year review) (conflicting) The newspapers disagree on the form of the 1922 championship: a March preview called it the national four-wall championship, but a December review said the doubles, like the singles, was played at one wall. Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 26 March 1922, p. 56](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1922-03-26/ed-1/?sp=56), p. 56
- **6 May 1922 to 10 September 1922**: A.A.U. tournaments on the 'new courts' of the Brighton Beach Baths, Coney Island, May-September 1922 (singles/doubles, New York v. Boston intercity match 29 July, invitation tournament at Manhattan Beach Baths); Murray Vernon the leading player Source: [The Evening World (New York), 3 May 1922, p. 23](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1922-05-03/ed-1/?sp=23), p. 23
- **17 May 1922 to 18 May 1922**: Wheeling Intelligencer serialises 'Hand Ball Rules' (rules 1-14 on 17 May, 15 onward on 18 May) matching the A.A.U. 1920/21 four-wall text, including 'covered ball'; possible newspaper edition Source: [The Wheeling Intelligencer (Wheeling), 17 May 1922, p. 7](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86092536/1922-05-17/ed-1/?sp=7), p. 7
- **14 June 1922**: Joe Heaney and Bill Bryan, Brooklyn doubles claimants of the world title, likely American team to the Irish games in Dublin; they 'defeated all comers at Casey's alley, Brooklyn' Source: [The New York Herald (New York), 14 June 1922, p. 14](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1922-06-14/ed-1/?sp=14), p. 14
- **22 October 1922 to 12 November 1922**: Metropolitan Association A.A.U. singles one-wall championship at the Van Kelton Handball Club courts (58th St. and 8th Ave.): Jack Byrnes (West Side Y.M.C.A.) beat Robert Powers 21-12, 21-14, 21-12 Source: [The Evening World (New York), 17 October 1922, p. 20](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1922-10-17/ed-1/?sp=20), p. 20
- **16 November 1922 to 10 December 1922**: A.A.U. handball committee ordered the Metropolitan four-wall final (Shea v. Sakman) replayed; Sakman retained the title on 10 December, 3 games to 1 Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 17 November 1922, p. 14](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1922-11-17/ed-1/?sp=14), p. 14
- **19 November 1922 to 21 November 1922**: A.A.U. national convention (19-21 Nov 1922): amendments sought included 'numerous minor changes' to handball rules; 1923 national handball championships awarded to St. Paul (senior) and Pittsburgh (junior) Source: [The Birmingham Age-Herald (Birmingham), 13 November 1922, p. 6](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1922-11-13/ed-1/?sp=6), p. 6
- **20 November 1922 to 14 October 1994**: The one-wall short line moved a foot at a time: at least 13 ft in 1922, 14 ft in 1927, 15 ft in 1931 and 16 ft, to its back edge, in the USHA's text of 1994; the GAA of 2019 and the CIJB of 2023 (16.1 ft) use 16. Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/), p. 75
- **20 November 1922**: The A.A.U. adopts one-wall rules at its annual meeting (A.A.U. One-Wall Rules (1922), printed in Spalding's Official Handball Guide 1923): court about 20 x 34 ft, wall 16 ft, short line at least 13 ft, two faults, standard rubber ball. Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/), p. 75
- **13 December 1922**: Evening World feature: handball played on roofs, basements, clubs, colleges and streets; Kelton's five public courts near Columbus Circle up 300% in a year; 'Nine years ago the sport was little known in New York' Source: [The Evening World (New York), 13 December 1922, p. 25](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030193/1922-12-13/ed-1/?sp=25), p. 25
- **24 December 1922**: Tribune annual review: with more than fifty new courts in the New York district the 'present set of rules is to be revised and added to by the National A. A. U. committee on handball' Source: [New-York Tribune (New York), 24 December 1922, p. 12](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1922-12-24/ed-1/?sp=12), p. 12

## Championships held

- [AAU national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/aau-national-four-wall-championships.md)

## Neighboring years

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- Next year with a page: [1923](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1923.md)
- Part of [the 1920s](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1920s.md)
- [All years and decades](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years.md)

## Corrections

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