# Rule 11 Officials; referee (A.A.U. Four-Wall Rules, 1903, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

In presiding over the game, the officials shall be a referee and a scorer. The referee shall decide all questions pertaining to the serving of the ball and its return, and whether the ball be played short or fails to reach the front wall. He shall decide the aces made and shall be judge of the hand out.

## Mentioned here

- [Referee](https://handball.theperfectship.com/match-referee.md)
- [Scorer](https://handball.theperfectship.com/scorer.md)
- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Game, match, tiebreaker](https://handball.theperfectship.com/game.md)
- [Hand-out](https://handball.theperfectship.com/hand-out.md)
- [Ace](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ace.md)
- [Wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/wall.md)

## Relationships

- Referee relates to Game, match, tiebreaker: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Ace: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ace: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Wall: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Hand-out: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Ace: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Wall: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Game, match, tiebreaker relates to Ace: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Scorer.
- 9 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [A.A.U. Four-Wall Rules, 1903](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/aau-fourwall-1903.md)

Source: Handball and How to Play It (American Sports Publishing Co., ©1903), pp. 41-42 (Library of Congress, LCCN 04000015); reprinted from the same type in M. Egan, Hand Ball and How to Play It (©1914 printing, LCCN 13015574). Public domain.