# Rule 10 Loss of service: how the wording changed (American one-wall, small ball (YMCA side line))

2 rulebooks state this rule, from June 1900 to 1913. The wording was reworded or changed 1 time.

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| June 1900 | Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules, June 1900 | 1 first recorded |
| 1913 | Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules, 1913 | 1 changed |

## The wording

### Rule 10, rulebook by rulebook

Begins: “The server loses his service if he serves two…”

- **June 1900, Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules**: First recorded (automatic).

  > The server loses his service if he serves two consecutive faults; or if he fails to return the ball in play; or if he returns the ball in play so that it falls outside of the court; or, if in attempting to serve, he fails to strike the ball; or if the ball, when served, fails to strike the service wall first; or if he otherwise loses as provided by Rule 16.

- **1913, Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules**: Changed (machine-reviewed). Compared with Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules, June 1900.

  > The server loses his service if he serves two consecutive faults; or if he fails to return the ball in play; or if he returns the ball in play so that it falls outside of the court; [- or, if in attempting to serve, he fails to strike the ball; -] or if the ball, when served, fails to strike the service wall first; or if he otherwise loses as provided by Rule 16.
  
  12 words removed.

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