# 1928

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7 dated items in the record for 1928, and 2 championship result rows.

## Dated items

- **1928-1949**: A.A.U. one-wall rules printed in the 1928 guide (One-Wall Playing Rules (in Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1928) (1927)) and the 1949 'Official rules handball: four-wall, one-wall, four-wall hardball' (Official rules handball : Source: [Google Books, Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1928), p. 31 text view (seen 30 October 2026)](https://books.google.com/books?id=9jNMAQAAMAAJ)
- **1928**: The A.A.U.'s standard court in the 1928 guide is 22 ft wide, 46 ft long and 22 ft high (Official Handball Playing Rules of the A.A.U. (in Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1928) (1928) Rule 1), with the short line at midcourt, 23 ft from Source: [Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435007267735), p. 65
- **1928**: In the A.A.U. text of the 1928 guide two short balls of any kind in succession put the server out (Rule 11), the server stands in a 5-ft serving space between two lines (Rules 1 and 8) and a serve that hits the ceiling or back wall before Source: [Robert L. Ripley (ed.), Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1923)](https://www.loc.gov/item/23002979/), p. 69
- **1928**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide 1928 prints A.A.U. playing rules (p. 31), one-wall rules (p. 34) and Irish handball rules (p. 37); the four-wall standard court is now 22 x 46 x 22 ft (Rule 1) and two short balls of any kind put the Source: [Google Books, Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1928), p. 31 text view (seen 30 October 2026)](https://books.google.com/books?id=9jNMAQAAMAAJ)
- **1928**: [Official Handball Playing Rules of the A.A.U. (in Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1928) (1928)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/aau-fourwall-1928.md) Source: [Google Books, Spalding's Official Handball Guide (1928), p. 31 text view (seen 30 October 2026)](https://books.google.com/books?id=9jNMAQAAMAAJ)
- **1928**: Spalding's 1928 guide prints the A.A.U. four-wall court as 22 x 46 x 22 ft, down from 24 x 48 ft in the 1923 text Source: [Spalding's Official Handball Guide (American Sports Publishing Company, 1928)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435000469544)
- **1928**: Spalding's Official Handball Guide for 1928 combines Ripley's guide with Brokaw's 'How to Play American Hand Ball' and prints the A.A.U. four-wall and one-wall rules and the Irish rules Source: [Spalding's Official Handball Guide (American Sports Publishing Company, 1928)](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435000469544)

## Championships held

- [AAU national four-wall handball championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/aau-national-four-wall-championships.md)
- [All-Ireland 60x30 Softball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-60x30-softball.md)
- [All-Ireland Hardball Championships](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/championships/gaa-all-ireland-hardball.md)

## Neighboring years

- Previous year with a page: [1927](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1927.md)
- Next year with a page: [1929](https://handball.theperfectship.com/history/years/1929.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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