# 1923

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9 dated items in the record for 1923, and 2 championship result rows.

## Dated items

- **1923**: First GAA-sponsored handball championships (GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)); Spalding's 1923 guide prints 'Rules for Irish Handball or the Hard-Ball Game' for American readers. Source: [GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history)
- **1923**: Ripley's suggested four-wall changes match one-wall practice (H-65): the younger code starts to influence the older. Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **1923**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide (ed. Ripley) prints the four-wall rules, the one-wall rules, the GAA hardball rules and seven 'Suggested Rule Changes' (Suggested Rule Changes). Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **1923**: Ripley's 'Suggested Rule Changes' (Suggested Rule Changes) already ask the four-wall game to borrow one-wall practice (H-65); whether any were adopted in 1924-28 is unknown (H-18). Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **1923**: A publisher's editor proposes changes to the federation: Ripley's seven 'Suggested Rule Changes' in Spalding's guide (Suggested Rule Changes); outcome unknown (H-18). Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/)
- **26 February 1923 to 3 March 1923**: Detroit Athletic Club renews the national invitation handball tournament, the first since 1919 Source: [Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), 25 February 1923, p. 64](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1923-02-25/ed-1/?sp=64), p. 64
- **19 March 1923 to 24 March 1923**: A.A.U. national handball championships at the St. Paul Athletic Club: Joe 'Red' Murray (Olympic Club, San Francisco) beat Maynard Laswell for the singles; holder Art Schinner eliminated; scores reported two ways (conflicting) Newspapers reported the scores of the 1923 national singles final in two different ways; this entry follows the Associated Press dispatch from St. Paul. Source: [The Omaha Morning Bee (Omaha), 20 March 1923, p. 11](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84024326/1923-03-20/ed-1/?sp=11), p. 11
- **24 April 1923**: Syndicated column quotes 'the new rules for handball': standard court four walls approximately 24 by 48 feet, ceilings 25 feet at the front wall (the revised A.A.U. text; the 1920/21 text said 24 by 50) Source: [The Laramie Republican (Laramie), 24 April 1923, p. 4](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92066979/1923-04-24/ed-1/?sp=4), p. 4
- **20 November 1923 to 26 December 1923**: A.A.U. awards its 1924 national handball championships: four-wall senior at Los Angeles, four-wall junior at Pittsburgh, one-wall at New York, hard-ball at Brooklyn (convention at Detroit closed 20 Nov 1923) Source: [The Seattle Star (Seattle), 20 November 1923, p. 13](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87093407/1923-11-20/ed-1/?sp=13), p. 13

## Championships held

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

## Neighboring years

- Previous year with a page: [1922](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1922.md)
- Next year with a page: [1924](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1924.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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