# Rule 1 Rule 1: how the wording changed (American one-wall, small ball)

3 rulebooks state this rule, from 20 November 1922 to 1931. The wording was reworded or changed 3 times.

## How to read this

- Added words are marked [+ like this +]; removed words [- like this -].
- Each rulebook says what kind of change it is: unchanged, punctuation only, moved, reworded or changed.
- A program matched each clause with the one before it. Automatic matches were made by the program alone; machine-reviewed ones were also checked by a second program. A person has not checked either.

## Rulebook by rulebook

| Date | Rulebook | Clauses, by kind of change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 20 November 1922 | A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 20 November 1922 | 2 first recorded |
| 20 November 1927 | A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 20 November 1927 | 2 first recorded, 2 changed |
| 1931 | A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 1931 | 2 unchanged, 1 punctuation only, 1 changed |

## The wording

### Rule 1, part 1 of 4

Begins: “Standard one-wall courts shall be approximately 20 feet in…”

- **20 November 1922, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules**: First recorded (automatic).

  > Standard one-wall courts shall be approximately 20 feet in width by 34 feet in length and the wall to be 16 feet in height.

- **20 November 1927, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules**: Changed (machine-reviewed). Compared with A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 20 November 1922.

  > Standard one-wall courts shall be [- approximately -] 20 feet in width by 34 feet in length and the wall to be 16 feet in height.
  
  1 word removed.

- 1931, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules: Unchanged (automatic).

### Rule 1, part 2 of 4

Begins: “The short line to be at least 13 feet…”

- **20 November 1922, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules**: First recorded (automatic).

  > The short line to be at least 13 feet from the board.

- **20 November 1927, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules**: Changed (machine-reviewed). Compared with A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 20 November 1922.

  > The short line to be [- at least 13 -] [+ 14 +] feet from the board.
  
  1 word added, 3 removed.

- **1931, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules**: Changed (machine-reviewed). Compared with A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 20 November 1927.

  > The [- short line -] [+ short-line +] to be [- 14 -] [+ 15 +] feet from the board.
  
  2 words added, 3 removed.

### Rule 1, part 3 of 4

Begins: “That there shall be a line parallel to the…”

- **20 November 1927, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules**: First recorded (automatic).

  > That there shall be a line parallel to the short line or markers on the floor marking an imaginary line nine (9 feet) behind the short line.

- **1931, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules**: Punctuation only (machine-reviewed). Compared with A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 20 November 1927.

  > That there shall be a line parallel to the [- short line -] [+ short-line, +] or markers on the floor marking an imaginary [- line nine (9 feet) -] [+ line, 9 feet +] behind the [- short line. -] [+ short-line. +]
  
  5 words added, 8 removed.

### Rule 1, part 4 of 4

Begins: “This line will be known as the service line.”

- **20 November 1927, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules**: First recorded (automatic).

  > This line will be known as the service line.

- 1931, A.A.U. One-Wall Rules: Unchanged (automatic).

All rules: [clause history](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/).