# Rule 14 Hinder: how the wording changed (American one-wall, small ball (YMCA side line))

2 rulebooks state this rule, from June 1900 to 1913. No rewording or change was found.

## 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 | 4 first recorded |
| 1913 | Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules, 1913 | 4 unchanged |

## The wording

### Rule 14, part 1 of 4

Begins: “A hinder is—”

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

  > A hinder is—

- 1913, Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules: Unchanged (automatic).

### Rule 14, item a

Begins: “(a) When the player is prevented by the proximity…”

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

  > (a) When the player is prevented by the proximity of a spectator from properly returning the ball.

- 1913, Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules: Unchanged (automatic).

### Rule 14, item b

Begins: “(b) When a player interferes with another in such…”

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

  > (b) When a player interferes with another in such a manner as to prevent him from properly returning the ball.

- 1913, Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules: Unchanged (automatic).

### Rule 14, item c

Begins: “(c) When the ball strikes any apparatus within the…”

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

  > (c) When the ball strikes any apparatus within the court lines and such apparatus is not higher than the service wall. A hinder shall count nothing.

- 1913, Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules: Unchanged (automatic).

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