Decade
The 1930s
22 dated items, 7 rulebook editions and 20 championship result rows are in the record for the 1930s.
Years with their own page
A year gets a page when the record holds at least 3 dated items for it.
Dated items
1930
- 1930-1939: The USHA champions page puts the 1930s A.A.U. four-wall nationals, over ten years, in eight cities (St. Louis, Minneapolis, New York twice, Chicago twice, Washington, Los Angeles, Memphis and San Francisco); its venue column names no source Source: US Handball Association, "National Champions" (seen 28 October 2026)
1931
- 1931: The A.A.U. soft-ball four-wall rules printed in O'Connell 1931 add a ball specification, 2.3 oz with a half-ounce tolerance (A.A.U. Soft Ball Four-Wall Rules (in Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball, 1931) (1931); H-142): the first Source: Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931), p. 65
- 1931-1990: The 2.3 oz ball the A.A.U. specified in 1931, allowing half an ounce either way (A.A.U. Soft Ball Four-Wall Rules (in Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball, 1931) (1931)), is also the USHA's weight in 1990, allowing 0.2 oz (The Source: Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931), p. 65
- 1931: Charles J. O'Connell's How to Play Handball (the successor of the Spalding guide, 'including official rules for play') prints three A.A.U. codes: soft-ball four-wall (34 rules, now with an A.A.U. ball specification of 2.3 oz, H-142), Source: Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931), p. 65
- 1931: The A.A.U.'s three codes (soft-ball four-wall, one-wall, hard ball) printed in O'Connell's How to Play Handball (A.A.U. Soft Ball Four-Wall Rules (in Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball, 1931) (1931), A.A.U. One-Wall Rules (in Source: Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931), p. 65
- 1931: How to Play Handball ... including official rules for play (1931) Source: HathiTrust Digital Library, catalog record 102896696 (seen 28 October 2026)
- 1931: The A.A.U. prints separate hard-ball rules in 1931 for a four-wall court about 65 ft long and 25 ft wide with a 12 ft back wall, a length and back wall like those of Casey's old Brooklyn court (his was 24 ft wide with a 35 ft front wall) Source: Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931)
- 1931: O'Connell's 1931 book describes four-wall and one-wall partisans arguing which game is more scientific or more strenuous, and notes champions in both codes Source: Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931)
- 1931: Charles J. O'Connell's 'How to Play Handball' (Spalding, 1931) prints the A.A.U. four-wall, one-wall and hard-ball rules; the USHA later calls it the first printed book of handball rules and dates it 1930 (conflicting) The book carries a 1931 copyright line, but a 1971 USHA magazine tribute dates it to 1930 and calls it the first printed book of handball rules, which earlier guides and rule books (1893 to 1928) contradict. Source: Charles J. O'Connell, How to Play Handball (American Sports Publishing Company, 1931)
1932
- 1932-1949: A.A.U. handball rules are registered for copyright in 1932, 1933, 1934 (the first registration naming four-wall, one-wall and four-wall hardball), 1935, 1936, 1939 and 1942 (the A.A.U. itself now the claimant), continuing as the serial Source: Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)
- 1932: Rules for volley ball, ice hockey, hand ball, squash-handball, field-handball, code ball (1932) Source: Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)
- 1932: Irish handball players tour Liverpool in 1932 Source: GAA Handball Ireland, "History" (seen 28 October 2026)
1933
- 1933-1949: 'Four-wall hardball' named as a code in A.A.U. titles (LC ca33000972; Official rules handball, four-wall, one-wall, four-wall hardball; codeball, volleyball, horseshoe pitching (1949); H-28): the hard ball survives in America as a separate Source: WorldCat, search for AAU official rules handball (seen 28 October 2026)
- 1933: Official hand ball rules. Also rules for squash handball, field-handball, code ball, volley ball (1933) Source: Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)
1934
- 1934: Amateur Athletic Union official rules handball, four-wall, one-wall, four-wall hardball, squash handball, field handball, code ball, volley ball (1934) Source: Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)
- 1934: The Irish-American Handball Association's yearly four-wall tournaments begin in 1934 at Broderick's Court in the Bronx, a 25 x 46 ft court that still stands as built in 1972 Source: Handball (USHA), August 1972, PDF p. 53
1935
- 1935: Amateur Athletic Union official rules handball, four-wall, one-wall, four-wall hardball, code ball, volley ball (1935) Source: Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)
- 1935-1941: Joe Platak wins the A.A.U. four-wall national singles title seven years running, 1935-1941, across cities from Washington to San Francisco Source: US Handball Association, "National Champions" (seen 28 October 2026)
1936
- 1936: Amateur Athletic Union official rules handball, four-wall, one-wall, four-wall hardball, squash handball, field handball, code ball, volley ball (1936) Source: Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)
- 1936: The semi-professional Irish Handball Union holds national and world championships until 1936, in competition with the amateur body set up in 1924 Source: US Handball Association, "History of Handball" (Wayback snapshot of 9 December 2016)
1939
- 1939: Amateur Athletic Union official rules handball (1939) Source: Internet Archive, Catalog of Copyright Entries 1953-1970, searched for handball (seen 30 October 2026)
- 1939-1945: Wartime rubber scarcity stops Irish softball play and the hardball game comes back into its own Source: US Handball Association, "History of Handball" (Wayback snapshot of 9 December 2016)