# Rule 1 Game (Deshong Four-Wall Rules, 1903, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

Twenty-one aces shall constitute a game.

## Mentioned here

- [Game, match, tiebreaker](https://handball.theperfectship.com/game.md)
- [Ace](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ace.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/side-fourwall-american-deshong/1.md)

## Relationships

- Game, match, tiebreaker relates to Ace: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.

Rulebook: [Deshong Four-Wall Rules, 1903](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/deshong-fourwall-1903.md)

Source: [M. W. Deshong], Handball and How to Play It (American Sports Publishing Co., ©1903), pp. 12-18 (Library of Congress, LCCN 04000015); reprinted from the same type in M. Egan, Hand Ball and How to Play It (©1914 printing, LCCN 13015574), pp. 12-18. Public domain.