Clause history · American one-wall, small ball (YMCA side line)
Rule 10 Loss of service: how the wording changed
2 rulebooks state this rule, from June 1900 to 1913. The wording was reworded or changed 1 time.
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The wording
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Rule 10, rulebook by rulebook
Begins: “The server loses his service if he serves two…”
June 1900 Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules
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
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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