# Rule 13 (A.A.U. Four-Wall Rules, 1923, historical)

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

The server or his partner may stop a short ball after it touches the floor and before it has been touched by the opposing side.

## Mentioned here

- [Server](https://handball.theperfectship.com/server.md)
- [Partner](https://handball.theperfectship.com/partner.md)
- [Short serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/short-serve.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Floor](https://handball.theperfectship.com/floor.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/14.md)

## Relationships

- Server relates to Ball: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Floor: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Partner relates to Ball: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Short serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Floor: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.

Rulebook: [A.A.U. Four-Wall Rules, 1923](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/aau-fourwall-1923.md)

Source: Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1923, ed. Robert L. Ripley (Library of Congress, LCCN 23002979), pp. 69-72; also printed in the Official Handbook of the A.A.U., 1923, section LXI. Public domain.