# Rule 3 Change of server: 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 reworded |

## The wording

### Rule 3, rulebook by rulebook

Begins: “At the end of the first service the server…”

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

  > At the end of the first service the server shall become the receiver and the receiver the server, and so on alternately in all subsequent services of the game.

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

  > [- At the end of the first service -] [+ When +] the server [+ loses he +] shall become the receiver and the receiver the server, and so on alternately in all subsequent services of the game.
  
  3 words added, 7 removed.

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