# Rule 54 (Brokaw One-Wall Rules, 1916, historical)

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

The floor shall be 20 feet wide and 26 feet long; the service line shall be drawn across the floor at a point exactly in the middle between the front line and the board, and the lines of the floor shall be red, 2 inches wide, and the floor must be smooth but not polished.

## Mentioned here

- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Long line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/long-line.md)
- [Service line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/service-line.md)
- [Point](https://handball.theperfectship.com/point.md)
- [Floor](https://handball.theperfectship.com/floor.md)

## Relationships

- Front wall relates to Service line: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Point: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Floor: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- Long line relates to Floor: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Service line relates to Floor: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Point relates to Floor: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- 2 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [Brokaw One-Wall Rules, 1916](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/brokaw-american-1916.md)

Source: James I. Brokaw, How to Play American Hand Ball (Spalding's Athletic Library No. 13; American Sports Publishing Company, copyright 1915; Library of Congress copy LCCN 16024697, catalogued 1916). Public domain.