Clause history · American one-wall, small ball (YMCA side line)
Rule 3 Change of server: 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
Each part of the rule is followed on its own, oldest rulebook first. Rulebooks of other codes that borrowed the wording appear in their place by date.
Rule 3, rulebook by rulebook
Begins: “At the end of the first service the server…”
June 1900 Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules
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
Compared with Y.M.C.A. One-Wall Rules, June 1900.
At the end of the first serviceWhen 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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