A.A.U. Four-Wall Hardball Rules · American four-wall hardball (1930s-40s)
Rule 6
HistoricalA.A.U. Four-Wall Hardball Rules, 1931 (historical)
A serving space enclosed by two parallel lines 6 feet apart shall be drawn across the width of the floor, 3 feet each side from the center of the court. The inside line shall be called the service-line and the outside line the short-line, over both of which the ball must be served. In serving, the ball must be bounced on the floor between the short and service lines and struck on the first bounce. Missing the ball puts the server out.
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- Actor
- Action
- Place
- Thing
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Server relates to Serve: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Ball: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Floor: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Floor: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Court relates to Ball: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Floor: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
No link to the other terms shown: Service line. 3 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.