James's Four-Wall Rules · American four-wall
Rule 13 Obstruction
HistoricalJames's Four-Wall Rules, 1873 (historical)
When the player is about to strike the ball and his opponent jostles him or gets in his way intentionally, it is an ace or a hand out.
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How these ideas connect in this rule
- Actor
- Action
- Thing
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Player relates to Ball: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Hand-out: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Ace: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Hand-out: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Ace: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Hand-out relates to Ace: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
No link to the other terms shown: Opponent.